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 …

Ophite, (from Greek ophis, “serpent”), member of any of several Gnostic sects that flourished in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century ad and for several centuries thereafter. A variety of …

拜蛇教 又称欧菲斯派，是 基督教 初期 东欧 的一个异端教派， 罗马帝国 分裂成东西两个帝国时，因受到正统派的 压制 而消亡。 拜蛇教，其教义属于 真知主义 范畴，该教派把蛇（象征“从 …

Collective name for several Gnostic sects which regarded the serpent (Greek, ὄφις; Hebrew, "naḥash"; hence called also Naasseni) as the image of creative wisdom.

It appears both Celsus and Origen had independent access to a similar diagram attributed to a Gnostic group called the "Ophites". Origen summarizes Celsus's description of the diagram …

The Ophite Diagrams are ritual and esoteric diagrams used by the Ophite sect of Gnosticism, who revered the serpent from the Garden of Eden as a symbol of wisdom, which the malevolent …

2018年6月11日 · Ophites (Gk., ophis, ‘serpent’). A group of gnostic sects. According to them the wise serpent (Genesis 3. 14 f.) symbolized a higher god, who acts to liberate humanity and …

OPHITES, or Ophians (Gr. 64x, Heb. wins, "snake"), known also as Naasenes, an early sect of Gnostics described by Hippolytus (Philosoph. v.), Irenaeus (adv. Haer. i. I I), Origen (Contra …

The Ophites originated in Egypt, probably from some relation to the Egyptian serpent-worship, and spread thence into Syria and Asia Minor. They continued to exist as a sect after other …

The Ophites were an early Christian sect that emerged in the second century, characterized by their adherence to Gnostic beliefs. Their name, derived from the Greek word "ophis," meaning …