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- noun historical A member of an ancient
Christian Gnostic sect who claimed to have been taught theirdoctrines by Mariamne, a disciple of James the Just
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, possibly from Hebrew נָחָשׁ ("snake").
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This extract from Hippolytus occurs in the long discourse in which he ` exposes 'the heresy of the so-called Naassene doctrines and mysteries.
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'exposes' the heresy of the so-called Naassene doctrines and mysteries.
Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886
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