Aquarians

Definition

The rigorist Gnostic asceticism (‘enkrateia’ = abstinence) adopted by Tatian after his break with the Church, rejecting marriage, meat and wine.

1 Corinthians 2:6-8 — Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing. Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our
1 Timothy 2:2 — *even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. *
Acts 17 — *After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed *