Colorbasians
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In early Christianity
, the Colorbasians were a branch of Gnostics, so called from Colorbasus, who improved on the visions of the Gnostics that had preceded them. Epiphanius
enumerates and rebuts their beliefs in the Panarion
.
Early Christianity
Early Christianity is generally considered as Christianity before 325. The New Testament's Book of Acts and Epistle to the Galatians records that the first Christian community was centered in Jerusalem and its leaders included James, Peter and John....
, the Colorbasians were a branch of Gnostics, so called from Colorbasus, who improved on the visions of the Gnostics that had preceded them. Epiphanius
Epiphanius of Salamis
Epiphanius of Salamis was bishop of Salamis at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He gained a reputation as a strong defender of orthodoxy...
enumerates and rebuts their beliefs in the Panarion
Panarion
In early Christian heresiology, the Panarion , to which 16th-century Latin translations gave the name Adversus Haereses , is the most important of the works of Epiphanius of Salamis...
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