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Christian Gnostic sect
earliest source to mention Ophites, and the first source to discuss the connection with serpents. He claims that the Ophites taught that Christ did not
Ophites
Builders of the physical realm that serve the demiurge
to it, are the builders of the physical universe. Among the Archontics, Ophites, Sethians and in the writings of Nag Hammadi library, the archons are rulers
Archon_(Gnosticism)
Topics referred to by the same term
up ophite or ophitic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ophite or Ophitic may refer to: Ophites, an ancient Gnostic sect in Syria and Egypt Ophite, originally
Ophite
Esoteric diagrams used by the Ophites
square, with words said at the gates of Paradise. Further to this, the Ophites are said by Celsus to add the sayings of prophets, and circles upon circles
Ophite_Diagrams
Satanic cult
Eden as revealer of true knowledge. The term "Ophite" refers to the ancient gnostic sect of the Ophites, who revered the Serpent of Eden. The Latin phrase
Our_Lady_of_Endor_Coven
Biblical sea monster
venerating the biblical serpent of the Garden of Eden. Therefore, he calls them Ophites, naming after the serpent they are supposed to worship. In this belief
Leviathan
Creation spirit in some schools of philosophy
intended by it corresponds more or less closely with the Yaldabaoth of the Ophites, the great Archon of Basilides, the Elohim of Justinus, etc. The Valentinian
Demiurge
Gnostic religion of the 2nd and 3rd centuries
understood. The Sethians (Latin Sethoitae) are first mentioned, alongside the Ophites, in the 2nd century, by Irenaeus (who was antagonistic towards Gnosticism)
Sethianism
Concept in classical philosophy
incomprehensible, and can be perceived only through the Only Begotten (Nous). The Ophites held that the demiurge Ialdabaoth, after coming into conflict with the
Nous
Feminine figure in Gnosticism
Perfect Mind In the Gnostic system described by Irenaeus (I. xxi.; see Ophites) the name "Prunikos" (Greek: Προυνικος) several times takes the place of
Sophia_(Gnosticism)
Deity and symbol in the occult traditions
Mystery of Baphomet, by which the Knights Templars, like the Gnostics and Ophites, are convicted of Apostasy, of Idolatry and of moral Impurity, by their
Baphomet
3rd-century Christian poem
possession of Gnosis respecting these things. Like Gnosticism in general, the Ophites teach the existence of a Supreme Being, standing infinitely high above
Naassene_Fragment
Gnostic cosmology of eight heavens
no title, but whom his copyist Theodoret (Haer. Fab. i. 14) calls Ophites. The Ophite teaching may be used to illustrate that of Saturninus, his connexion
Ogdoad_(Gnosticism)
Malevolent creator in Gnosticism
spiritual world, as the true, good God. In the Archontic, Sethian, and Ophite systems, Yaldabaoth is regarded as the malevolent Demiurge and false god
Yaldabaoth
Class of being in Gnosticism
part of the system (II. xiii.). The name Ennoea is similarly used in the Ophite system described by Irenaeus (I. xxx.). Charis, in the system of Valentinus
Aeon_(Gnosticism)
Christian Gnostic sect
religious mysteries of various nations. The Naassenes so far agreed with other Ophites that they gave to the first principle the names First Man and Son of Man
Naassenes
Species of fungus
obscurans Sacc., (1875) Diaporthe occulta (Fuckel) Nitschke, (1870) Diaporthe ophites Sacc., (1873) Diaporthe protracta Nitschke, (1870) Diaporthe quadrinucleata
Diaporthe_eres
First wife of Heracles in Greek mythology
Alternatively, the Roman mythographer Hyginus named their sons as Therimachus and Ophites. Megara was married to Heracles by her father as a reward for the hero
Megara_(wife_of_Heracles)
Archangel of Judaic tradition
Suriel as one of seven angels who are considered primordial powers by the Ophites. In Gnosticism, Sariel is invoked for his protective powers. He is commemorated
Sariel
Archangel found in Abrahamic religions
the Day of Judgment. In Gnostic tradition, Raphael is represented on the Ophite Diagram. Raphael is an archangel of healing. In the Hebrew Bible, the word
Raphael_(archangel)
Early Christian and Jewish religious systems
of the demiurge. According to Origen's Contra Celsum, a sect called the Ophites posited the existence of seven archons, beginning with Iadabaoth or Ialdabaoth
Gnosticism
school were a certain Euphrates (whom Origen calls the founder of those Ophites to whom Celsus referred about 175 AD) and Celbes, elsewhere called Acembes
Perates
Evil angel in Gnosticism
with hair In the Adversus Haereses book (180 CE), Irenaeus wrote, that Ophites (a Christian Gnostic sect) considered Hebrew Bible prophets as spokesmen
Astanphaeus
Species of snake
aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, Hamburg 9: 1-19 + Plates I-II. (Ophites ruhstrati, new species, pp. 16–18 + Plate II, figures 6a, 6b, 6d). (in
Lycodon_ruhstrati
Gnostic text
documented that Carl Schmidt and Adolf von Harnack attributed it to the Ophite school. The existing manuscript, which some scholars place in the late 4th
Pistis_Sophia
Gnostic sect founded by Basilides in the 2nd century
male and female. The sect's doctrines were often similar to those of the Ophites and later Jewish Kabbalah. Basilidianism survived until the end of the
Basilidians
Major branch of Protestantism
Euchites Gnosticism Manichaeism Paulicianism Priscillianism Naassenes Ophites Sethianism Valentinianism Iconoclasm Luciferianism Macedonianism Marcionism
Lutheranism
Gospel of John) Naassene Fragment mentioned in Hippolytus (Ref. 5.7.2–9). Ophite Diagrams mentioned in Celsus and Origen Ptolemy's Commentary on the Gospel
List_of_Gnostic_texts
Apotactics (also called Apostolics) Severians Marcosians Messalians Nicolaism Ophites Naassenes Perates Priscillianism Quintillians, Montanist sect that may
List_of_Gnostic_sects
Serpent Titan in Greek mythology
declaring that Pherecydes took Ophion and the Ophionidae from the Phoenicians. Ophites Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Ophion (1). Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of
Ophion_(god)
Species of snake
1880, n. 8, p.111-121 (original text). Günther, 1880 : Description of Ophites japonicus, a new snake from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Oriental_odd-tooth_snake
Contemporary religious movement
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Gnosticism_in_modern_times
Deuterocanonical book of Christian scripture
churches use Tobit". Irenaeus further noted that the 2nd-century Gnostic Ophites included Tobit among the biblical prophets. By contrast, explicit canonical
Book_of_Tobit
Sect of gnostic Encratites
the well known Gnostic power Ialdaboth (Yaldabaoth) who appears in the Ophite system as the first offspring of Bythus and Ennoia. The Severians held that
Severian_Encratites
1833 study by John Bathurst Deane
Italy, Illyricum, Thrace, Greece, Asia Minor, and Phœnicia." (Ch VIII) Ophites Serpents in the Bible Snake worship Colin Kidd,The Forging of Races: Race
The_Worship_of_the_Serpent
Figure in Greek mythology
Megara. These two had children: Therimachus, Deicoon, Creontiades, and Ophites, but they were all flung into the fire by their father, when he, in a fit
Creon_(king_of_Thebes)
Mars
Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence. Niederlande: Brill. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9789047426707. Bullard,
Sabaoth_(Gnosticism)
Group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals
extensive outcrops of limestone penetrated by igneous rocks described as ophites (varieties of diabase) and lherzolites (peridotites). At the contacts scapolite
Scapolite
mythology Ethnoherpetology Lucifer Naassenes Nāga Narayana Ningishzida Ophites Protoevangelium Rod of Asclepius Serpent seed Snake worship Staff of Moses
Serpents_in_the_Bible
Species of snake
name Lycodon septentrionalis (Günther, 1875) Synonyms Ophites septentrionalis Günther, 1875 Ophites ruhstrati Fischer, 1886 Lycodon septentrionalis Boulenger
White-banded_wolf_snake
Species of butterfly
otho misera (Lucas, 1857) (Cuba, Bahamas, Honduras) Wallengrenia otho ophites (Mabille, 1878) (Antilles, Dominica) Wallengrenia otho vesuria (Plötz,
Wallengrenia_otho
Common Greek noun for knowledge
the spiritual world, as the true, good god. In the Archontic, Sethian and Ophite systems, Yaldabaoth (Yahweh) is regarded as the malevolent Demiurge and
Gnosis
Gnostic deity of Barbelo
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Protophanes
Work of Christian theology written in Greek by Irenaeus
Cerdo and Marcion. XXVIII. Tatian, the Encratites. XXIX. Borborians. XXX. Ophites and Sethians. XXXI. Cainites and conclusion of Book I. Book 2: A rebuttal
Against_Heresies
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Colarbasians
Carpocratianism Cerdonians Mandaeism Kentaeans Luciferianism Naassenes Nicolaitans Ophites Perates Priscillianism Quqites Seleucians Sethianism Simonians Valentinianism
List of Christian denominations
List_of_Christian_denominations
Early Christian theologian (c.85–c.160)
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Marcion_of_Sinope
Brass serpent in Torah
Nāga Nahusha in Hindu mythology, a king who became a serpent Ningishzida Ophites Rod of Asclepius Serpent Column Serpent symbolism Snake worship Staff of
Nehushtan
Religious organization based on ideas and systems of early Christian and Jewish mysticism
Mandaeism Syrian-Egyptian Archontics Bardaisan Basilidians Hermeticism Ophites Sethianism Valentinianism Persian Manichaeism Medieval Bogomilism Catharism
Ecclesia_Pistis_Sophia
Gnostic text
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Melchizedek_(text)
First man and woman in Abrahamic creation myth
serpent, instead of being identified with Satan, is seen as a hero by the Ophites. Still other Gnostics believed that Satan's fall, however, came after the
Adam_and_Eve
Order of humans in Gnosticism
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Pneumatic_(Gnosticism)
Gnostic deity of Barbelo
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Autogenes
Angel in Abrahamic religions
Alexandria in his work Against Celsus, Michael was represented as a lion on the Ophite Diagram. From the second-century onward, evidence exists attesting early
Michael_(archangel)
Gnostic deity of Barbelo
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Kalyptos
2nd century Egyptian philosopher and gnostic
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Carpocrates
Christian Gnostic text
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First_Apocalypse_of_James
Gnostic Christian movement
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Valentinianism
Medieval southern European Christian dualist movement
Florinus Justin Marcion Marcionism Marcus Marcosians Naassenes Nicolaism Ophites Perates Saturninus Sethianism Valentinus Valentinianism Pseudo-Christian
Catharism
Religious, ideological, or philosophical beliefs based on Satan
Toledo, Ohio, was founded in 1948. Describing his Satanic tradition as the Ophite Cultus Sathanas, the group first came to public attention in 1969. The group
Satanism
Gnostic term for Angel
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Youel_(Gnosticism)
Ancient Jewish Christian sect in Sassanid southern Mesopotamia
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Elcesaites
Gnostic dialogue
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Book_of_Thomas_the_Contender
Religious figure who confronted Peter
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Simon_Magus
Ascetic 2nd-century Christian sect
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Encratites
3rd-century Christian apologetics work by Origen of Alexandria
arguments Christians would be most vulnerable to. He also mentions the Ophites and Simonians, two Gnostic sects that had almost completely vanished by
Contra_Celsum
Gnostic mystical word with many meanings
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Abraxas
10th-century Bulgarian neo-Gnostic sect
Florinus Justin Marcion Marcionism Marcus Marcosians Naassenes Nicolaism Ophites Perates Saturninus Sethianism Valentinus Valentinianism Pseudo-Christian
Bogomilism
Collection of Gnostic and Christian texts
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Nag_Hammadi_library
Religious leader
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Elkasai
Topics referred to by the same term
a theory Diagrams (band), British rock band Ophite Diagrams, esoteric ritual diagrams used by the Ophite sect of Gnosticism The Diagram Brothers This
Diagram_(disambiguation)
Species of snake
L. fasciatus Binomial name Lycodon fasciatus (Anderson, 1879) Synonyms Ophites fasciatus Anderson, 1879 Lycodon fasciatus - Boulenger, 1890 Dinodon yunnanensis
Lycodon_fasciatus
Form of Manichaeism practiced in China
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Chinese_Manichaeism
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Gnosticism_and_Neoplatonism
Gnostic text
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Interpretation_of_Knowledge
Extinct Gnostic sect
Florinus Justin Marcion Marcionism Marcus Marcosians Naassenes Nicolaism Ophites Perates Saturninus Sethianism Valentinus Valentinianism Pseudo-Christian
Simonians
Groups labeled "gnostic" that may not quite be gnostic
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Pseudo-Gnosticism
Concept in metaphysics
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Anima_mundi
First emanation of God in some Gnostic cosmogony
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Barbelo
Egyptian gnostic theologian (c. 100–c. 165)
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Valentinus_(Gnostic)
Persian religion founded in the 3rd century AD
Florinus Justin Marcion Marcionism Marcus Marcosians Naassenes Nicolaism Ophites Perates Saturninus Sethianism Valentinus Valentinianism Pseudo-Christian
Manichaeism
Florinus Justin Marcion Marcionism Marcus Marcosians Naassenes Nicolaism Ophites Perates Saturninus Sethianism Valentinus Valentinianism Pseudo-Christian
Hypsiphrone
Species of snake
Snakes of the Indian Empire. Part 2". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 29 (3): 598–632. (Ophites mackinnoni, p. 614). Portals: Snakes India Iran Pakistan v t e
Lycodon_bicolor
American spiritual writer
Mandaeism Syrian-Egyptian Archontics Bardaisan Basilidians Hermeticism Ophites Sethianism Valentinianism Persian Manichaeism Medieval Bogomilism Catharism
Tau_Malachi
2nd-century Gnostic gospel
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Gospel_of_Judas
Devotion to serpent deities
[citation needed] Tradition states that one of the Gnostic sects known as the Ophites caused a tame serpent to coil around the sacramental bread, and worshiped
Snake_worship
Early Christian movement
Euchites Gnosticism Manichaeism Paulicianism Priscillianism Naassenes Ophites Sethianism Valentinianism Iconoclasm Luciferianism Macedonianism Marcionism
Ebionites
Concept of the personification of evil in Christianity
Christ. Such positions were held by Marcion, Valentinus, Basilides and Ophites, who denied the Old Testamental deity to be the true God, arguing that
Devil_in_Christianity
Precursors to Gnosticism
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Proto-Gnosticism
Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence. Brill. ISBN 978-90-474-2670-7. "Basilides". Catholic Encyclopedia
List_of_Christian_heresies
Rejection of the belief that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit
Euchites Gnosticism Manichaeism Paulicianism Priscillianism Naassenes Ophites Sethianism Valentinianism Iconoclasm Luciferianism Macedonianism Marcionism
Denial of the virgin birth of Jesus
Denial_of_the_virgin_birth_of_Jesus
Lost text from the New Testament apocrypha
works by the Church Fathers. It is thought to be a gnostic text of the Ophites, and is believed by some to be the same as the Gospel of Eve, though the
Gospel_of_Perfection
Species of snake
Burma". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 47 (part 2): 125–131. (Ophites gammiei, new species, pp. 130–131). (in English and Latin). Boulenger GA
Lycodon_gammiei
Gnostic gospel
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Apocryphon_of_John
lesser whirlabout (Polites dictynna), broken dash skipper (Wallengrenia ophites), and the stub-tailed skipper (Urbanus obscurus). Jung's dusky wing (Achlyodes
List of butterflies of Dominica
List_of_butterflies_of_Dominica
Personification of the Living Water in Sethian Gnosticism
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Yesseus_Mazareus_Yessedekeus
4th century Coptic manuscript
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Codex_Tchacos
Adam and Eve's loss of innocence in the Abrahamic religions
spiritual world, as the true, good God. In the Archontic, Sethian, and Ophite systems, Yaldabaoth (Yahweh) is regarded as the malevolent Demiurge and
Fall_of_man
French geologist
the granulite group, and dealt with pegmatites, variolites, eurites, the ophites of the Pyrenees, the extinct volcanoes of Central France, gneisses, and
Auguste_Michel-Lévy
5th-century Gnostic religious group of Mesopotamia
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Kentaeans
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