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Marcellina
1st-century Roman gnostic · Academics
Marcellina was an early Christian Carpocratian religious leader in the mid-second century AD known primarily from the writings of Irenaeus and Origen. She originated in Alexandria, but moved to Rome during the episcopate of Anicetus.
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![Fresco from the nave of the Dura-Europos church, dating to c. 240 AD, depicting Mary Magdalene alongside two other women (the third now almost completely missing due to extensive damage) approaching the empty tomb of Jesus.[1] Such women were the "explicit models" for Marcellina and other early female preachers.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Dura_Europos_baptistry_women_at_the_tomb.jpg/500px-Dura_Europos_baptistry_women_at_the_tomb.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Fresco from the nave of the Dura-Europos church, dating to c. 240 AD, depicting Mary Magdalene alongside two other women (the third now almost completely missing due to extensive damage) approaching the empty tomb of Jesus.[1] Such women were the "explicit models" for Marcellina and other early female preachers.[2]![Irenaeus records that the Marcellians venerated images of Greek philosophers, including Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle.[6][9][10] Busts of philosophers, such as this one of Pythagoras, were common objects of adoration in second-century Roman society.[10]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Kapitolinischer_Pythagoras_adjusted.jpg/330px-Kapitolinischer_Pythagoras_adjusted.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Irenaeus records that the Marcellians venerated images of Greek philosophers, including Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle.[6][9][10] Busts of philosophers, such as this one of Pythagoras, were common objects of adoration in second-century Roman society.[10]About this person
She attracted large numbers of followers and founded the Carpocratian sect of Marcellians. Like other Carpocratians, Marcellina and her followers believed in antinomianism, also known as libertinism, the idea that obedience to laws and regulations is unnecessary in order to attain salvation. They believed that Jesus was only a man, but saw him as a model to be emulated, albeit one which a believer was capable of surpassing. Marcellina's community appears to have sought to literally implement the foundational Carpocratian teaching of social egalitarianism. The Marcellians in particular are reported to have branded their disciples on the insides of their right earlobes and venerated images of Jesus as well as Greek philosophers such as Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle. Although the Marcellians identified themselves as "gnostics", many modern scholars do not classify them as members of the sect of Gnosticism.