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Ophites - Wikipedia
The Ophites, also called Ophians were a Christian Gnostic sect depicted by Hippolytus of Rome (170–235) in a lost work, the Syntagma ("arrangement"). en.wikipedia.org
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Ophite - Wikipedia
Ophite or Ophitic may refer to: Ophites, an ancient Gnostic sect in Syria and Egypt; Ophite, originally according to Pliny the Elder for a greenish spotted rock ... en.wikipedia.org
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OPHITE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of OPHITE is any of various usually green and often mottled or blotched rocks (as a serpentine or serpentine marble). www.merriam-webster.com
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Ophite | Mystery Cults, Ancient Christianity, Gnosticism - Britannica
Ophite, (from Greek ophis, “serpent”), member of any of several Gnostic sects that flourished in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century ad and for several ... www.britannica.com
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OPHITE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Ophite definition: a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.. See examples of OPHITE used in a sentence. www.dictionary.com
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Ophite
Ophite, n.2 Eccl. Hist. (ˈɒfaɪt) [a. late L. Ophītæ (Isidore Orig. viii. v.), a. Gr. Ὀϕῖται (Hippolytus, etc.), pl. of Ὀϕίτης, f. ὄϕις serpent: see -ite1 1.] A member of a sect which arose about the 2nd century, who paid reverence to the serpent as an embodiment of divine wisdom.1692 W. Wotton tr. D... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ophites. What does the word mean and what is the importance of that?
From Brittanica: Ophite | Gnostic sects “Ophite, (from Greek ophis, “serpent”), member of any of several Gnostic sects that flourished in ... www.quora.com
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Ophites | EBSCO Research Starters
The Ophites were an early Christian religious sect that believed in an opposing set of dual supreme beings and revered the serpent from the biblical book of ... www.ebsco.com
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OPHITE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Any of several greenish mottled rocks with ophitic texture, such as dolerite and diabase.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video. www.collinsdictionary.com
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Meaning of Ophite in Christianity
Ophite refers to a sect within Gnosticism and early Christianity, considered heretical by mainstream beliefs. They were active in the 2nd century. www.wisdomlib.org
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ophite
▪ I. ophite, n.1 Min. (ˈɒfaɪt) Also 7 ophit. [ad. L. ophītēs (Pliny), a. Gr. ὀϕίτης (sc. λίθος) serpentine stone, f. ὄϕι-ς serpent: see -ite1 2 b.] Name for various eruptive or metamorphic rocks, usually green, and having spots or markings like a serpent; serpentine; serpentine marble.[1398 Trevisa ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ophite Diagrams
The Ophite Diagrams are ritual and esoteric diagrams used by the Ophite sect of Gnosticism, who revered the serpent from the Garden of Eden as a symbol Logan, The Gnostics: Identifying an Early Christian Cult, 2006 & Reconstructing the Ophite Diagram, A. J. wikipedia.org
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Ophism
Ophism rare. (ˈɒfɪz(ə)m) [f. as Ophite n.2 + -ism.] The doctrine or worship of the Ophites: see Ophite n.21865 Chambers's Encycl. s.v. Ophites, Their singular attempt to engraft ‘Ophism’ on Christianity. Oxford English Dictionary
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ophitic
ophitic, a.1 Min. (əʊˈfɪtɪk) [f. ophite n.1 + -ic.] Of the nature of ophite; serpentine; used of the structure of certain rocks in which crystals of feldspar are interposed between plates of augite. By some writers restricted to textures in which augite predominates and the feldspar laths do not in ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ogdoad (Gnosticism)
The Ophite teaching may be used to illustrate that of Saturninus, his connexion with that school being closer than with any other. Again, beside the higher hebdomad of the seven archons, the Ophite system told of a lower hebdomad. wikipedia.org
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