Ophites - Wikipedia 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 ("arrangement")
Gnostic Scriptures and Fragments: The Ophite Diagrams 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 (which Celsus gives in context of describing an initiation ritual), then proceeds with his own further description
Mystery Cults, Ancient Christianity, Gnosticism - Britannica 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 Gnostic sects, such as the Naassenes and Cainites, are included under the designation Ophites
THE OPHITES. - Internet Sacred Text Archive The Ophites explain as follows the esoteric doctrine concerning Isis, and the genital member of Osiris, lost, sought after, and enveloped by her seven times in a black (or dark blue) * vestment
OPHITES - JewishEncyclopedia. com Collective name for several Gnostic sects which regarded the serpent (Greek, ὄφις; Hebrew, "naḥash"; hence called also Naasseni) as the image of creative wisdom
Ophites | Religion and Philosophy | Research Starters - EBSCO The Ophites, whose name derives from the Greek ophis, or “snake,” were gnostics, a subset of Christians who believed that the material world was evil and true salvation could only be found in the secret knowledge of divine truths
The Ophites: Gnostic Veneration of the Serpent in Eden Few early Christian sects provoke as much immediate intrigue and scholarly debate as the Ophites Deriving their name from the Greek word "ophis" (serpent), these Gnostics held beliefs that radically inverted the biblical narrative, challenging core tenets of what would become orthodox Christianity
Ophites - Biblical Cyclopedia Origen gives a minute account of the Diagram of the Ophites, which appears to have been a sort of tablet on which they depicted their doctrines in all sorts of figures, with words annexed "
OPHITES - Biblioteca Pleyades This unknowable and inaccessible power, the Ophites declared to be ineffable or impossible to name, and he was only referred to by them as Bythos or the Deep The same idea and the same name were adopted by most of the later Gnostics
Chapter 128: The Ophites, Sethites, Peratae, and Cainites The Ophites—or in Hebrew, the Naasseni, “Serpent Brethren”—emerged from the murky crossroads of pre-Christian mystery cults and speculative syncretism Though their precise origin remains obscure, Mosheim and others suggest a formation even before the advent of Christ