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Heracleonite Eccl. Hist.|hɛˈrækliːənaɪt|
Also -akl-.
[f. pers. name Heracleon + -ite.]
One of a sect of Gnostics founded by Heracleon in the second century.
a1555Philpot Exam. & Writ. (1842) 424 They do follow the old superstition of the Heracleonites. 1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v., The Heracleonites, after the example of their master, annulled all the antient prophecies; holding, that St. John was really the voice that proclaimed and pointed out the Messiah. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 789 Irenaeus simply says that the Herakleonites, a Gnostic sect, anointed the dying with a mixture of oil and water. |