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Gnosticism (from
Ancient Gr****: γνωστικός, romanized: gnōstikós,
Koine Gr****: [ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a
collection of
religious ideas and...
- A
Gnostic M**** is a
liturgical M****
administered by a
Gnostic church.
There are
several such churches, each with its own
version of the M****. Some of...
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Archons (Gr****: ἄρχων, romanized: árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes), in
Gnosticism and
religions closely related to it, are the
builders of the physical...
- In many
Gnostic systems,
various emanations of God are
known by such
names as One, Monad, Aion
teleos (αἰών τέλεος "The
Broadest Aeon"),
Bythos (βυθός...
- Proto-
Gnosticism or pre-
Gnosticism refers to
movements similar to
Gnosticism during the
first few
centuries of Christianity. Proto-
Gnostics did not have...
- 180) was the best
known and, for a time, most
successful early Christian Gnostic theologian. He
founded his
school in Rome.
According to Tertullian, Valentinus...
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known as the
Chenoboskion M****cripts and the
Gnostic Gospels) is a
collection of
early Christian and
Gnostic texts discovered near the
Upper Egyptian town...
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Gnosticism in
modern times (or Neo-
Gnosticism)
includes a
variety of
contemporary religious movements,
stemming from
Gnostic ideas and
systems from ancient...
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proposed that
similarities existed between Buddhism and
Gnosticism, a term
deriving from the name
Gnostics,
which was
given to a
number of
Christian sects. To...
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gnostikoi (γνωστικοί), "knowing" or "men that
claimed to have
deeper wisdom".
Gnosticism is a 17th-century term
expanding the
definition of Irenaeus'
groups to...
