Origen’s Vacillating Stances toward his “Valentinian” Colleague Heracleon

When Origen of Alexandria presents numerous extensive quotations from Heracleon, whom he explicitly presents as a follower of Valentinus, one might expect a uniformly adversarial attitude toward this “Valentinian” sectarian. Instead, Origen’s stances are found to vacillate significantly from general...

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Published in:Vigiliae Christianae
Main Author: Berglund, Carl Johan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2017, Volume: 71, Issue: 5, Pages: 541-569
IxTheo Classification:BF Gnosticism
HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B Gospel of John reception history Valentinian exegesis Patristic exegesis Greek philology Gnosticism
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