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Gnosticisme séthien
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Sem (Bible)
Sem (en hébreu moderne : שם, Shem ou Sêm ; arabe : سام, Sām ; signifiant « nom, renommée, prospérité ») est un personnage de la Genèse, le premier livre de la Bible. Il est un des trois fils de Noé, et le frère de Cham et Japhet. Neuf générations le séparent de son ancêtre Seth, le fils d'Adam. Ses fils sont Elam, Ashshur, Arpakshad, et . Il vécut 600 ans. Il est l'ancêtre d’Eber, lui-même ancêtre d'Abraham. Malédiction de Cham Sem joue un rôle primordial dans la malédiction de Canaan, fils de Cham.
Norea
Norea is a figure in Gnostic cosmology. She plays a prominent role in two surviving texts from the Nag Hammadi library. In Hypostasis of the Archons, she is the daughter of Adam and Eve and sister of Seth. She sets fire to Noah's Ark and receives a divine revelation from the Luminary Eleleth. In Thought of Norea, she "extends into prehistory" as "she assumes the features here of the fallen Sophia." In Mandean literature, she is instead identified as the wife of either Noah or Shem. She is also sometimes said to be the syzygy of Adam.
Numénius d'Apamée
Numénius d'Apamée (en latin Numenius Apamensis platonicus, en Νουμήνιος ὁ ἐξ Ἀπαμείας), est un philosophe néopythagoricien ou précurseur du néoplatonisme, né à Apamée (en Syrie), vivant au II s. On le classe aussi parmi les médio-platoniciens. Il a écrit divers livres, dont il ne reste que des fragments : Platon et les Académiciens, Doctrines secrètes de Platon, Sur les nombres, Sur le Bien. Ses écrits étaient discutés dans les séminaires de Plotin.
Second Treatise of the Great Seth
The Second Treatise of the Great Seth is a Gnostic text. It is the second tractate in Codex VII of the Nag Hammadi library. The Coptic papyrus, translated from a Greek original, is entirely preserved and written clearly. The text likely was written near Alexandria c. 200 AD. Seth is not mentioned in the text; instead the title "may be understood to be the second speech or message delivered by Jesus, the manifestation of heavenly Seth," based on Sethian beliefs.
Masbuta
Maṣbuta (ࡌࡀࡑࡁࡅࡕࡀ) is the ritual of immersion in water in the Mandaean religion. Mandaeans revere John the Baptist and practice frequent baptism (masbuta) as ritual purification, not of initiation. They are possibly one of the earliest peoples to practice ritual baptism. Mandaeans undergo baptism on Sundays (Habshaba), wearing a white sacral robe (rasta). Baptism for Mandaeans consists of a triple full immersion in water, a triple signing of the forehead with water and a triple drinking of water.
Hypostasis of the Archons
The Hypostasis of the Archons, 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 tractate in Codex II of the Nag Hammadi library. It has some similarities with On the Origin of the World, which immediately follows it in the codex. The Coptic version is a translation of a Greek original, possibly written in Egypt in the third century AD. The text begins as an exegesis on Genesis 1–6 and concludes as a discourse explaining the nature of the world's evil authorities.
Misothéisme
Le misothéisme (littéralement, haine de Dieu ou haine des dieux) est une croyance religieuse en un ou plusieurs dieux que l'on déteste. Il diffère de l'athéisme (absence de croyance en l'existence de dieux) et de l'antithéisme (opposition à la croyance en l'existence de dieux), car le misothéisme suppose l'existence d'un ou plusieurs dieux. Cependant, ce Dieu ou ces dieux sont considérés comme mauvais car, selon les misothéistes, l'humanité est sujette à la négligence ou au sadisme divin, étant donné la souffrance, l'injustice et le désordre dans le monde.
Archontics
The Archontics, or Archontici, were a Gnostic sect that existed in Palestine, Syria and Armenia, who arose towards the mid 4th century CE. They were thus called from the Greek word ἄρχοντες, "principalities", or "rulers", by reason that they held the world to have been created and ruled by malevolent Archons. Epiphanius of Salamis seems to be the earliest Christian writer who speaks of this sect. He relates that a young priest in Palestine named Peter had been charged with heresy, deposed from the office of the priesthood and expelled by Bishop Aëtius.
Arbre de la connaissance du bien et du mal
thumb|right|L'arbre de la connaissance.Tableau de Lucas Cranach l'Ancien. L'arbre de la connaissance du bien et du mal, en hébreu עֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע ets hada'at tov va'ra, est un symbole du Livre de la Genèse. Suivant le récit biblique, il est l'un des deux arbres mystérieux plantés par Dieu dans le jardin d’Éden, l'autre étant l'arbre de vie. Selon la Bible (Livre de la Genèse, ch. 2 et 3), l'arbre de la connaissance du bien et du mal se situait dans le jardin d'Éden, où vivaient Adam et Ève.
Justin (Gnostic)
Justin or Justinus was an early Gnostic Christian from the 2nd century AD recorded by Hippolytus. He is often confused in sources with Justin Martyr as "Justin the Gnostic". Justin's life is unknown, although he likely came from a Jewish-Christian background. Most information about him comes from Hyppolytus, who might have been familiar with Justin's most important work, Baruch. He is counted among the earliest Gnostics, having lived in the era of Simonians like Simon Magus, Dositheus, Menander and Saturninus.