I don't buy it, but anything that the Rulers during the Dark Ages were scared of is worth a skim -. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism. Related Posts: Musashi on Intention · Vaillant's categorization of defense mechanisms ... […]
Now I know that the mere mention of Gnosticism is liable to excite the passions of those who both agree and disagree with the video. It is a weighty charge, one not to be thrown around cavalierly. Thus I must state at the outset ... […]
The truth is that the Gnostics were the great intellectuals of early Christianity who commanded the respect of large numbers of Christians until Gnosticism was violently suppressed in the fourth and fifth centuries. Valentinus, for ... […]
While the differences between Gnosticism and Literalism are myriad and varied, the general difference is Gnostics believe that much of the religious literature is an allegory and is open to interpretation whereas Literalists believe in the literal ... […]
Mormonism shares much in common with the Gnosticism that the early church faced. Here I will examine Mormon commonality with the Gnostic beliefs confronted by the early church, and draw applicable principles from the teachings of early ... […]
The Destruction of Gnosticism Even after Literalist Christianity had become the state religion of the Roman Empire, Gnosticism remained a powerful force. In the fourth century heretical Christians were still so common that ... […]