Carpocrates
Sign in to saveCarpocrates of Alexandria (Greek: Καρποκράτης) was the founder of an early Gnostic sect from the first half of the 2nd century, known as Carpocratians. As with many Gnostic sects, the Carpocratians are known only through the writings of the Church Fathers, principally Irenaeus of Lyon and Clement of Alexandria. As these writers strongly opposed Gnostic doctrine, there is a question of negative bias when using this source. While the various references to the Carpocratians differ in some details, they agree as to the libertinism of the sect, a charge commonly levied by pagans against Christians
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Key facts
- Theologian.name
- Carpocrates
- Theologian.birth_date
- mid-late 1st century
- Theologian.birth_place
- Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire
- Theologian.death_date
- 2nd century
- Theologian.death_place
- Cephalonia, Epirus, Roman Empire
- Theologian.spouse
- Alexandria of Cephalonia
- Theologian.children
- Epiphanes
- Theologian.tradition_movement
- Gnosticism
- Theologian.notable_ideas
- Anamnesis, Antinomianism, Archons, the Demiurge, Reincarnation and Christian proto-communism
- Theologian.occupation
- Leader of early Gnostic sect at Cephalonia
- Theologian.main_interests
- Christianity
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- 0138-01-01
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Carpocrates of Alexandria (Greek: Καρποκράτης) was the founder of an early Gnostic sect from the first half of the 2nd century, known as Carpocratians. As with many Gnostic sects, the Carpocratians are known only through the writings of the Church Fathers, principally Irenaeus of Lyon and Clement of Alexandria. As these writers strongly opposed Gnostic doctrine, there is a question of negative bias when using this source. While the various references to the Carpocratians differ in some details, they agree as to the libertinism of the sect, a charge commonly levied by pagans against Christians and conversely by Christians against pagans and heretics.
==Irenaeus== The earliest and most vivid account of Carpocrates and his followers comes from Irenaeus (died 202) in his Against Heresies including an account of the theology and practice of the sect.