Note 458 — Chapter IX · POST-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: VALENTINUS
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It may be news to some that an attempt has lately been made to revive in Paris the heresy of Valentinus. See the Contemporary Review for May, 1897, or Jules Bois’ Les Petits Religions de Paris, where a full account of the services and hymns of “L’Église Gnostique” is given. Its founder, Jules Doinel, was reconverted to Catholicism some time before his death. Its present head is M. Fabre des Essarts.