Archontics
Sign in to saveThe 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 , "principalities", or "rulers", by reason that they held the world to have been created and ruled by malevolent Archons.
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Vinony files it under Christian denominations established in the 2nd century, Christianity in Armenia and Early Gnostic sects.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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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 , "principalities", or "rulers", by reason that they held the world to have been created and ruled by malevolent Archons.
== History ==
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