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Valentinianism is a category for books focused on the 2nd‑century Christian Gnostic movement associated with Valentinus and his school. It includes translations and studies of primary texts (such as the Gospel of Truth, the Gospel of Philip, and related Nag Hammadi writings) as well as historical and theological analyses of its mythic cosmology of the pleroma and aeons, the roles of Sophia and the Demiurge, its sacramental motifs like the “bridal chamber,” and its soteriology centered on saving knowledge (gnosis). Books in this category also explore Valentinian communities in Rome and Alexandria, their scriptural interpretation and ethics, debates with emerging orthodox Christianity (e.g., Irenaeus, Tertullian), and the tradition’s later reception in mysticism and modern esotericism.

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