the Valentinian theory comes from its critics and detractors, most notably Irenaeus, since he was especially concerned with refuting Valentinianism. Valentinus...

founder of Valentinianism Valentinian (play), a Jacobean-era stage play Valentinianic dynasty, an Imperial Roman dynasty founded by Valentinian I and sometimes...

Valentinian III (Latin: Placidus Valentinianus; 2 July 419 – 16 March 455) was Roman emperor in the West from 425 to 455. Starting in childhood, his reign...

Valentinian II (Latin: Valentinianus; 371 – 15 May 392) was a Roman emperor in the western part of the Roman empire between AD 375 and 392. He was at...

Valentinian I (Latin: Valentinianus; 321 – 17 November 375), sometimes called Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375. He ruled the Western...

The Valentinian dynasty was a ruling house of five generations of dynasts, including five Roman emperors during late antiquity, lasting nearly a hundred...

been influenced to believe this by the presence of Valentinian communities in Cyprus. Valentinianism is the name for the school of gnostic philosophy tracing...

Pagels: "Valentinian gnosticism [...] differs essentially from dualism"; * Schoedel: "a standard element in the interpretation of Valentinianism and similar...

A Valentinian Exposition is the second tractate from Codex XI of the Nag Hammadi Library. Less than half of the text has been preserved. The text explores...

emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 367 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, Gratian was raised to the rank of Augustus as a child and inherited...