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Ptolemy the Gnostic, (Greek: Πτολεμαίος ο Γνωστικός Latin: Ptolemaeus Gnosticus) was a disciple of the Gnostic teacher Valentinius and is known for the...

BC–30 BC): Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy IV Philopator Ptolemy V Epiphanes Ptolemy VI Philometor Ptolemy VII Neos...

The "Letter to Flora" is a Gnostic text written by Ptolemy, a Valentinian teacher, to a woman named Flora. Prior to the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library...

[dubious – discuss] (this is a feature of Ptolemy's version of the Valentinian gnostic myth). Jewish Gnosticism with a focus on Sophia was active by 90...

AD), Christian martyrs Ptolemy (gnostic) (c. 180 AD), a religious philosopher who was active in Roman Italy and Gaul Ptolemy-el-Garib (fl. c. 300 AD)...

There is significant scholarly debate around what Gnosticism is, and therefore what qualifies as a "Gnostic text." Prior to the discovery at Nag Hammadi,...

disciples of Valentinus were Heracleon, Ptolemy, Marcus and possibly Bardaisan. Many of the writings of these Gnostics, and a large number of excerpts from...

(Perfect) and Sophia (Wisdom) According to Irenaeus, the followers of the Gnostics Ptolemy and Colorbasus had Aeons that differ from those of Valentinus. Logos...

Valentinianism was one of the major Gnostic Christian movements. Founded by Valentinus in the 2nd century AD, its influence spread widely, not just within...

Epiphanes (reigned 101–96 BC), King of Cappadocia Epiphanes (gnostic), legendary Gnostic writer Gaius Julius Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the last king of...

young Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII Theodotus of Byzantium (2nd century), an early Christian writer from Byzantium Theodotus the Gnostic (2nd century), a key...

where 100,000 Judean Jews had been forced to settle during the reign of Ptolemy Soter (323–285 BC),[citation needed] and was an early center of Christianity...

France). In it, Irenaeus identifies and describes several schools of Gnosticism, as well as other schools of Christian thought, and contrasts their beliefs...

Marcellians identified themselves as "gnostics", many modern scholars do not classify them as members of the sect of Gnosticism. Women played prominent roles...

also called The Reality of the Rulers or The Nature of the Rulers, is a Gnostic writing. The only known surviving manuscript is in Coptic as the fourth...

It states, for cognizance, (gnostic-to know): ...the dwellers in Egypt, glorifying-(djeser), the God appearing-(Ptolemy V - epiphanous), the lord of...

Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Saturn. Greek astronomers such as Geminus and Ptolemy recorded these classical planets during classical antiquity, introducing...

for you both." This is the one Gnostic detail of the text, which is in every other way a conventional miracle tale. Ptolemy leaves a plot of land to the...

Michael (1989). The Voudon Gnostic Workbook. Magickal Childe. ISBN 0-939708-12-4. Bertiaux, Michael (2007). The Voudon Gnostic Workbook: Expanded Edition...

commentary made on John by the Gnostics Ptolemy, Basilides and Heracleon. In the quote below Irenaeus argues against the gnostic heresy from his book Against...