Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-x24gv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-30T10:10:22.737Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Orthodoxy and Heresy in Second-Century Rome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2004

Einar Thomassen
Einar Thomassen
Affiliation:
University of Bergen, Norway
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Sometime in the late 130s, Valentinus came to Rome. From information given by Irenaeus, it can be calculated that the founder of “Valentinianism” stayed in the imperial capital for more than fifteen years, maybe for as long as twenty-five or thirty years. At that time Justin Martyr also lived in Rome, and indeed Justin mentions “the Valentinians” once, in his Dialogue with Trypho (35.6), composed around 155–160. Justin's testimony suggests that during his years in Rome, Valentinus was active as a Christian leader.

Type
ARTICLES
Information
Harvard Theological Review , Volume 97 , Issue 3 , July 2004 , pp. 241 - 256
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Footnotes

This article is the revised text of a lecture given at Harvard Divinity School on 3 April 2000. I am thankful for the comments and suggestions received on that occasion. All dates are C.E.