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Bardesanes
Bardesanes (154–222), correctly ‘Bar-Daisan’, regarded by later writers as a heretic. All that is certain about his life is that he was a speculative thinker associated with the court of Abgar VIII at Edessa. In his ‘Dialogue of Destiny’ he argued against the determinism of astrologers. His cosmological teaching probably influenced Mani; his Christology was docetic and he denied the resurrection of the body.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bardesanes." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bardesanes." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Bardesanes.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bardesanes." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Bardesanes.html |
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Bardesanes
Bardesanes , 154?-222?, Christian philosopher and poet of Syria, missionary among the Armenians. Conflicting traditions report him both as defender of the faith against various Gnostic sects and as a heretic and founder of Bardesanism. |
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"Bardesanes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bardesanes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bardesan.html "Bardesanes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bardesan.html |
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