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List of Gnostic sects

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The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism:

Ancient

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Proto-Gnosticism

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Judean-Israelite Gnosticism

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Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism

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Persian Gnosticism

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Unclassified Christian Gnosticism

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Others

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Middle Ages

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Modern era

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Neo-Gnostic

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ van Bladel, Kevin (2017). From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes. Leiden: Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004339460. ISBN 978-90-04-33943-9.
  2. ^ Gündüz, Şinasi (1994). "The Knowledge of Life: The Origins and Early History of the Mandaeans and Their Relation to the Sabians of the Qur'ān and to the Harranians". Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement. 3. Oxford University Press: 5. ISBN 0-19-922193-6. ISSN 0022-4480.
  3. ^ The followers of the gnostic Satornilus. See Against Satornilus by Epiphanius
  4. ^ See Against the Heracleonites by Epiphanius
  5. ^ See Against the Ptolemaeans by Epiphanius
  6. ^ See Against the Lucianists by Epiphanius
  7. ^ The followers of Menander, who led a schism in Simonianism. See Against Menander by Epiphanius
  8. ^ See Abelites - Jewish Encyclopedia
  9. ^ See Against the Angelics by Epiphanius for a more detailed description.
  10. ^ 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].
  11. ^ A gnostic sect mentioned in the Panarion, Against the Nicolaitans, 2,1 They be identified as the Borborites.
  12. ^ Another name for the Gnostics according to Epiphanius. It may be a different Gnostic sect altogether. See Proem I, 5,4
  13. ^ Blunt. Pg. 109. "Cleobians"
  14. ^ See Against the Secundians by Epiphanius
  15. ^ Livingstone, Elizabeth A. (2013). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199659623.
  16. ^ Wakefield, Walter L.; Evans, Austin P. (1991). Heresies of the High Middle Ages. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 159–173.
  17. ^ Conybeare, Frederick. The Key of Truth. A Manual of the Paulician Church of Armenia.
  18. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  19. ^ See Churchsmsj.org for more information
  20. ^ See [2] for more information
  21. ^ See Essenes.com for more information

References

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