The Gnostics
a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects.
Gnosticism | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Gnosticism (after gnôsis, the Greek word for “knowledge” or “insight”) is the name given to a loosely organized religious and philosophical movement
Gnosticism - World History Encyclopedia
Gnosticism is the belief that human beings contain a piece of God (the highest good or a divine spark) within themselves, which has fallen ...
What is Christian Gnosticism? | GotQuestions.org
Gnosticism is based on two false premises. First, it espouses a dualism regarding spirit and matter. Gnostics assert that matter is inherently evil and spirit ...
The Gnostic World View: A Brief Summary of Gnosticism
In the Gnostic view, there is a true, ultimate and transcendent God, who is beyond all created universes and who never created anything in the sense in which ...
Gnostics And Other Heretics | From Jesus To Christ | FRONTLINE
Gnostics are charged by their their critics with making a fundamental mistake about the relationship between God as creator and God as redeemer.
Gnosticism | Definition, Texts, Movements, & Influence | Britannica
Gnosticism is a term modern scholars have used to refer to any of various philosophical and ideological movements in the Greco-Roman world in the early ...
Gnosticism Origins, Beliefs & Conflicts - Lesson - Study.com
Gnosticism was a set of philosophical and religious sects that were most prominently active around the second century CE.
This video gives an overview of the so-called "Gnostics", particularly the group that is often otherwise known as the 'Sethians'.
Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism - Early Christian Writings
A religion that differentiates the evil god of this world (who is identified with the god of the Old Testament) from a higher more abstract God revealed by ...
Knowing the Gnostics | Catholic Answers Magazine
Dogma is the Church's reason for living. It is the formulation of divinely-revealed truths for our salvation.
Mind Over Matter: The Heresy of Gnosticism both Then and Now
The Gnostics believed there was a mysterious or secret knowledge reserved for those with true understanding, leading to the salvation of the soul.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gnosticism
Gnosticism is thinly disguised Pantheism. In the beginning was the Depth; the Fulness of Being; the Not-Being God; the First Father, the Monad, the Man; the ...
ELI5: What is gnosticism and why is it heresy? - Reddit
Gnosticism varies by cult but common aspects are they believe the material world is evil, and that some sort of secret knowledge (gnosis) will ...
The Gnostics - Harvard University Press
Who were the Gnostics? And how did the Gnostic movement influence the development of Christianity in antiquity? Is it true that the Church ...
Gnosticism is a type of early Christianity that taught that the material world was created by an evil being, and that Christ came to earth to liberate people ...
What Did Gnostic Christians Believe? - YouTube
The Gnostics were more interested in actual communion, or experience of God than a belief system or doctrine. This is why they were called Gnostics.
What Did Gnostics Believe? - YouTube
In this video, Dr. Michael Bird (@mbird12 on Twitter) explains basic Gnostic beliefs including: Is Gnosticism an ancient New Age Religion?
Gnosticism - Ligonier Ministries
Gnostics say that spirit is good, and matter, including the physical body, is evil. Gnostics believe that we need to be delivered from the physical world in ...
Gnosticism in modern times - Wikipedia
Gnosticism is an ancient name for a variety of religious ideas and systems, originating in Jewish-Christian milieux in the first and second century CE.