This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very different. Readers should be aware the term Gnosticism refers to “knowledge” ...

Many modern scholars have come to agree that the gnōstikoi, or Christian heretics, were most active during the second and third centuries CE. However, “gnosis” and “Gnosticism” are ...

Early writers regarded Gnosticism simply as an aberration of Christianity, but more recent scholars have viewed Gnosticism as a world-wide syncretistic movement that drew from many ancient religions.

This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very different. Readers should be aware the term Gnosticism refers to ...

Gnosticism, too, was rarely a persecuting force and claimed few martyrs. Instead it was parasitic on the Christian Church, and continually sucked weak Christians into its maw. Of all the rivals ...