The Johannite Church (full title: ''l'Église Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs, “''The Johannite Church of Primitive Christians”) was a

Gnostic Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: , romanized: ''gnōstikós'', Koine Greek: �nostiˈkos 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among early Christian sects. These diverse g ...

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

denomination founded by the French

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...

Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat (29 May 1773 – 18 February 1838), was a priest and mystic who founded a self-styled order called the ''Ordre du Temple'', claiming direct descent from the original Knights Templar in 1804. He later founded the ...

in 1804."The Gnostics: History, Tradition, Scriptures, Influence" by Andrew Phillip Smith, Watkins, 2008 The Johannite Church received its full name in 1828 after Fabré-Palaprat's claimed discovery of the ''Levitikon'' gospels.Rev. Donald Donato, ''The Lévitikon: The Gospels According to The Primitive Church'' (Apostolic Johannite Church, 2010). It is termed "Johannite" because it claims continuity with the primitive Johannine Christianity of saints

John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

and

John the Apostle John the Apostle (; ; ), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he ...

, and other Christian scriptures attributed to John.

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The Apostolic Johannite Church

The Gnostic Wisdom Network

Levitikon on Gallica website

1804 establishments in France Christian denominations founded in France Gnostic religions and sects Hermeticism Modern Gnostic sects {{Christian-denomination-stub

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