Basilides

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Basilides was a 2nd-century Gnostic teacher from Alexandria known for developing an influential and complex Gnostic cosmology and theological system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Basilides canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gnostic teacher ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ
religious philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
activeInCentury 2nd century ⓘ
associatedWith Alexandria ⓘ
associatedWithText Exegesis on the Gospel (lost work) ⓘ
Odes (lost work) ⓘ
Twenty-Four Books on the Gospel (lost work) ⓘ
birthPlace Alexandria ⓘ
consideredByEarlyChurch heretic ⓘ
cosmologyType Gnostic cosmology ⓘ
developedConcept a complex hierarchy of powers and aeons ⓘ
a distinct view of creation and emanation ⓘ
a distinctive Christology ⓘ
a doctrine of election of the spiritual ⓘ
a doctrine of salvation through knowledge (gnosis) ⓘ
a theory of suffering and providence ⓘ
a transcendent unknowable God ⓘ
multi-layered heavenly realms ⓘ
doctrinesKnownFrom Clement of Alexandria ⓘ
Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Hippolytus of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Saint Hippolytus

Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ
emphasized esoteric interpretation of the Gospel ⓘ
salvation through knowledge ⓘ
secret teaching ⓘ
era Early Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Early Christians
historicalStatus poorly documented ⓘ
influenced Basilidian Gnostics ⓘ
linked to: Basilideanism

Valentinian Gnosticism ⓘ
linked to: Valentinianism

later Christian heresiological literature ⓘ
knownFor developing a complex Gnostic cosmology ⓘ
developing a distinctive theological system ⓘ
founding the Basilidian school ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
movement Alexandrian Gnosticism ⓘ
linked to: Basilideanism
nameVariant Basilidis (Latinized form) ⓘ
opposedBy Clement of Alexandria ⓘ
Hippolytus of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Saint Hippolytus

Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ
philosophicalContext Middle Platonism ⓘ
regionOfActivity Roman Egypt ⓘ
religion Gnosticism ⓘ
teacherOf Isidore of Basilides ⓘ
theologicalOrientation dualistic tendencies ⓘ
worksStatus survive only in fragments and reports ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gnosticism → hasKeyFigure → Basilides ⓘ
Basilideanism → foundedBy → Basilides ⓘ
Basilideanism → associatedPerson → Basilides ⓘ