Episode 39: Valentinus & Valentinian Gnosticism

Cogito Ergo Pod · Jun 5, 2026 · 15m

What if the history of early Christianity had taken a radically different path? What if a brilliant poet and mystical theologian, rather than a traditional institutionalist, had become the Bishop of Rome?

In Episode 39 of Cogito Ergo Pod, your host Daniel takes you on a deep dive into the enigmatic and beautiful world of Valentinus and Valentinian Gnosticism. For centuries, this movement was buried under the scathing critiques of early heresy hunters like Irenaeus and Tertullian. But the 1945 discovery of the Nag Hammadi library changed everything, revealing a deeply psychological…