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People & groups

• Gnosticism — Umbrella label for diverse early Christian movements that emphasized secret/experiential knowledge (gnosis) to awaken a divine “spark” within.

• Proto-orthodox — Modern term for the streams of early Christianity that later became mainstream “orthodoxy.”

• Sethians — A Gnostic school with elaborate myths about Sophia, a false creator, and rescuing divine sparks.

• Valentinians — Gnostic movement from teacher Valentinus; tended to see the creator as ignorant rather than evil and blended in with church life.

• Basilidians (followers of Basilides) — Early 2nd-century movement; reported to teach many “heavens” and often associated with Docetism.

• Marcionites — Followers of Marcion of Sinope who rejected the Hebrew Scriptures’ God as distinct from the Father of Jesus.

• Ebionites — Torah-observant Jewish-Christian group; generally skeptical of Paul and insisted on Jewish law.

• Justin Martyr — 2nd-century Christian writer who mentions churches reading the “memoirs of the apostles.”

• Irenaeus — Late-2nd-century bishop who argued for exactly four Gospels and wrote Against Heresies.

• Tatian — 2nd-century Christian who created the Diatessaron, a harmony of the four Gospels.