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单词 valentinian
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Valentiniann.adj.

Brit. /ˌvalənˈtɪnɪən/, /ˌvaln̩ˈtɪnɪən/, U.S. /ˌvælənˈtɪniən/
Forms: Also 1600s Valentinean.
Etymology: < the name of Valentinus; see definition.
A. n.
A follower of the Egyptian theologian Valentinus (fl. c150), founder of a Gnostic sect.
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Valentinianc1449
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 497 The sect of Valentynyanys, whiche helden that Crist took no thing of Maries bodi.
1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 168 b The conflictes of Irenee with the Valentinians.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 2 As the olde Heretiques the Valentinians did.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Valentinians, certaine heretikes..who held opinion that our Sauiour receiued not his flesh of the blessed virgin Mary.
1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 15 The Valentinians..learned what they said concerning the Generation of their Æones, of Hesiod.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. 540 (note) The Valentinians embraced a complex, and almost incoherent, system.
1833 A. Crichton Hist. Arabia I. v. 216 Sabellians, Valentinians, and a host of obscurer sects, all rose up in the theological arena.
1874 W. R. Cassels Supernat. Relig. II. ii. x. 221 The Valentinians differed materially among themselves regarding certain points.
B. adj.
Adhering or belonging to the Gnostic sect instituted by the heresiarch Valentinus; taught or disseminated by Valentinus or his followers.
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Valentinian1579
1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 585 Yet came that estimation of the crosse from the Valentinian heretikes.
1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis 362 I found that there were Valentinian Anabaptists in those days.
1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. iii. iv. 379 And now he made many Converts,..particularly Ambrosius, noted for the Valentinian Heresie.
1832 W. Palmer Origines Liturg. I. 149 As a sufficient means of proving the falsehood of the Valentinian doctrines.
1874 W. R. Cassels Supernat. Relig. II. ii. x. 214 He calls him the most noted man of the Valentinian school.

Derivatives

Valenˈtinianism n. the doctrine or creed of Valentinus and his followers.
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Valentinianism1875
1875 J. B. Lightfoot St. Paul's Epist. Colossians & Philemon 331/2 The later Basilideans apparently influenced by Valentinianism superadded to the teaching of their founder.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. x. xlvii. 449 The word is tainted with Valentinianism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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