List of Gnostic sects
The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism:
Ancient
Proto-Gnosticism
Judean-Israelite Gnosticism
Syrian-Egyptian Gnosticism
- Bardesanites
- Basilidians
- Satornilians
- Sethians
- Valesians
- Valentinianism
- * Heracleonites
- * Ptolemaeans
Persian Gnosticism
Unclassified Christian Gnosticism
- Cerdonians
- * Marcionism
- ** Apelliacos
- ** Lucianists
- Colorbasians
- Dositheans
- Justinians
- Simonians
- * Menandrians
Others
- Abelonians
- Agapetae
- Alogians
- Angelici
- Antitactae
- Aquarii
- Archontics
- Ascodroutes
- Barbeliotae
- Borborites
- * Coddians
- * Levitics
- * Phibionites
- * Secundians
- * Stratiotici
- Cainites
- Carpocratians
- * Marcellianas
- Cerinthians
- * Adamites
- Cleobians
- Docetae
- Elcesaites
- Encratites
- *Apotactics
- *Severians
- Marcosians
- Messalians
- Nicolaism
- Ophites
- * Naassenes
- * Perates
- Priscillianism
- Quintillians, Montanist sect that may have come under Gnostic influence
- Seleucians
Middle Ages
- Albanenses
- Bagnolians
- Bogomils
- Bosnian Church
- Cathars
- * Black Brotherhood
- * Credentes
- * Pasagians
- * Pataria
- Paulicianism
- Neo-Adamites
- Tondrakians
- Ghulat