Hymenaeus
Hymenaeus was a false teacher named in Paul's two letters to Timothy .
Mention in the Bible
In the first Timeotheus 1, 20 LUT is mentioned that Hymenaeus and a certain Alexander excluded from the community were.
In 2. Timeotheus 2 LUT Hymenäus is mentioned again. Here he is mentioned, along with a certain Philetus, as a false teacher :
"Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have strayed from the truth and say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they lead some away from the faith."
The doctrine spread by the two that the resurrection has already taken place indicates that they were followers of Gnosis . Behind this was probably the Gnostic view that through the act of knowledge the divine spiritual spark caught in man is freed and enters heaven.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , p. 1543
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SURNAME | Hymenaeus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Gnostic false teacher in the Timothy letters |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
DATE OF DEATH | 1st century or 2nd century |