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- noun Plural form of
Gnostic .
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Such ideas of a hierarchy of subordinate emanations to fill the supposed abyss between the Infinite and the Finite were eagerly adopted and developed by the pseudo-philosophers called Gnostics, on both sides of the boundary between the Church and the World.
Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern J. Allanson Picton 1871
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Along with Gnostics (from the Greek word "gnosis" meaning knowledge) they were persecuted, anathematised and systematically and progressively oppressed.
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The Gnostics were the chief adversaries of the Apostle Paul and the early Church, relentlessly pursuing Christians wherever they went, long before the mystery religions even began to crumble.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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The Gnostics were the chief adversaries of the Apostle Paul and the early Church, relentlessly pursuing Christians wherever they went, long before the mystery religions even began to crumble.
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NEESON: By far, the most successful and threatening was a group called the Gnostics, who lived in Egypt in the second century.
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But if 'Nazoraeans' was an already-existing group perhaps baptizing Gnostics like the Mandaeans who were so designated in later times and Jesus and his followers were thought to Be connected with them, Christians may well have sought to defuse the label by redefining it as related to Jesus' hometown.
More Q, More Christmas, More Blogging All Around James F. McGrath 2009
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NEESON: By far, the most successful and threatening was a group called the Gnostics, who lived in Egypt in the second century.
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The early Christians, known as Gnostics, saw Jesus as a myth whose story was told for its allegorical undertones.
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NEESON: By far, the most successful and threatening was a group called the Gnostics, who lived in Egypt in the second century.
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NEESON: By far, the most successful and threatening was a group called the Gnostics, who lived in Egypt in the second century.
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