Encyclopaedia Britannica's biographical entry on Basilides of Alexandria, founder of the Basilidean Gnostic sect.
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Reliability Tier2
Encyclopaedia Britannica's biographical entry on Basilides carries a named editorial board and a fixed editorial process rather than open community editing, the middle tier reflecting a tertiary reference with real editorial oversight, above an anonymously edited wiki but short of peer reviewed scholarship. NotesA general reference encyclopedia with editorial staff and a long institutional record. Reliable for Basilides's Alexandrian teaching career and the sect's Abraxas cosmology, both drawn from Clement of Alexandria and later heresiologists.
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AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Basilides
Source Typereference
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- Articles, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Literary Works, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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