Editing Basilides (section)

===Writings of Basilides===
Nearly everything Basilides wrote has been lost, but the names of three of his works and fragments are available in the present day:{{citation needed|date=April 2011}}<!--needed for the list-->
*Fragments of the Exegetica are available from St. Clement of Alexandria in his ''Stromata'', Book IV, Chapter 12, and from Archelaus in his ''Acts of the Disputation with Manes'', Chapter 55, and probably also from [[Origen]] in his ''Commentary on Romans V'', Book I.
*Origen states that  "Basilides had even the audacity to write a [[Gospel of Basilides|Gospel according to Basilides]]",<ref>{{harvnb|Hort|1911}} cites Origen, ''Homilies on Luke'' 1.1.</ref> and both [[St. Jerome]]<ref>{{harvnb|Hort|1911}} cites St. Jerome, ''Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew'' Prologue</ref> and [[St. Ambrose]]<ref>{{harvnb|Hort|1911}} cites Ambrose, ''Expositio, Euangelii,'' Lucae i.2.</ref> repeat Origen. Yet no trace of a Gospel by Basilides exists elsewhere; and it is possible either that Origen misunderstood the nature of the ''Exegetica,'' or that the Gospel was known under another name.<ref>{{harvnb|Hort|1911}} cites Cf. Hilgenfeld, ''Clem. Rec. u. Hom.'' 123 ff.</ref>
*Origen in a note on Job, xxi, 1 sqq.,{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} speaks of "Odes" of Basilides.{{sfn|Hort|1911}}