basilidian

Both of these passages are instances of the exegesis by which the Basilidian doctrines were defended. But the earlier instance is different. There Basilides himself does seem to be specially singled out. He is mentioned by name only two sentences above that in which the quotation occurs. Hippolytus is referring to the Basilidian doctrine of the origin of things.

William Sanday - The Gospels in the Second Century: An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion'

This is confirmed when we look back two chapters at the terms in which the whole account of the Basilidian system is introduced. A later work would not suit his purpose or prove his point. Basilides includes Isidore, but Isidore does not include Basilides.

William Sanday - The Gospels in the Second Century: An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion'

The case is stronger in regard to the quotation from St. Luke. Luke's writings. This is a body of evidence that makes it extremely difficult to deny that the Basilidian quotation has its original in the third Synoptic.

William Sanday - The Gospels in the Second Century: An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion'

Fastening them in the button-hole of his coat, he drew a small box from his pocket, and said: "I noticed last week, when Mr. Hammond was explaining the Basilidian tenets, you manifested some curiosity concerning their amulets and mythical stones.

Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans - St. Elmo