Explore Valentinus through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Valentinus in a sentence
Valentinus meaning
A Gnostic theologian who lived in Egypt and Rome c. 100 – c. 153.
Using Valentinus
- The main meaning on this page is: A Gnostic theologian who lived in Egypt and Rome c. 100 – c. 153.
- In the example corpus, valentinus often appears in combinations such as: of valentinus, basilius valentinus.
Context around Valentinus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Valentinus
- In this selection, "valentinus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, basilius, named, codex, aka, showed and represented stand out and add context to how "valentinus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as codex valentinus it is and assertion that valentinus represented a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "valentinus" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with valentinus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The heretics Valentinus, Cerdon, and Marcion visited Rome during that period. (11 words)
This movement was named after its founder Valentinus (c. 100 – 180 AD). (12 words)
A priest in Rome named Valentinus (aka Valentine) defied Claudius’ order and secretly married couples. (15 words)
It is her assertion that Valentinus represented a moderation of the anti-Judaism of the earlier Hellenized teachers; the demiurge, widely regarded as a mythological depiction of the Old Testament God of the Hebrews, is depicted as more ignorant than evil. (41 words)
The term derives from the use of the Greek adjective gnostikos ("learned", "intellectual", Greek γνωστικός) by St. Irenaeus (c. 185 AD) to describe the school of Valentinus as he legomene gnostike haeresis "the heresy called Learned (gnostic)". (37 words)
Footnote from Page 264 1. From this point to the end of ch.12 Plotinus is attacking a Gnostic myth known to us best at present in the form it took in the system of Valentinus. (36 words)
Example sentences (13)
A priest in Rome named Valentinus (aka Valentine) defied Claudius’ order and secretly married couples.
Also known as codex valentinus, it is the oldest manuscript of the codices with maps of Ptolemy with the donis projections.
Footnote from Page 264 1. From this point to the end of ch.12 Plotinus is attacking a Gnostic myth known to us best at present in the form it took in the system of Valentinus.
In the 15th century, Basilius Valentinus showed that ammonia could be obtained by the action of alkalis on sal ammoniac.
Irenaeus states (iii. 3) that on Polycarp's visit to Rome, his testimony converted many disciples of Marcion and Valentinus.
It is her assertion that Valentinus represented a moderation of the anti-Judaism of the earlier Hellenized teachers; the demiurge, widely regarded as a mythological depiction of the Old Testament God of the Hebrews, is depicted as more ignorant than evil.
It was purported to be written by a Benedictine monk, writing under the name Basilius Valentinus in the 15th century; if it were authentic, which it is not, it would predate Biringuccio.
J. M. Robinson, "Jesus: From Easter to Valentinus (Or to the Apostles' Creed)," Journal of Biblical Literature, 101 (1982), p.5.
The heretics Valentinus, Cerdon, and Marcion visited Rome during that period.
The term derives from the use of the Greek adjective gnostikos ("learned", "intellectual", Greek γνωστικός) by St. Irenaeus (c. 185 AD) to describe the school of Valentinus as he legomene gnostike haeresis "the heresy called Learned (gnostic)".
This movement was named after its founder Valentinus (c. 100 – 180 AD).
Valentinus Otho oversaw the hand computation of approximately 100,000 ratios to at least ten decimal places.
When it is employed by other Gnostics either it is not used in a technical sense, or its use has been borrowed from Valentinus.
Common combinations with valentinus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of valentinus 2×
- basilius valentinus 2×