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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forBarbeliotesThe Gnostic sect in Iberia referred to by Irenaeus, Augustine, and Epiphanius. It was named after Barbelos or Barbelo, a name which was perhaps framed out of two Hebrew words, bar baalah, " son of the Lady," or bar baal, " son of the Lord." The Barbeliotes claimed that Barbelo was the son of the Father by a mother named Jaldabaoth or Sabaoth. From him came Light who was anointed by the Father and became Christ. The sect received the name Borborians from the Greek word borboros, " filth " or " mud," probably on account of some of their secret practices. See J. H. Blunt. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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