Oct 15, 2024 · There is actually no such thing as Christian Gnosticism, because true Christianity and Gnosticism are mutually exclusive systems of belief. The principles of Gnosticism contradict what it …

Jan 4, 2022 · The definition of the word Gnostic is about as easy to nail down as a flopping fish. It is derived from the Greek word gnosis, meaning “to know.” In the case of Gnosticism, what is “known” …

May 2, 2024 · They, like the Gnostics and other false teachers, abused the doctrine of grace and tried to introduce licentiousness in its place (2 Peter 2:15, 19; Jude 1:4). Jesus commends the church of …

Jan 4, 2022 · The Gnostic gospels are writings by early "Christian" Gnostics. After the first century of Christianity, two primary divisions developed - the orthodox and the Gnostics. The orthodox …

May 6, 2024 · Gnosticism flourished in the first three centuries AD, and because many Gnostics claimed to be Christians, the heresy might have caused confusion. Christianity and Gnosticism diverge on …

Sep 1, 2023 · In this way the Gnostics consider all material things evil—the physical world is the product of a hostile Demiurge—and all spiritual, incorporeal things good. Some Gnostics identify the …

Jan 4, 2022 · Gnostics also hope to be able to experience the Pleroma themselves as they progress in Gnostic teaching. In the New Testament, the pleroma is the fullness of God, the complete set of …

Oct 24, 2024 · Gnostics believed salvation came through gnosis, or special knowledge, rather than through faith alone. This knowledge often involved understanding the true nature of the cosmos, the …

Jan 29, 2025 · Lectio divina is Latin for “divine reading,” “spiritual reading,” or “holy reading.” Lectio divina, according to author and spiritual director Becky Eldredge, is “a slow, rhythmic reading and …

Jul 8, 2025 · The Gnostics believed that this knowledge was not revealed in the canonical Gospels or in the rest of the canonical writings of the New Testament but is revealed in the Gnostic writings, …