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adj - an igneous rock [n -S] : OPHITIC
OPHITES - The Ophites or Ophians (Greek Ophianoi, from ophis "snake") were members of a Christian Gnostic sect depicted by Hippolytus of Rome (170235) in a l...
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| Snake worshippers hope it's unusual |
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| Mar 16 2005 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
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The Ophites or Ophians (Greek Ophianoi, from ophis "snake") were members of a Christian Gnostic sect depicted by Hippolytus of Rome (170235) in a lost work, the Syntagma ("arrangement"). * It is now thought that later accounts of these "Ophites" by Pseudo-Tertullian, Philastrius and Epiphanius of Salamis are all dependent on the lost Syntagma of Hippolytus. It is possible that rather than an actual sectarian name Hippolytus may have invented "Ophite" as a generic term for what he considered heretical speculations concerning the serpent of Genesis or Moses.Apart from the sources directly dependent on Hippolytus (Pseudo-Tertullian, Philastrius and Epiphanius), Origen and Clement of Alexandria also mention the group. The group is mentioned by Irenaeus in Adversus Haereses (1:30). |