Cerinthus ( Greek Κήρινθος , lat . Cerintus , synonym Cerintus) is a Gnostic and representative of Gnostic Christianity , later recognized as Orthodox heresiarch (heretic). [1] Father and first distributor of sensory chiliasm [2] .
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An early Christian tradition describes Kerinf as a contemporary and adversary of John the Evangelist , who wrote the First Epistle of John and the Second Epistle of John , including for the purpose of criticizing Kerinf. [3] [4] All information about Kerinf is known only from the works of his theological opponents. The story of the meeting in the city of Ephesus, John with Kerinth in the bath [5] .
Irenaeus and Hippolytus attribute to him an Egyptian education (αυτός Αίγυπτίων παιδεία άσκηλείς) [6] .
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Teaching of Kerinth
Cerinth distinguished between Christ and Jesus as two distinct individuals. Irenaeus of Lyons in his work “Five Books Against Heresies” writes about Kerinf as follows:
“ ... the world was not created by the first God, but by a force that is far from this superior first principle and does not know anything about the Supreme God. Jesus, he says, was not born of a virgin, (for it seemed to him impossible); but like all other people, there was the son of Joseph and Mary , and was distinguished from all by justice, prudence and wisdom. And after baptism Christ descended upon Him from the higher first principle in the form of a dove ; and then He proclaimed the unknown Father and performed miracles; finally, Christ withdrew from Jesus, and Jesus suffered and rose again; Christ, being spiritual, remained a stranger to suffering ”( Irenaeus I, 26 ).
Notes
- ↑ See, in particular, Irenaeus, Adversus haereses , Book I, III and relative External links
- ↑ Dzhivelegov A.K. Chiliasm // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, Book III, Chapter 11, Verse 1
- ↑ The First Epistle of John, Chapter 2, verses 18-19, Chapter 4 verse 3
- ↑ Lopukhin A.P. John, in the Bible // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ "... the embryonic form of Gnosticism, in the teachings of Kerinth (contemporary of Apostle John the Theologian and" taught in Egypt ", according to the testimony of St. Irenaeus)" / Solovyov V.S. Gnosticism // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes ( 82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- St. Irenaeus of Lyon . “Five books against heresies” Revealing and refutation of false knowledge
- Solovyov V.S. Kerinf // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.