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A context author
Valentinus is included as a context author: a figure whose ideas shaped, or were answered by, the Christian writers in this library. We record context authors so that the lines of influence between writers connect, and we do not catalogue their own writings. Some of those writings are lost, some survive only in the replies of those who wrote against them, and some lie outside what this library collects.
The writers Valentinus is connected to are listed under Influence below.
Influence
Who shaped Valentinus, and who Valentinus shaped. Each line is a judgment confirmed by a person; the evidence sits in the catalogue, not on this page.
Influenced
- Irenaeus of Lyons 130–202 was answered by through Against Heresies
- Tertullian 160–225 was answered by through Adversus Valentinianos