Basilides (Greek: Βασιλείδης) was an early Christian Gnostic religious teacher in Alexandria, Egypt [1] who taught from 117 to 138 AD, [* 1] and claimed to have inherited his teachings from the apostle Saint Matthias.

Basilides (flourished 2nd century ad, Alexandria) was a scholar and teacher, who founded a school of Gnosticism known as the Basilidians. He probably was a pupil of Menander in Antioch, and he was teaching in Alexandria at the time of the Roman emperors Hadrian and Antonius Pius.

The Basilidians or Basilideans / ˌ b æ s ɪ ˈ l ɪ d i ə n z, ˌ b æ z-/ were a Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century. Basilides claimed to have been taught his doctrines by Glaucus, a disciple of St. Peter, though others stated he …

Basilides (early second century) was a Gnostic Christian religious teacher in Alexandria, Egypt. He taught a dualistic theology that emphasized spiritual realities and promoted a complex understanding of the origins of the universe and the place of humans in it.

Basilides invented prophets for himself named Barcabbas and Barcoph, and claimed to have received verbal instructions from St. Matthias the Apostle and to be a disciple of Glaucias, a disciple of St. Peter.

2018年5月23日 · A Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria, who claimed to have received his esoteric doctrines from Glaucias, a disciple of the apostle Peter. Basilides recognized one supreme being named Abraxas. The sect posited three grades of existence — material, intellectual, and spiritual — and possessed two allegorical statues, male and female.

Basilides (Βασιλείδης), the founder of one of the semi-Christian sects, commonly called Gnostic, which sprang up in the early part of the 2nd cent. 1. Biography. —He called himself a disciple 102 of one Glaucias, alleged to be an interpreter (ἐρμηνέα) of St. Peter (Clem. Strom. vii. p. 898).

Information on Basilides. Irenaeus gives the following account of the doctrines of Basilides in Against Heresies, Book I, Chapter 24, sections 3-7. 3. Basilides again, that he may appear to have discovered something more sublime and plausible, …

Basilides (Βασιλείδης), the founder of one of the semi-Christian sects, commonly called Gnostic, which sprang up in the early part of the 2nd cent. 1. Biography. —He called himself a disciple of one Glaucias, alleged to be an interpreter (ἐρμηνέα) of St. Peter (Clem. Strom. vii. p. 898).

Saint Basilides was a Christian martyr who lived in the 2nd century AD, known primarily for his faith and sacrifice. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Basilides was a soldier by profession during the reign of Emperor Septimius Severus.