List of Gnostic sects

The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism:

Ancient

Proto-Gnosticism

• Thomasines

Judean-Israelite Gnosticism

• Elkesaites
• Kentaeans^[1]
• Mandaeism^[2]
• Samaritan Baptist sects

Syrian-Egyptian Gnosticism

• Bardesanites
• Basilidians
• Satornilians^[3]
• Sethians
• Valesians
• Valentinianism
  • Heracleonites^[4]
  • Ptolemaeans^[5]

Persian Gnosticism

• Manichaeism
  • Al-Dayhuri's Sect
  • Astati
  • Shinang's Sect

Unclassified Christian Gnosticism

• Cerdonians
  • Marcionism
    • Apelliacos
    • Lucianists^[6]
• Colorbasians
• Dositheans (could be offshoot of Simonianism or proto-Gnostic)
• Justinians
• Simonians
  • Menandrians^[7]

Others

• Abelonians^[8]
• Agapetae
• Alogians
• Angelici^[9]
• Antitactae
• Aquarii
• Archontics
• Ascodroutes
• Barbeliotae
• Borborites
  • Coddians (also called Koddians) ^[10]
  • Levitics (also called Levitici)^[11]
  • Phibionites^[12]
  • Secundians^[13]
  • Stratiotici
• Cainites
• Carpocratians
  • Marcellianas
• Cerinthians
  • Adamites (also called Adamians)
• Cleobians^[14]
• Docetae
• Elcesaites
• Encratites
  • Apotactics (also called Apostolics)
  • Severians
• Marcosians
• Messalians
• Nicolaism
• Ophites
  • Naassenes
  • Perates
• Priscillianism
• Quintillians, Montanist sect that may have come under Gnostic influence
• Seleucians

Middle Ages

• Albanenses
• Bagnolians
• Bogomils^[15]
• Bosnian Church
• Cathars^[16]
  • Black Brotherhood
  • Credentes
  • Pasagians
  • Pataria
• Paulicianism (However the dualism of Paulicianism is not certain)^[17]
• Neo-Adamites
• Tondrakians
• Ghulat

Modern era

• Mandaeism^[18]

Neo-Gnostic

Main article: Gnosticism in modern times

• Ecclesia Gnostica
• Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
• Ecclesia Gnostica Mysteriorum
• Ecclesia Pistis Sophia
• Gnostic Church of France
• Gnostic Society
• Johannite Church^{[citation needed]}
• Neo-Luciferian Church
• Society of Novus Spiritus
• Universal Gnosticism