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The chief sacrament of the Valentinians seems to have been that of the bridal chamber (nymphon). [29] The Gospel of Philip, a probable Valentinian text, reads: There were three buildings specifically for sacrifice in Jerusalem. The one facing the west was called "The Holy". Another, facing south, was called "The Holy of the Holy".
[2] Valentinus produced a variety of writings, but only fragments survive, largely those quoted in rebuttal arguments in the works of his opponents, not enough to reconstruct his system except in broad outline. [1] His doctrine is known only in the developed and modified form given to it by his disciples, the Valentinians.
The Gospel of Truth is not titled, but the name for the work comes from the first three words of the text. It may have been written in Greek between 140 and 180 by Valentinian Gnostics (or, as some posit, by Valentinus himself). [2]
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 first junior co-ruler of his half-brother, then was sidelined by a usurper, and finally became sole ruler after 388, albeit with limited de facto powers.
But it was a disputed point in these systems whether the First Principle of all was thus twofold. There were those, both in earlier systems, and even among the Valentinians who held, that the origin of things was to be traced to a single Principle, which some described as hermaphrodite; others said was above all sex. And among the Valentinians ...
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1.2 Judean-Israelite Gnosticism. 1.3 Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism. ... it is likely that the owners of the codex were dualistic like the Bogomils; Paulicianism ...