The Elenchos and the 'Mysteries' Constructing Heretical Identity in Ancient Christianity
For the anonymous, rigoristic, and learned Christian author of the Elenchos, written in the first decades of the third century, Christian heretics (and in particular the Gnostics) secretly guarded their rites and beliefs, much like the initiates of 'mystery cults' from ancient religion. By...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Mohr Siebeck
[2018]
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Religion in the Roman empire
Год: 2018, Том: 4, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 289-302 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Hippolytus, Romanus -235, Refutatio omnium haeresium
/ Гностицизм (мотив)
/ Ересь (мотив)
/ Религия мистерий
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| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Elenchos
B µ?st????? B Eleusis B mystery cults B PS.-HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME B Naassenes B Gnosticism B Christian heretics |
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| Итог: | For the anonymous, rigoristic, and learned Christian author of the Elenchos, written in the first decades of the third century, Christian heretics (and in particular the Gnostics) secretly guarded their rites and beliefs, much like the initiates of 'mystery cults' from ancient religion. By evoking 'mysteries' as an inspiration for their doctrine, the author is able to paint a negative picture of his Gnostic opponents. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-4471 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Religion in the Roman empire
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/rre-2018-0022 |