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1. Ophites: Ophites, or Ophians, known also as Naasenes, an early sect of Gnostics described by Hippolytus, Irenaeus, Origen (Contra Celsum, vi. The account given by Irenaeus may be taken as representative of these descriptions which vary partly as referring to different ... [100%] 2022-09-02
2. Ophites: 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"). It is now thought that later accounts of these "Ophites" by ... (Religion) [100%] 2023-12-13 [Gnosticism]
3. Ophites: 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"). It is now thought that later accounts of these "Ophites" by ... (Christian Gnostic sect) [100%] 2023-12-13 [Gnosticism] [Early Gnostic Christian sects]...
4. Ophites: Collective name for several Gnostic sects which regarded the serpent (Greek, ὄφις; Hebrew, "naḥash"; hence called also Naasseni) as the image of creative wisdom. Such sects existed within Judaism probably even before the rise of Christianity; and as there were who ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
5. Ophites: Alternately known as the Naasenites, they were a Gnostic movement linked to Judaism in late antiquity. [100%] 2004-07-10