Gnosticism - Wikipedia Gnostic and pseudo-Gnostic ideas became influential in some of the philosophies of various esoteric mystical movements of the 19th and 20th centuries in Europe and North America, including some that explicitly identify themselves as revivals or even continuations of earlier Gnostic groups
Welcome - Gnosticism Explained 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 from this evil world through the spiritual experience called “gnosis” – the root of the word “Gnostic ”
Gnosticism | Definition, Texts, Movements, Influence | Britannica gnosticism, any of various related philosophical and religious movements prominent in the Greco-Roman world in the early Christian era, particularly the 2nd century The designation gnosticism is a term of modern scholarship
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 the word “create” is ordinarily understood
Gnosticism Definition and Beliefs Explained - Learn Religions Gnosticism was a second-century religious movement claiming that salvation could be gained through a special form of secret knowledge Adherents believed that the material world was created by a lesser divinity, and only through this esoteric wisdom could one transcend this flawed reality
The Gnosis Archive: Resources on Gnosticism and Gnostic Tradition A vast collection of materials and audio lectures dealing with Gnosis and Gnosticism, both ancient and modern The site includes the Gnostic Society Library with the complete Nag Hammadi Library, and a large collection of other primary Gnostic scriptures and documents
What is gnosticism? - U. S. Catholic Much of early Christianity was consumed with refuting gnostic theology The gnostics were not a single uniform group Gnosticism began in second-century Christianity and had many forms through the fifth century
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