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Cerinthus

Cerinthus (Greek: Κήρινθος, romanized: Kērinthos; fl. c. 50-100 CE) was an early Gnostic, who was prominent as a heresiarch in the view of the early Church Fathers. Contrary to the Church Fathers, he used the Gospel of Cerinthus, and denied that the Supreme God made the material world. In Cerinthus' interpretation, the Christ descended upon Jesus at…

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related to External links · 38
Cerinthus → Adversus Haereses, Alastair Lockhart, ANTE-NICENE AGE, Apocalyptic, Book, Book III, Cambridge University Press, Catholic Encyclopedia, CerinthusEarlyChurch, CerinthusIrenaeus, Ch, Chapter II, Chapter XXVI, Charles, Chisholm, Christian Church, Critical Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica, Eusebius, Gaius
related to Further reading · 32
Cerinthus → Book, Charles, Chiesa, Chiliast, Commentary, Early Christian Studies, Epiphanius, Francesco Pitteri, Frank, Gaetano Maria, Gnostic, Gwynn, Hermantha, Hill, ISBN, John, Journal, July, June, Koninklijke Brill NV
related to Biography · 30
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related to Eschatology · 16
Cerinthus → Alogi, Caesarea, Caius, Capita Adversus Caium, Cernthus, Dionysius Bar-Salibi, Ecclesiastical History, Epiphanius, Eusebius, Heads Against Caius, Hippolytus, It, John's, Revelation, Rome, Salamis
related to Cerinthus in literature · 15
Cerinthus → Apostle, But, Christian, Chronicles, Death, Desert, Gospel, In, John, John's, John's Story, Robert Browning's, The, The Last Eyewitness, Tim LaHaye's The Jesus
related to Jesus · 15
Cerinthus → Adoptionism, Christ, Christian Gnosticism, Ebionites, Gnostics, He, In, Irenaeus, Jesus, Joseph, Last Day, Logos, Mary, Supreme Ruler, Word
related to Jewish law · 15
Cerinthus → Acts, AD, Cerinthians, Christianity, Christians, Council, Gentile, However, Jerusalem, Jewish Christian, Mosaic, Oral Torah Mosaic, The, This, Written
related to Creation · 14
Cerinthus → Demiurge, Gnostics, He, Hellenistic Judaism, His, Mediterranean, Middle Platonic, Neoplatonic, Neopythagorean, Philo's, Platonic, Supreme God, Unlike, Valentinus
related to Beliefs · 10
Cerinthus → According, AD, Adversus, Egyptians, Gnosticism, Irenaeus, Simon, The, The Epistula Apostolorum, We

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