Carpocrates

Home > ... > Philosophy and Religion > Philosophy > Philosophy: Biographies > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Carpocrates

Carpocrates , fl. c.130-c.150, Alexandrian philosopher, founder with his son Epiphanes of a Hellenistic sect, notoriously licentious, related to Gnosticism. Epiphanes wrote a treatise, On Justice, that advocated communal ownership of property, including women; he died, age 17, at Cephalonia and was long worshiped as a deity there. The Carpocratians believed that men had formerly been united with the Absolute, had been corrupted, and would, by despising creation, be saved in this life or else later through successive transmigrations. Jesus, they held, was but one of several wise men who had achieved deliverance.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-Carpocra" title="Facts and information about Carpocrates">Carpocrates</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Carpocrates." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 25 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Carpocrates." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (November 25, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Carpocra.html

"Carpocrates." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Carpocra.html

Learn more about citation styles

Carpocrates

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Carpocrates (2nd cent.), Gnostic teacher, probably a native of Alexandria. His disciples, the ‘Carpocratians’, who survived until the 4th cent., preached a licentious ethic, the transmigration of souls, and the doctrine that Jesus was born by natural generation.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O95-Carpocrates" title="Facts and information about Carpocrates">Carpocrates</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Carpocrates." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 25 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Carpocrates." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (November 25, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Carpocrates.html

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Carpocrates." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Carpocrates.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related research questions

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	On the composition history of the longer ("secret") Gospel of Mark Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...century to produce the orthodox version of longer Mark known to Clement, so that version must be a later, purified edition of Carpocrates' text. The canonical Gospel was then derived from the orthodox longer Gospel through the removal of LGM 1 and 2. Crossan...
	Greyville proving to be a real poser today.(Sports) Newspaper article from: Pretoria News (South Africa); 8/4/2007; 647 words ; ...each-way value at current odds. JackpotR125 1st leg: 2/4/5/7/10 2nd leg: 1 3rd leg: 3/5/6/7/10 4th leg: 4/5/7/8/9 Top Tip: Race 6 (1) Majolica Best Bet: Race 8 (8) Palakan Best Roughie: Race 7 (10) Carpocrates
	Racing: They think it's Ova; RACING: FIRST CLASS DELIVERY EXPECTED AS FED EXPRESS THUNDERS IN TO STEAL THE HEADLINES ..BUT WACH OUT FOR A MOMENT OF NEW REFORM.(Sport) Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 10/23/2005; 700+ words ; ...boosted the form by going on to win a valuable Gowran Park nursery. Tommy Stack's hope has Caribbean, Pivotal Wish and Carpocrates to beat in the Big Toast Maiden but the opposition will need to have come on a fair bit to get the better of him. CLOWER...
	WHAT EVANGELICALS AND LIBERALS CAN LEARN FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...AD and a principal opponent of the Gnostic "Christianities" advocated by Gnostic teachers such as Marcion, Basilides, Carpocrates, Cerinthus, and Valentinus, was convinced that the Gnostic world view, one with its distinct set of doctrines and practices...
	Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Hermetic, Manichaean, and Mandaean Gnosticisms); (2) date (the early figures of Simon Magus, Menander, Saturninus, Carpocrates, and Justin, as well as figures of dubious Gnostic affiliation such as Nicolaus and Cerinthus and systems of dubious sectarian...
	BROODMARE BRINGS $2.8M AT AUCTION.(Sports) Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 11/8/2006; 430 words ; ...consigned by Indian Creek Farm, agent, established a North American record for a weanling colt sold at public auction. The previous record of $2.4 million went for Storm Cat colt Carpocrates at the 2003 Keeneland November Sale.
	Horse Racing: BLOODSTOCK DESK - Electrocutionist sibling sold to Japanese agent for sale-record $2.7m.(Sports) Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 11/9/2006; 700+ words ; ...4m set at the November sale in 2003 for a colt by Storm Cat out of Spain, North America's leading female earner. Named Carpocrates, that colt has been unplaced in three starts in Ireland for owner Michael Tabor and trainer Aidan O'Brien. Tada, who...