The Elenchos and the 'Mysteries' Constructing Heretical Identity in Ancient Christianity
For the anonymous, rigoristic, and learned Christian author of the Elenchos, written in the first decades of the third century, Christian heretics (and in particular the Gnostics) secretly guarded their rites and beliefs, much like the initiates of 'mystery cults' from ancient religion. By...
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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2018, 卷: 4, 發布: 3, Pages: 289-302 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hippolytus, Romanus -235, Refutatio omnium haeresium
/ 諾斯底主義
/ 異端
/ 秘密宗教
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| Further subjects: | B
Elenchos
B µ?st????? B Eleusis B mystery cults B PS.-HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME B Naassenes B Gnosticism B Christian heretics |
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| 總結: | For the anonymous, rigoristic, and learned Christian author of the Elenchos, written in the first decades of the third century, Christian heretics (and in particular the Gnostics) secretly guarded their rites and beliefs, much like the initiates of 'mystery cults' from ancient religion. By evoking 'mysteries' as an inspiration for their doctrine, the author is able to paint a negative picture of his Gnostic opponents. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-4471 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion in the Roman empire
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/rre-2018-0022 |