The Spiritual Seed -- The Church of the 'Valentinians'

PART I VALENTINIANISM EAST AND WEST 1 The Valentinians of Irenaeus 2 "Valentinus" in Iren. Haer. I 11:1 3 The doctrine of Theodotus 4 The two "schools" 5 The soteriology of The Tripartite Tractate 6 The soteriology of Irenaeus' system 7 The soteriology of Exc. 43:2-65 8 The soteriology of Iren. Haer. I 7:2 9 The soteriology of Hipp. Haer. VI 29-36 10 Provisional conclusions 11 Eastern soteriologies: The Treatise on the Resurrection 12 Eastern soteriologies: The Interpretation of Knowledge 13 Eastern soteriologies: The Gospel of Philip 14 The soteriology of Heracleon 15 The position of Ptolemy PART II THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF VALENTINIANISM 16 Salvation in history and ritual 17 Salvation in history and protological myth 18 Protology, salvation history, and ritual 19 Conclusion to Part II PART III VALENTINIAN PROTOLOGY 20 The pleromatology 21 The myth of separation and restoration 22 Chronology of the protologies 23 The meaning and origins of Valentinian protology 24 The transformation of eschatology to protology PART IV VALENTINIAN INITIATION 25 The sources 26 Initiation: Synopsis of the acts y of the initiation ritual 28 The historical position of Valentinian initiation 29 A ritual for the dying PART V VALENTINUS AND THE "VALENTINIANS" 30 Valentinus: biography and sources 31 Valentinus: a study of the fragments 32 Valentinians: fragments of the history of Valentinianism