interdivisions

Updated: May 14, 2025

The Gnostic philosophy had many forms and many interdivisions; but most of the "heresies" of the first centuries were branches of this one tree: it rose into prominence, it is said, about the time of Adrian, and among its early leaders were Marcion, Basilides, and Valentinus.

Annie Besant - The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II.: Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History