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Valentinian meaning
A follower of Valentinus, a 2nd-century Egyptian gnostic.
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Arbogast and Valentinian had frequently disputed rulership over the Western Roman Empire, and Valentinian was also noted to have complained of Arbogast's control over him to Theodosius.
It is possible that he was dismissed from his command by the emperor Valentinian I after the loss of two of Theodosius' legions to the Sarmatians in late 374. The death of Valentinian I in 375 created political pandemonium.
Valentinian Gnosticism Valentinian Gnosticism was one of the major forms of Gnosticism that Irenaeus opposed.
According to the Valentinian Gnostics, there are three classes of human beings.
Aetius was given the duty of relieving Orléans by Emperor Valentinian III.
Elements of Valentinian versions of Gnostic myth suggest to some that its understanding of the universe may have been monistic rather than a dualistic one.
Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
He allegedly demanded that the sister of the reigning Emperor Valentinian III be sent to him with a dowry.
In 385 Ambrose, backed by Milan's populace, refused Valentinian II 's imperial request to hand over the Portian basilica for the use of Arian troops.
In an effort to bring the Vandals into the fold of the Empire, Valentinian III offered his daughter's hand in marriage to Genseric's son.
In his article entitled "The Demiurge," J.P. Arendzen sums up the Valentinian view of the salvation of man.
In his commentary on John he constantly considered the exegesis of the Valentinian Heracleon (probably at the insistence of Ambrose), and in many other places he implied or expressly cited Gnostic views and refuted them.
No one was more determined to destroy paganism than Ambrose, bishop of Milan, a major influence upon both Gratian and Valentinian II.
On January 2, 366, the Alemanni yet again crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers, to invade the Gallic provinces, this time being defeated by Valentinian (see Battle of Solicinium ).
Papal authority infoboxb Decree of Valentinian Priest celebrating Mass at Altar of Leo the Great in St. Peter's Basilica Leo was a significant contributor to the centralisation of spiritual authority within the Church and in reaffirming papal authority.
Petronius, who was a high-ranking imperial officer and a member of a family belonging to the senatorial aristocracy, married Empress Licinia Eudoxia, widow of Valentinian.
The highly allegorical exegesis of the Valentinian school inclined it to interpret the relevant scriptural passages as affirming a Divinity that, in some manner, is threefold.
The Mother, Sophia-Achamoth, produced as a result of the complicated sequence of events after the fall of the higher Sophia, and her offspring the Demiurge, the inferior and ignorant maker of the material universe, are Valentinian figures: cp.
The Mother, Sophia-Achamoth, produced as a result of the complicated sequence of events that followed the fall of the higher Sophia, and her offspring the Demiurge, the inferior and ignorant maker of the material universe, are Valentinian figures: cp.
Theodosius I and Valentinian II then invaded from the east, and campaigned against Magnus Maximus in July–August 388, their troops being led by Richomeres and other generals.