Sethite

Sethite, Sethian

a member of a Gnostic sect that regarded Seth, son of Adam, as the father of a pure race and considered the serpent as its deity.
See also: God and Gods
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The author concludes that while the origins of the library must have been monastic it was not necessarily Pachomian, that the readership would have been mainly middle-ranking Coptic, and that the manuscripts represented the outlook and membership of the Sethite sect.
L'Egitto cristiano: aspetti e problemi in eta tardo-antica

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