The Johannite Church (Full title: ''l'Église Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs, “''The Johannite Church of Primitive Christians”), is a
Gnostic
Gnosticism (from grc, γνωστικός, gnōstikós, , 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems which coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects. These various groups emphasized pe ...
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
denomination founded by the French
priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...
Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat
Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat (29 May 1773 – 18 February 1838), presented a Knights Templar and popular culture#Modern organizations, neo-Templar order called ''Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, l'Ordre du Temple'' in 1804 ...
in 1804.
["The Gnostics: History, Tradition, Scriptures, Influence" by Andrew Phillip Smith, Watkins, 2008 ]
The Johannite Church received its full name in 1828 after Fabré-Palaprat's claimed discovery of the ''Levitikon'' gospels.
[Rev. Donald Donato, ''The Lévitikon: The Gospels According to The Primitive Church'' (Apostolic Johannite Church, 2010). ] It is termed "Johannite" because it claims continuity with the primitive
Johannine
Johannine literature is the collection of New Testament works that are traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, or to the Johannine community. They are usually dated to the period , with a minority of scholars such as Jo ...
Christianity of saints
John the Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
and
John the Apostle
John the Apostle ( grc, Ἰωάννης; la, Ioannes ; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ;) or Saint John the Beloved was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee a ...
, and other Christian scriptures attributed to John.
See also
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Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani
The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem ( la , Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani, OSMTH, french: Ordre Souverain et Militaire du Temple de Jérusalem, OSMTJ) are a group of self-styled chivalric orders of common des ...
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Self-styled orders
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References
External links
The Apostolic Johannite ChurchThe Gnostic Wisdom NetworkLevitikon on Gallica website
Christian denominations founded in France
Gnosticism
Hermeticism
1804 establishments in France
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