The Archontics, or Archontici, were a Gnostic sect that existed in Syria and Armenia, who arose towards the mid 4th century CE. They were thus called from the Greek word ἄρχοντες, "principalities", or "rulers", by reason that they held the world to have been created and ruled by malevolent Archons. == History == Epiphanius of Salamis seems to be the earliest Christian writer who speaks of this sect.
The Archontics, or Archontici, were a Gnostic sect that existed in Syria and Armenia, who arose towards the mid 4th century CE. They were thus called from the Greek word ἄρχοντες, "principalities", or "rulers", by reason that they held the world to have been created and ruled by malevolent Archons. == History == Epiphanius of Salamis seems to be the earliest Christian writer who speaks of this sect.
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