单词 | Sethian |
释义 | Sethian|ˈsɛθɪən| [ad. eccl. L. Sēthiān-ī (Gr. σηθιανοί) pl., f. Sēth (LXX. σήθ, Heb. shēth), the name of the son of Adam who according to the Book of Genesis was the ancestor of Noah and hence of the existing human race.] A member of a Gnostic sect of the second century, holding Seth in great veneration, and believing that Christ was Seth revived.
1721Bailey. 1780N. Lardner Hist. Heretics ii. xiii. Wks. 1788 IX. 449 Irenæus, at the conclusion of his first book, has two chapters, the first of Ophites and Sethians, whom he joins together. 1874Blunt's Dict. Sects, etc. |

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