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	Origins of Valentines Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Valentinius was a teacher in the early Christian church who began to secretly marry young couples in defiance of this law.
		Valentinius agreed, taught the girl to read and write, and shared the truth of Jesus Christ with his young student.
		Valentinius was made its patron saint for his example of true love.
	magic-city-news.com /printer_3110.shtml (359 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 143, this fella Valentinius was a candidate for Bishop of Rome.
		Valentinius The influential Gnostic teacher Valentinius Brooke Valentine Girl Fight was a candidate for Bishop of Rome in 143.
		Valentinius The influential Gnostic teacher Valentinius was a candidate for Bishop of Rome in 143.
	valentinius.iqexpand.com (1569 words)

	honky cracker: Valentinius the Slammin'
		Back in the day, a man named Valentinius was knows as being the bangin'-est progressive house DJ in all of old Rome.
		So Valentinius, being the proponent of free-love that he was, build little secret hidden caves in the walls of all his clubs, so lovers could sneak away and do their thing away from prying eyes.
		One night, Valentinius gave the daughter some sweet-ass ecstasy that was so slammin', it restored her eyesight.
	www.happyrobot.net /words/honkycracker.asp?r=7464 (276 words)

	Keeping Catholics Catholic Page XXV-the Timeline-Second Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Valentinius professed to have derived his views from Theodas or Theudas, a disciple of St. Paul, but his system is obviously an attempt to amalgamate Greek and Oriental speculations of the most fantastic kind with Christian ideas.
		Tertullisn ascribes to him the apocryphal gospel of Valentinius, which, according to St. Irenaeus, was the same as the "Gospel of Truth." This Gospel was found at Nag Hammadi in Egypt.
		According to Valentinius, only the most spiritual human beings, the Gnostics themselves, are fully able to receive this revelation and thereby return after death to the spiritual realm.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/6461/2cent.html (3376 words)

	Sophia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In Gnostic tradition, the term Sophia (Greek for "wisdom") has an esoteric meaning.
		Many Gnostics (especially the followers of Valentinius) taught that there was the One, the original, unknowable God (the Monad as it is called by Monoimus, or the first Aeon); and then from the One emanated other Aeons, pairs of lesser beings in sequence.
		(Valentinius listed 30 such pairs.) The Aeons together made up the Pleroma, or fullness, of God.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Sophia (345 words)

	Valentinius
		While Valentinus was alive he made many disciples, and his system was the most widely diffused of all the forms of Gnosticism.
		Among the more prominent disciples of Valentinus, who, however, did not slavishly follow their master in all his views, were Heracleon, Ptolemy, Marcus, and Bardesanes.
		Many of the writings of these Gnostics, and a large number of excerpts from the writings of Valentinius, are still in existence.
	en.mcfly.org /Valentinius (685 words)

	Valentine's Day
		There are diferent versions to this story, but the most widely repeated is that Valentinius was a Christian who lived and preached in pagan Rome.
		Valentinius defied the emperor's orders, marrying couples in secret until he was arrested.
		While in prison he and the jailer's blind daughter fell in love, and he cured her blindness before being executed.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/chocolate_heaven_retired/57805 (339 words)

	Theudas (teacher of Valentinius) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He went on to teach the Gnostic Valentinius.
		The only evidence of this connection is the testimony of Valentinius' followers.
		This page was last modified 14:34, 30 August 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theudas_(teacher_of_Valentinius) (83 words)

	Valentinius: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Tertullian wrotes in Adversus Valentinianos that Valentinus was a candidate for bishop of Rome and that he lost the election by a narrow margin, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		Epiphanius (Epiphanius (born 310 in palestine, died on cyprus 402) was a church father and strong defender...)
		Valentinius was among the early Christians who attempted to align Christianity with neo-Platonism (Neoplatonism (also neo-platonism) is an ancient school of philosophy beginning in the 3rd century a.d....)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/valentinius (3027 words)

	Aeon
		Christ then took the form of the man, Jesus, in order to be able to teach man how to achieve gnosis, i.e.
		According to Tertullians Against the Valentinians (latin: Adversus Valentinianos) chapter VII and VIII (and we only know the details of this system from its opponents), the gnostic Valentinius[?] had 30 different æons which emanate each other in sequence.
		Irenaeus Against heresies (latin: Adversus Haereses) also known as The Detection and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called Gnosis book 1, chapter 12, the followers of the gnostics Ptolemy and Colorbasus[?] had æons which differ from those of Valentinius.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ae/Aeon.html (453 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.05.17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Valentinius' new mythology was mostly an adaptation of the existing one, lending both authority and appeal to his movement.
		Finally, Marcus, though traditionally seen as a disciple of Valentinius, is presented by Logan as worthy of individual examination.
		Like Simon, he is purported to have magical powers, and like Valentinius he has visions.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2003/2003-05-17.html (2068 words)

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		While I do feel that the modern incarnation of Valentine's Day is largely a commercially-driven outing for couples to feed the machine in the guise of romance, the actual history of the holiday is far more sedicious.
		Well, it would seem that Valentinius was well known for being a gnostic Christian, that is, a Christian who believed in secret teachings that were passed down from teacher to teacher, straight from God's mouth to Paul's ears.
		Anywho, Valentinius was a big fan of conjugal love, holding it right up there with the staple rituals and beliefs of Christianity.
	hyperion76.livejournal.com /48091.html?mode=reply (346 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Gnosticism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Knowledge (gnosis) enables the divine spark to return to the Source whence it came.
		Many Gnostics (especially the followers of Valentinius) taught that there was the One, the original, unknowable God (sometimes named Bythos, the Monad as it is called by Monoimus, or the first Aeon); and then from the One emanated other Aeons, pairs of lesser beings in sequence.
		The Valentinians under Valentinius, better known as Valentinus (c.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Gnosticism (3278 words)

	Nothing Says “I Love You” Like a Flayed Goat and Slave-Made Candy (8 Ways to Sunday) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The enthusiasm that Valentinius expressed for the “bridal chamber” and its associated conjugal bliss would’ve ensured that the Church wouldn’t touch him with a ten-foot pole.
		Far from a “saint,” Valentinius was part of an obscure sect reviled by the mainstream church as heretics.
		Ironically, considering his apparent ardor for amour, the sub-sect of Gnostics that took on his name believed all mater to be evil —; especially the human body.
	www.adammessinger.com /2005/02/14/v-day (888 words)

	A Field Guide to Heresies
		Valentinius (teaching between 140 and 160 AD) created probably the most elaborate of the Gnostic systems.
		For Valentinius, God was the primordial abyss, the absolute ground of all real existence.
		From the Supreme Father emanates the first pair of AEons, Nous and Aletheia.
	kevin.davnet.org /articles/heresy.html (1641 words)

	Ship of Fools: Features
		Others created a firewall between the sacred and the profane within the person of Jesus himself.
		For the second century Gnostic, Valentinius, Jesus "ate and drank but did not defecate".
		The Jesus of Valentinius is thus the kitsch Jesus.
	shipoffools.com /Features/2005/kitsch_xmas.html (1110 words)

	TribStar.com - Terre Haute, Indiana - Church Briefs for Feb. 11, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Valentinius founded a school of Christianity in the second century, noted for welcoming all equally, mixing Paganism and Christianity, and encouraging people to spiritual growth and study.
		In the 4th century, Valentinius was officially declared a heretic, and Valentinians were kicked out of the church, their books were forbidden, burned and buried, and later they were put to death, but Valentinians remained in the west until at least the 8th century.
		Morton will talk about who Valentinius was, and what the Valentinians taught and believed, and why Valentine’s Day always makes him think of ancient heretics.
	www.tribstar.com /religion/local_story_041224248.html (2318 words)

	Why celebrate the kitsch when it's all about the profane? - theage.com.au
		From the perspective of official Christian doctrine, the story of Christmas is a full-scale attack upon the notion of kitsch.
		Valentinius' theology is declared heretical precisely because it denies the full reality of the incarnation.
		The temptation to disassociate the divine from material reality marks the beginnings of kitsch.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/12/24/1040511049921.html (1086 words)

	WaitingOnFriday.com
		He noted that younger men who were single had less hesitation and more enthusiasm for such ‘sports’ as war and consequently, he outlawed marriage within Rome.
		Valentinius, a loyal servant of love and God, couldn’t bear to see young couples denied their right to marry, so he continued to perform marriages despite the ruling.
		When his infractions were discovered, Claudius had him imprisoned and sentenced to death.
	www.waitingonfriday.com /archives/2003_02_09_index.html (1177 words)

	Valentinius Encyclopedia Article @ VariedTastes.com (Varied Tastes) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They are often depicted as holding matter to be essentially evil, and the human body especially.
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	Valentine's Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Its obscure origins as a Catholic Church feast day, said to be in honor of Saint Valentine are discussed below.
		Some readers may also want to see the entry for Valentinius.
		The day could not have become associated with romantic love before the High Middle Ages when such concepts were formulated.
	www.netkushi.com /articles/valentines-day.php (1263 words)

	Sophia (gnosticism): Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In Gnostic (Gnostic: An advocate of gnosticism) tradition, the term Sophia (
		Many Gnostics (especially the followers of Valentinius (Valentinius: valentinius more usually called valentinus (c....
		(Valentinius listed 30 such pairs.) The Aeons together made up the Pleroma (Pleroma: within gnosticism the pleroma is a region of light above our world, occupied by spiritual...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/sophia_gnosticism (418 words)

	Just another game of cards - Alternate History Discussion Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Yeah, I've a march of storms." He laid down the six and and ten of storms, along with the storms already on the table.
		I've got Trip Houses," Chris replied as he laid the Empress of Sun and the Emperors of Ocean and Coin.
		Well, Valentinius, you'll have plenty of Bulgars to keep you company in hell, cuz I'm sure they make deals like that all the time."
	www.alternatehistory.com /Discussion/showthread.php?t=6228 (837 words)

	Valentinius - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word Valentinius:
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "Valentinius" is defined.
		Phrases that include Valentinius: valentinius i, valentinius ii, valentinius iii
	www.onelook.com /?w=Valentinius&ls=a (78 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		pope 827 _7XX-827 Valentinian I (also Valentinius I) Rom.
		emperor 364-375 _321-375 Valentinian II (also Valentinius II) Rom.
		emperor 375-392 _371-392 Valentinian III (also Valentinius III) Rom.
	www.sunsite.org.uk /sites/ftp.std.com/obi/Biographical/biog_dict.v (2561 words)

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		If that's not a good gear setup for a person on a budget then I don't know what is.
		I only strive to be adequate, because I am not capable of much more.
		For WHM, I'm not even replacing anything but my Gambison possibly until WHM AF, cant bring myself to wear that ghastly looking Seer's Tunic in social situations.
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		And Valentinius, don't know you, but hey if you're against people expressing their own personal opinions, racist or not, but refuse to even learn or let them speak their minds without trying to force your views upon them and the rest of us, I only have two points for you.
		I'm not out to impress anyone, hell, I don't even know why I'm arguing the topic.
		I'm out of this topic, lol, and Valentinius, expect a train sometime if I find you.
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