PugJesusOh, calamity! Our great Emperor is on the floor in a puddle of his own indignity!
Roman🪔 #OnThisDay the emperor #Valentinian II was born to emperor Valentinian I and empress Justina. His brother #Gratian made him emperor at the age of four, In 392 Valentinian II was strangled by his army commander Arbogast. This marble statue of Valentinian is now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. 📸 me
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Steve Dustcircle 🌹The #GospelofPhilip: An Example of a #Valentinian #Gnostic #Gospel
https://ehrmanblog.org/the-gospel-of-philip-an-example-of-a-valentinian-gnostic-gospel/
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The Gospel of Philip: An Example of a Valentinian Gnostic Gospel | The Bart Ehrman Blog
In my previous post discussing Valentinian Gnosticism I mentioned an intriguing Valentinian text, the Gospel of Philip. Now I'd like to explain what it is and give you a bit of the opening section in translation so you can get a taste of it yourself. I've taken all this from…
Evelyn C. Leeper@osakajack @LRRRonEarth Not quite the same, but my favorite Roman Emperor death is #Valentinian's, who became so enraged yelling at barbarian envoys that he had a stroke and died on the spot. Whenever I hear about Trump flying into a rage, I think of #Valentinian.
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