Ancient Valentinian Christian movement | Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Neutral catalog summary

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Ancient Valentinian Christian movement is cataloged as a Philosophical / theological school within Historical Religions & Mystery Cults. Its public geographic context is “Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned” and its period or origin is “2nd–4th centuries CE.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Early Christian diversity.”

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Record fields

Alternate / historical names: Ancient Valentinian schools; Valentinianism; school of Valentinus; ancient Valentinians
Parent tradition: Early Christian diversity
Public geographic context: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: 2nd–4th centuries CE
Living / historical status: Historical early Christian movement
Access / protocol: Scholarly / historical only
Evidence status: Directly cited

Geography

Candidate

Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

Historical or contested context in the source record is not converted into a modern political claim.

Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.

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Source 1britannica.com

Source 2cambridge.org

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Stable attribution

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Ancient Valentinian Christian movement. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1030. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1030

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