Stephan A. Hoeller, (1931 - ) is a writer, scholar and religious leader. Born in Budapest, Hungary he received a Ph.D. in philosophy with a minor in the philosophy of religion from the University of Innsbruck in Austria.
Richard, Duc de Palatine established a modern-day gnostic church, the Pre-Nicene Gnostic Catholic Church, in England during the 1950s. Duc de Palatine commissioned Hoeller to the United States, settling in Southern California in ...
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Stephan A. Hoeller, (1931 - ) is a writer, scholar and religious leader. Born in Budapest, Hungary he received a Ph.D. in philosophy with a minor in the philosophy of religion from the University of Innsbruck in Austria.
Richard, Duc de Palatine established a modern-day gnostic church, the Pre-Nicene Gnostic Catholic Church, in England during the 1950s. Duc de Palatine commissioned Hoeller to the United States, settling in Southern California in 1952, to continue the work they started in England. After the death of Duc de Palatine in the 70s, Hoeller changed the name to the Ecclesia Gnostica (Latin for "the Gnostic Church").
Hoeller is Professor Emeritus of comparative religion at the College of Oriental Studies in Los Angeles. An author and scholar of gnosticism and Jungian psychology, he is also Regionary Bishop of Ecclesia Gnostica, having been consecretated to the office in 1967 by the Duc de Palatine, and thus is the senior holder of the English Gnostic Transmission in America....
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