List of Gnostic sects
 |
The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism:
Ancient
Proto-Gnosticism
Judean-Israelite Gnosticism
Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism
- Bardesanites
- Basilidians
- Hermeticism
- Satornilians[3]
- Sethians
- Valesians
- Valentinianism
- Heracleonites[4]
- Ptolemaeans[5]
Persian Gnosticism
- Manichaeism
- Al-Dayhuri's Sect
- Albanenses
- Astati
- Audianism
- Shinang's Sect
Unclassified Christian Gnosticism
- Cerdonians
- Marcionism
- Apelliacos
- Lucianists[6]
- Marcionism
- Colorbasians
- Simonianismor proto-Gnostic)
- Justinians
- Simonians
Others
- Abelonians[8]
- Agapetae
- Alogians
- Angelici[9]
- Antitactae
- Aquarii
- Archontics
- Ascodroutes
- Barbeliotae
- Borborites
- Cainites
- Carpocratians
- Cerinthians
- Adamites (also called Adamians)
- Marcellianas
- Cleobians[13]
- Docetae
- Elcesaites
- Encratites
- Apotactics (also called Apostolics)
- Severians
- Marcosians
- Messalians
- Nicolaism
- Ophites
- Priscillianism
- Quintillians, Montanist sect that may have come under Gnostic influence
- Secundians[14]
- Seleucians
Middle Ages
 |
- Athinganoi
- Bagnolians
- Bogomils[15]
- Bosnian Church
- Cathars[16]
- dualisticlike the Bogomils
- Paulicianism (However the dualism of Paulicianism is not certain)[17]
- Picards (Neo-Adamites)
- Tondrakians
Modern era
Neo-Gnostic
reliable, independent, third-party sources. (August 2020) ) |
- Anthroposophy[citation needed]
- The Church of St Mary & St John[19]
- Ecclesia Gnostica
- Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
- Ecclesia Gnostica Mysteriorum
- Ecclesia Pistis Sophia
- Eglise Gnostique
- Gnostic Society
- Holy Order of Mans (Quasi-Gnostic)[citation needed]
- Johannite Church[citation needed]
- Liberal Catholic Union[20]
- Martinism
- Muckers[citation needed]
- Neo-Luciferian Church
- Order of the Nazorean Essenes (influenced by Gnosticism)[21]
- Rosicrucianism
- Samael Aun Weor
- Society of Novus Spiritus
- Theosophy
- Angelici Christian Church
Footnotes
- ISBN 978-90-04-33943-9.
- ISSN 0022-4480.
- ^ The followers of the gnostic Satornilus. See Against Satornilus by Epiphanius
- ^ See Against the Heracleonites by Epiphanius
- ^ See Against the Ptolemaeans by Epiphanius
- ^ See Against the Lucianists by Epiphanius
- Menander, who led a schism in Simonianism. See Against Menanderby Epiphanius
- ^ See Abelites - Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ See Against the Angelics by Epiphanius for a more detailed description.
- ^ 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].
- ^ A gnostic sect mentioned in the Panarion, Against the Nicolaitans, 2,1 They be identified as the Borborites.
- ^ Another name for the Gnostics according to Epiphanius. It may be a different Gnostic sect altogether. See Proem I, 5,4
- ^ Blunt. Pg. 109. "Cleobians"
- ^ See Against the Secundians by Epiphanius
- ISBN 9780199659623.
- ^ Wakefield, Walter L.; Evans, Austin P. (1991). Heresies of the High Middle Ages. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 159–173.
- ^ Conybeare, Frederick. The Key of Truth. A Manual of the Paulician Church of Armenia.
- OCLC 65198443.
- ^ See Churchsmsj.org for more information
- ^ See [2] for more information
- ^ See Essenes.com for more information
References
- Blunt, John Henry. Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties, and Schools of Religious Thought. Rivingtons. 1874.