Tradition

Marcosians

Gnostic sect founded by Marcus

Dated 2nd century CE – 4th century CE

Attributed founding

A path that branches,
meets and parts.

Schools and lineages

Overview

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At a glance

Kind: Tradition
Date: 2nd century CE – 4th century CEOn the timeline →
Evidence: 2 statements on this recordImported 2
Wikidata: Q6757958 ↗In 3 Wikipedia languages

What this page is not

Not a list of beliefs everyone in it held, and not a map of adherents.

What this means

A tradition is not a list of beliefs held by everyone in it, and an affiliation recorded on a person is not that person’s belief in every period of their life.

Nothing here is a map of adherents. Where people practised a tradition, and how many, needs a dataset with its own methodology, and this site does not have one — see the atlas for what it does show.

Its recorded date, 2nd century CE – 4th century CE, is an inception — a claim about a beginning, usually contested, and never an attestation window.

Attributed founding

Whom the records name as founder

What this means

An attribution, and a contested one in most traditions: it does not mean the tradition began fully formed, nor that later adherents accept the attribution.

Does not imply that the tradition began fully formed · that later adherents accept the attribution

Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.

Marcusfrom 2nd century CE · 2nd century founder of the Marcosian Gnostic sect

Connections

How Marcosians connects

Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.

Documented influence 1

What this means

A transmission argued from evidence. Not shared symbols, and not a short path through a database.

Does not imply shared symbols as evidence · a short path through a database

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was influenced by Valentinianism Gnostic Christian movement

Sources

Sources and evidence

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How this site reads its sources

2 statements on this record

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Text: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged

Review

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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.

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