Priscillianism was a Christian sect developed in the Roman province of Hispania in the 4th century by Priscillian. It is derived from the Gnostic doctrines taught by Marcus, an Egyptian from Memphis. Priscillianism was later considered a heresy by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
ascetic movement Priscillianism is named after him, and continued in Hispania and Gaul until the late 6th century. Tractates by Priscillian and close followers...
Priscillianism was a Christian sect developed in the Roman province of Hispania in the 4th century by Priscillian. It is derived from the Gnostic doctrines...
Although the Suebi and Visigoths were initially followers of Arianism and Priscillianism, they adopted Catholicism from the local inhabitants. St. Martin of...
leader, Priscillian. The First Council of Saragossa had forbidden several of Priscillian's practices (albeit without mentioning Priscillian by name)...
First Council of Braga is held. The council condemns the doctrine of Priscillianism. Yang Lihua, empress of Northern Zhou (d. 609) March 4 – Pope Pelagius...
of heresy by the Emperor, the first Christian heretic to be executed, Priscillian, was condemned in 386 by Roman secular officials for sorcery, and put...
Metzger and others. Priscillian was probably a Sabellianist or Modalist Monarchian. Some interpreters have theorized that Priscillian created the Comma...
what would come to be part of Spain. The earliest, directed against Priscillianism, assembled in 400. The "third" synod of 589 marked the epoch-making...
a follower of Priscillian and part of the tiny Christian community that was exiled here from Spain by Emperor Maximus for Priscillianism.[citation needed]...
Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 February 2021. Chadwick, Henry (1976), Priscillian of Avila, Oxford University Press Fletcher, Richard A. (1984), Saint...
Retrieved 15 November 2023. Ferreiro, Alberto (1995). "Simon Magus and Priscillian in the 'Commonitorium' of Vincent of Lérins". Vigiliae Christianae. 49...
Although the Suebi and Visigoths were initially followers of Arianism and Priscillianism, they adopted Catholicism from the local inhabitants. St. Martin of...
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but limited to individual travellers and visitors, possibly including Priscillian, a Galician theologian who may have been exiled to the Isles of Scilly...
catholic First Council of Braga, which dealt with the old problem of the Priscillianism heresy. Eight years after, in 569, king Theodemir called the First Council...
deposed bishop, and to the bishops of Gaul and Spain in respect to Priscillianism and ordination to the different grades of the clergy. The Liber Pontificalis...
existence of an old Christian holy place, has been sometimes attributed to Priscillian, although without further proof. Santiago's economy, although still heavily...
Saragossa is held; Spanish and Aquitanian bishops condemn the teachings of Priscillianism. Aelia Eudoxia, empress and wife of Arcadius (approximate date) Alexius...
and the death penalty for heretics. The Spanish ascetic and theologian Priscillian was accused of magic and libertinage, and excommunicated in 380. He was...
Gaul passed through three crises in the late Roman period, Arianism, Priscillianism and Pelagianism. Under Merovingian rule, a number of "Frankish synods"...
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