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  1. Pistis Vs. Gnosis 4

    Pistis Vs. Gnosis 4

    Why I first got involved in this topic is because there often is a “Faith vs. Knowledge” dichotomy that is setup in Christianity. This especially seems to take place after Christianity spends a few centuries dealing with the Gnostic heresies. After this time, Gnosis especially of the revelatory...
  2. Clement Of Alexandria And Gnosis 3

    Clement Of Alexandria And Gnosis 3

    One guy who embraced the wider use of Gnosis. Quote from linked article below. "St. Clement of Alexandria emphasizes the following: I. The title "Gnostic" does not refer to a heretic but to the orthodox Christian who attains the divine gnosis (knowledge) from the Holy Spirit, by illumination...
  3. Gnosis In The New Testament 2

    Gnosis In The New Testament 2

    I’ll start with this definition, used by many modern Bible web sites. Knowledge, signifies in general intelligence, understanding a) the general knowledge of Christian religion b) the deeper more perfect and enlarged knowledge of this religion, such as belongs to the more advanced c) esp. of...
  4. Nicene Christian Gnosis 1

    Nicene Christian Gnosis 1

    This is something I blogged on before, and I may expound on it, more if I found something else. What got me into the topic was on reading up on Gnosticism many years ago. While the Gnostics, were heretics in many dogmatic ways, they were actually close to the truth in other ways biblically...
  5. I'm_Sorry

    Science is the survival of Gnosis

    Occult, the mystery schools survived not only in secret societies. Watch and discuss. "Hermeticism is a historiographical phrase describing the work that attempts to reconstruct the mode of thought held by 17th century scientists. It primarily traces out the connections of Renaissance...