Liber IX · Gnosticism
Chapter VI
Gnostic Schools
8 min readMarcion of Sinope: The Two Gods and the First Christian CanonMarcion of Sinope explained: the shipowner who split the God of the Law from the Father of Jesus, his Gospel and Apostle, and the Marcionite church.10 min readSethian Gnosticism: Barbelo, Yaldabaoth and the Seed of SethSethian Gnosticism explained: the myth of Barbelo, the Autogenes and Yaldabaoth, the seed of Seth, its key Nag Hammadi texts and its links to Platonism.9 min readValentinian Gnosticism: Valentinus, Sophia and the Bridal ChamberValentinian Gnosticism explained: Valentinus and his students, the Ptolemaic myth of Sophia, the three kinds of humans, the bridal chamber and the Church.
Forthcoming in this chapter
1- Gnostic Schools: A Complete Guide