fl. c. 130 CE · Gnostic teacher
Carpocrates
Καρποκράτης
Known · AttestedWorked in Alexandria.
In Alexandria: c. 130 CE
An Alexandrian whose followers, by their opponents' account, taught that the soul must pass through every experience before it can escape the angels who made the world, and honoured images of Jesus beside those of Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle. Known only from hostile sources.
Our device: Their emblem is a signet ring. No portrait of any of these people survives. The emblems are our devices.
Moments
- c. 120–160 CE · Basilides, Valentinus and Carpocrates Known: attested
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Sources (2)
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.25
- Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 3.2.5–3.2.11