Person
Basilides
early second century
Teacher in Alexandria
Disputed. The Alexandrian activity is accepted. The systems reported for him may be confused.
Basilides taught in Alexandria in the reign of Hadrian. Later heresiologists summarize a complicated cosmology and a denial that the crucified Christ suffered in a straightforward way. Those summaries disagree with each other. He stands as evidence that speculative Christian teaching in Egypt is as old as the second century.
Places
Councils
No council in this list names them as a participant.
Sources
No separate modern citation is attached to this biography. The confidence note is the atlas summary of the evidence.
Catalog editions
No edition in the preview catalog is linked.