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Ophites

The Ophites, also called Ophians (Greek Ὀφιανοί Ophianoi, from ὄφις ophis "snake"), were a Christian Gnostic sect depicted by Hippolytus of Rome (170–235) in a lost work, the Syntagma ("arrangement").

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Pseudo-Tertullian

  • Syntagma Syntagma of Hippolytus?action=edit&redlink=1

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Clement of Alexandria

Origen

Epiphanius

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Ophites

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Edges87
Triples119
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022727
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related to Sources · 20
Ophites → Christian Biography, Dictionary, Doctrines, George, Henry, In Smith, IV, John Murray, Literature, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, London, Salmon, Sects, This, Vol, Wace, Wikisource-logo, William
related to Origen · 17
Ophites → According, Apelles, Basilides, Celsus, Christians, Commentary, Contra Celsum, Creator, Elsewhere Origen, Irenaeus, It, Jesus, Marcion, Matthew, Origen, The, Valentinus
related to Philosophumena · 16
Ophites → And, Cainites, Hebrew, Hippolytus, In, Irenaeus, Justinus, Naassenes, Nahash, Nochaitae, Ophite, Peratae, Possibly Hippolytus, Sethians, The, This
related to Syntagma · 15
Ophites → Cainites, Christ, Christian, Eucharistic, Hippolytus, In, Irenaeus, New Testament, Nicolaitans, Old, Ophite, Philaster, Sethians, The, This
related to Nag Hammadi texts · 10
Ophites → Apocryphon, Archons, Hypostasis, John, Nag Hammadi Gnostic, Of, On, Origin, These, World
related to Pseudo-Tertullian · 9
Ophites → According, Christ, Epiphanius's, He, Jesus, Latin, Pseudo-Tertullian, Syntagma, The
related to Diagrams · 8
Ophites → Celsus, Euphrates, Leviathan, Many, Ophite, Origen, Origen's, Peratae
related to Epiphanius · 8
Ophites → Epiphanius, Heresies, Hippolytus, In, Marcionites, Ophite, Panarion, Theodoret
related to External links · 8
Ophites → Against Heresies, Emanations, Encyclopædia Britannica, Origen, Pagan Celsus, Persian, The Ophite Diagrams, Vol
related to Clement of Alexandria · 6
Ophites → Alexandria, Cainites, Clement, Instructor, Nor, Stromata

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christ origen ialdabaoth irenaeus first serpent sophia hippolytus man also name son given father ophite system sect jesus mother pseudo-tertullian

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Ophitesrelated to Clement of AlexandriaClement0.60section
Ophitesrelated to Clement of AlexandriaAlexandria0.60section
Ophitesrelated to Clement of AlexandriaCainites0.60section
Ophitesrelated to Clement of AlexandriaStromata0.60section
Ophitesrelated to Clement of AlexandriaNor0.60section
Ophitesrelated to Clement of AlexandriaInstructor0.60section
Ophitesrelated to DiagramsOrigen0.60section
Ophitesrelated to DiagramsOphite0.60section
Ophitesrelated to DiagramsCelsus0.60section
Ophitesrelated to DiagramsLeviathan0.60section
Ophitesrelated to DiagramsMany0.60section
Ophitesrelated to DiagramsOrigen's0.60section

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