Adversus Valentinianos

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Adversus Valentinianos is an early Christian polemical treatise, traditionally attributed to Tertullian, that attacks and refutes the doctrines of the Valentinian Gnostic movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian apologetic work ⓘ
Latin theological text ⓘ
early Christian polemical treatise ⓘ
affirms goodness of creation ⓘ
incarnation of Christ ⓘ
unity of God ⓘ
associatedWith North African Christianity ⓘ
author Tertullian ⓘ
circulation Latin West ⓘ
criticizes Valentinian teachers ⓘ
Valentinus ⓘ
critiques Valentinian exegesis of Scripture ⓘ
describes Pleroma according to Valentinians ⓘ
Valentinian myth of emanations ⓘ
field patristics ⓘ
focusesOn refutation of Gnostic cosmology ⓘ
refutation of Gnostic myth ⓘ
refutation of Gnostic soteriology ⓘ
genre polemical literature ⓘ
historicalSignificance source for knowledge of Valentinian Gnosticism ⓘ
witness to early Christian heresiology ⓘ
influenced later anti-Gnostic polemics ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainSubject Gnosticism ⓘ
Valentinianism ⓘ
opposes Valentinian Gnostic movement ⓘ
linked to: Valentinianism

Valentinian doctrine ⓘ
partOf Tertullianic corpus ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Carthage ⓘ
preservedIn Latin manuscript tradition ⓘ
relatedWork Adversus Marcionem ⓘ
De Praescriptione Haereticorum ⓘ
religiousContext early Church debates on heresy ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scripturalBasis New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
studiedIn early Christian studies ⓘ
history of Christian doctrine ⓘ
theologicalOrientation proto-orthodox Christianity ⓘ
theologicalTheme critique of heresy ⓘ
defense of apostolic faith ⓘ
timePeriod early 3rd century ⓘ
late 2nd century ⓘ
traditionalAttribution Tertullian ⓘ
uses philosophical argumentation ⓘ
rhetorical invective ⓘ
satire ⓘ

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De Praescriptione Haereticorum → relatedWorkByAuthor → Adversus Valentinianos ⓘ