source to mention Ophites, and the first source to discuss the connection with serpents. He claims (Haer. 2.1-4) that the Ophites taught that Christ...

up ophite or ophitic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ophite or Ophitic may refer to: Ophites, an ancient Gnostic sect in Syria and Egypt Ophite or...

square, with words said at the gates of Paradise. Further to this, the Ophites are said by Celsus to add the sayings of prophets, and circles upon circles...

to summon spirits of the deceased. The term "Ophite" refers to the ancient gnostic sect of the Ophites, who revered the Serpent of Eden. The Latin phrase...

to it, are the builders of the physical universe. Among the Archontics, Ophites, Sethians and in the writings of Nag Hammadi library, the archons are rulers...

venerating the biblical serpent of the Garden of Eden. Therefore, he calls them Ophites, naming after the serpent they are supposed to worship. In this belief...

intended by it corresponds more or less closely with the Yaldabaoth of the Ophites, the great Archon of Basilides, the Elohim of Justinus, etc. The Valentinian...

understood. The Sethians (Latin Sethoitae) are first mentioned, alongside the Ophites, in the 2nd century, by Irenaeus (who was antagonistic towards gnosticism)...

possession of Gnosis respecting these things. Like Gnosticism in general, the Ophites teach the existence of a Supreme Being, standing infinitely high above...

Mystery of Baphomet, by which the Knights Templars, like the Gnostics and Ophites, are convicted of Apostasy, of Idolatry and of moral Impurity, by their...