ARCHONTICS, Archontici, in Church History, asect of heretics who arose towards the close of the secondcentury. See HERETIC.
They were thus called from the Greek word ἀρχήPrincipalities, or Hierarchies of Angels; because theyheld the world to have been created by the angels.
See ANGEL, HIERARCHY. The Archontics were a branch of the Valentinians.
See VALENTINIAN.
