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The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism:




Contents






  • 1 Ancient


    • 1.1 Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism


    • 1.2 Persian Gnosticism


    • 1.3 Not-classified Christian Gnosticism


    • 1.4 Others




  • 2 Middle Ages


  • 3 Modern era


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Footnotes


  • 6 References





Ancient[edit]



Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism[edit]



  • Bardesanites


  • Basilidians

    • Heracleonites [1]



  • Hermeticism

    • Ptolemaeans [2]



  • Satornilians [3]


  • Sethians
    • Valesians



  • Thomasines (also called Thomasenes)[citation needed]

  • Valentianism



Persian Gnosticism[edit]



  • Mandaeanism


  • Manichaeism

    • Al-Dayhuri's Sect

    • Albanenses

    • Astati

    • Audianism

    • Shinang's Sect




  • Sabians (also called Sampsaeans)



Not-classified Christian Gnosticism[edit]




  • Cerdonians

    • Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic[citation needed])

      • Apelliacos


      • Lucianists [4]




  • Colorbasians


  • Dositheans (could be offshoot of Simonianism or proto-Gnostic)


  • Simonians

    • Menandrians [5]




Others[edit]




  • Abelonians [6]

  • Agapetae

  • Alogians


  • Angelici [7]

  • Antitactae

  • Aquarii

  • Archontics

  • Ascodroutes

  • Barbeliotae

  • Bardaisan


  • Borborites


    • Coddians (also called Koddians) [8]


    • Levitics (also called Levitici)[9]


    • Phibionites [10]

    • Stratiotici



  • Cainites

  • Carpocratians


  • Cerinthians


    • Adamites (also called Adamians)

    • Marcellianas




  • Cleobians [11]

  • Docetae

  • Elcesaites


  • Encratites


    • Apotactics (also called Apostolics)

    • Severians



  • Marcosians

  • Messalians

  • Nicolaism


  • Ophites

    • Naassenes

    • Perates



  • Priscillianism


  • Secundians [12]

  • Seleucians



Middle Ages[edit]



  • Athinganoi

  • Bagnolians

  • Bogomils

  • Bosnian Church


  • Cathars

    • Black Brotherhood

    • Credentes

    • Pasagians

    • Pataria




  • Novgorodians - the owners of the Novgorod Codex; it is likely that the owners of the codex were dualistic like the Bogomils


  • Paulicianism
    • Arnoldists



  • Picards (Neo-Adamites)

  • Tondrakians



Modern era[edit]



  • Anthroposophy

  • Christian Science


  • The Church of St Mary & St John [13]

  • Ecclesia Gnostica

  • Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica

  • Ecclesia Gnostica Mysteriorum

  • Eglise Gnostique

  • Gnostic Society


  • Holy Order of Mans (Quasi-Gnostic)

  • Johannite Church

  • Lectorium Rosicrucianum

  • Muckers

  • Neo-Luciferian Church

  • Ophite Cultus Satanas


  • Order of the Nazorean Essenes (influenced by Gnosticism) [14]

  • Society of Novus Spiritus


  • The Summit Lighthouse

    • Church Universal and Triumphant - considered[by whom?]New Thought/ neo-gnostic



  • Tempelhofgesellschaft (Neo-Marcionite)

  • Theosophy

  • Tiamatians

  • The White Eagle Lodge


  • Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO)

  • Gnostic Church of France



See also[edit]


  • Esoteric Christianity


Footnotes[edit]





  1. ^ See Against the Heracleonites by Epiphanius


  2. ^ See Against the Ptolemaeans by Epiphanius


  3. ^ The followers of the gnostic Satornilus. See Against Satornilus by Epiphanius


  4. ^ See Against the Lucianists by Epiphanius


  5. ^ The followers of Menander, who led a schism in Simonianism. See Against Menander by Epiphanius


  6. ^ See Abelites - Jewish Encyclopedia


  7. ^ See Against the Angelics by Epiphanius for a more detailed description.


  8. ^ Apparently another name for the Borborites. Epiphanius also references them as a different sect in the Panarion. He mentions them three times in the book. See here [1].


  9. ^ A gnostic sect mentioned in the Panarion, Against the Nicolaitans, 2,1 They be identified as the Borborites.


  10. ^ Another name for the Gnostics according to Epiphanius. It may be a different Gnostic sect altogether. See Proem I, 5,4


  11. ^ Blunt. Pg. 109. "Cleobians"


  12. ^ See Against the Secundians by Epiphanius


  13. ^ See Churchsmsj.org for more information


  14. ^ See Essenes.com for more information




References[edit]


1. Blunt, John Henry. Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties, and Schools of Religious Thought. Rivingtons. 1874.









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