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• OPHITES, or OPIMMANS (Gr. oOrs, Heb. r , " snake ")

OPHITES, or OPIMMANS (Gr. oOrs, Heb. r , " snake ")  , known also as NAASENES, an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• SECT

sect of Gnostics described by See also:

• HIPPOLYTUS
• HIPPOLYTUS, THE CANONS OF

Hippolytus (Philosoph. v.), See also:

• IRENAEUS

Irenaeus (adv . Haer . See also:

• ORIGEN (c. 185-c. 254)

Origen (Contra Celsum, vi . 25 seq. and See also:

• EPIPHANIUS, SAINT (c. 315-402)

Epiphanius (Haer. See also:

• XXVI

xxvi.) . The See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account given by Irenaeus may be taken as representative of these descriptions which vary partly as referring to different See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups, partly to different See also:

• DATES

dates . The See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour paid by them to the See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent is connected with the old mythologies of See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon and See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt as well as with the popular cults of See also:

• GREECE

Greece and the Orient . It was particularly offensive to Christians as tending to dishonour the Creator who is set over against the serpent as See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad against See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good . The Ophite See also:

• SYSTEM

system had its Trinity: (I) the Universal See also:

• GOD

God, the First See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man, (2)' his conception (gvvoia), the Second Man, (3) a See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• HOLY

Holy Spirit . From her the Third Man (See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ) was begotten by the First and Second . Christ flew upward with his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, and in their ascent a spark of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell on the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters as See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia . From this contact came Ialdabaoth the Demiurgos, who in turn produced six See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers and with them created the seven heavens and from the dregs of See also:

• MATTER

matter the Nous of serpent See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, from whom are spirit and soul, evil and See also:

• DEATH

death . Ialdabaoth then announced himself as the Supreme, and when man (created by the six powers) gave thanks for See also:

• LIFE

life not to Ialdabaoth but to the First Man, Ialdabaoth created a woman (See also:

• EVE

Eve) to destroy him .

Then Sophia or Prunikos sent the serpent (as a benefactor) to persuade See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam and Eve to eat the See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree of knowledge and so break the commandment of Ialdabaoth, who banished them from See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

paradise to See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . After a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between mankind aided by Prunikos against Ialdabaoth (this is the inner See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the Old Testament), the Holy Spirit sends Christ to the earth to enter (See also:

• UNITED

united with his See also:

• SISTER

sister Prunikos) the pure See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, the virgin-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born Jesus . Jesus Christ worked miracles and declared himself the Son of the First Man . Ialdabaoth instigated the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews to kill him, but only Jesus died on the See also:

• CROSS

cross, for Christ and Prunikos had departed from him . Christ then raised the spiritual See also:

• BODY

body of Jesus which remained on earth for eighteen months, initiating a small circle of elect disciples . Christ, received into See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven, sits at the right See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of Ialdabaoth, whom he deprives of See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory and receives the souls that are his own . In some circles the serpent was identified with Prunikos . There are some resemblances to the Valentinian system, but whereas the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ARCHON (apywv, ruler)

Archon signs in See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance, Ialdabaoth sins against knowledge; there is also less of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy in the Ophite system . See See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King, The Gnostics and their Remains (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1887) ; G . See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

Salmon, See also:

• ART

art . " See also:

• OPHITES, or OPIMMANS (Gr. oOrs, Heb. r , " snake ")

Ophites " in Dict . Chr .

Biog .