英语词汇“Gnosticism”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

I bought a house there from a chapter of the Order of the Oriental Templars once run by Aleister Crowley, who had his own take on Gnosticism. John Cameron Mitchell Finds Joy in Mavis Staples and ‘Veneno’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

However, Gnosticism never really matured from a sect. Ask the indie professor: Is there a link between indie music and Gnosticism? 2011-03-14T16:52:39Z

Gnosticism would work with arguments that elitist knowledge of arcane bands confer "cultural capital", the notion that cool is a commodity of sorts. Ask the indie professor: Is there a link between indie music and Gnosticism? 2011-03-14T16:52:39Z

His question was if I thought there was a connection between indie music and Gnosticism. Ask the indie professor: Is there a link between indie music and Gnosticism? 2011-03-14T16:52:39Z

So, perhaps Gnosticism is a sect of indie. Ask the indie professor: Is there a link between indie music and Gnosticism? 2011-03-14T16:52:39Z

Well, not terrible, but it's a tough read, stuffed with hard-to-grasp concepts around existence and non-existence, about Gnosticism and sexual joy. The allure of the first novel 2013-01-12T08:30:01Z

In Gnosticism, for example, there is the fabulous story of the Hebdomad, seven Archons, abstract creatures with the power to create or destroy a world. Michael Scott's top 10 Doctor Who creatures 2013-03-19T16:23:01Z

As the ultrawealthy have multiplied, some Americans have drifted toward a sort of billionaire Gnosticism, a sense that we live in a fallen world run by a demonic group of plutocrats. How Many Billionaires Are There, Anyway? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

Through a bizarre philosophy that wove Kabbalah, Gnosticism and Sabbatai’s ideas with worship of the Divine Mother, Frank believed he was achieving tikkun olam, the Jewish ideal of repairing the world. Review: A Nobel Prize winner's massive historical epic is an irreverent epiphany 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

Various theologies, such as Gnosticism and the Kabbalah, suggest that not even God can bear to dwell in absolute oneness. Don't Make Me One with Everything 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

Blending the tenets of Buddhism, Gnosticism and Christianity, these consume a good portion of the early chapters of the novel. Can exploring the dark side in fiction go too far? Fuminori Nakamura's 'Cult X' presses the question 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

It accepted the prophets of Islam and Christianity and incorporated elements of Greek philosophy and Gnosticism. Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

Outside, I take in the scene: street preachers denouncing Gnosticism, a lone banker trying to garrote himself with ticket tape, and the Bull – that gold, beautiful bull – running through the streets like Zeus. The New York Stock Exchange goes down: inside the dystopian aftermath | Molly Crabapple 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Since then, I have found hints of this theology in Gnosticism, the Kabbalah and the writings of Nietzsche, Jung and Borges. What Should We Do With Our Visions of Heaven and Hell? 2012-11-27T21:45:00.250Z

These false teachers are denounced as “servants of Satan, beasts in human shape, dealers Gnosticism. in deadly poison, robbers and pirates.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z

Gnosticism had probably lost ground in the city, under the eloquent attacks of St. Clement. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

For such an one the two witnesses, astronomical mythology and Gnosticism, completely prove an alibi. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z

The characteristics of early Gnosticism are well defined in the miniature picture of verse 14. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z

Docetism, with its phantom Christ, and Gnosticism with its antithesis of the just God and the good God, were not likely to satisfy mankind. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z

The Illustrated Church News, 31st March, 1894—"This work is to Christians of real interest; for it enables them to study Gnosticism alive and vigorous in the nineteenth century." The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z

To examine the history of Gnosticism is not a tempting undertaking. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

Nothing is more astounding, on their own showing, than the ignorance of the Fathers about the nature, the significance, the descent of Gnosticism, and its rootage in the remotest past. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z

There may be Indian elements in Neo-platonism and Gnosticism, but this possibility does not affect my contention that the immediate source of the Ṣúfí theosophy is to be sought in Greek and Syrian speculation. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z

All these investigations point clearly to the fact that Gnosticism belongs to the group of mystical religions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

At the epoch when he lived religious spirit fermented; by the side of the philosophical sects of Greece, Christianity developed; Gnosticism grafted its poetical reveries on monotheism, and differences multiplied. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z

Alexandria, the city of Neo-Platonism, was also with nearly as good a title the city of Gnosticism. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

It was the devil, they said, and thus they sought to account for Gnosticism and fight down their fears. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z

But probably these were not Colossians, but wandering emissaries of a Judaizing Gnosticism, while certainly the great mass of the Church was untouched by their speculations. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z

In Gnosticism, on the contrary, the world of evil is full of active energy and hostile powers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Some native theologians attributed Creation to his Son, Burambin, the Demiurge, a common savage form of Gnosticism. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z

The Esoteric system of the Cabbalah was largely the outcome of Neo-Platonism and Gnosticism, and from these have sprung the theosophy of Meister Eckhart and Jacob Boehme. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

The truth is, that Gnosticism did not purport to be a Christian system, except by a kind of syncretism to reconcile different faiths. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z

He did not become a believer, but learned the esoteric doctrine and published an interesting account of the cult under the title, "Mohammedan Gnosticism in America." Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z

It must now be our task to make plain the position of Gnosticism within the Christian religion, and its significance for the development of the latter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Michael Lindvall, a theologian and pastor of Brick Presbyterian Church in New York, pegs Mr. Kurzweil’s Singularity dogma as a modern iteration of the Gnosticism prevalent in the second and third centuries. The Promise of Rapture for the High-Tech Elite 2011-04-23T23:26:15Z

It is certain that there are to be found in their religion traces of Gnosticism and Magianism. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

This is the central idea of every branch of Gnosticism. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z

Gnosticism was the natural daughter of the solar theology. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z

In this respect the opposition to Gnosticism led to a reactionary movement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Gnosticism “was basically the idea that people save themselves by being smart,” Mr. Lindvall said. The Promise of Rapture for the High-Tech Elite 2011-04-23T23:26:15Z

This Simon, known in history as Simon Magus, is referred to by early Christian writers, as the founder of heresy, owing to his persistent attempts to combine Christianity with Gnosticism. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z

The author has naturally the interest of a theosophist in Gnosticism, and approaches the subject accordingly from a point of view different from our own. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z

However much the solar school of theology may have been for the old religion of Egypt a teaching of death, in the Gnosticism of the first Christian centuries it was born anew. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z

Through its syncretic origin Gnosticism introduced for the first time into Christianity a whole mass of sacramental, mystical ideas, which had hitherto existed in it only in its earliest phases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

It appears in various forms in Indian philosophy, and is the characteristically oriental element in syncretic systems like Neoplatonism and Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z

The practical effect of the principles of Gnosticism in the lives of its adherents is strangely diverse. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z

What Gnosticism, Montanism, Judaism and, I may add, the Oriental mysteries were to the nascent Church, as described in the foregoing Section, such were the Manichean, Donatist, Apollinarian and contemporary sects afterwards. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z

Even the strange monsters and symbolic figures which play so large a part in the solar revelation are reproduced in Gnosticism. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z

Gnosticism was also the pioneer of the Christian Church in the strong emphasis laid on the idea of salvation in 158 religion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

It was written during the second century at Lyons, by Irenaeus, a bishop of Gaul, far from any direct contact with the still flourishing Gnosticism. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z

It is but a step from this to the complicated personifications of Gnosticism, with its Demiurgus, or inferior spirit that created the world. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z

Thus Judaism is an idea which once was objective, and Gnosticism is an idea which was never so. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z

There is probably some truth in the view that the Church clung to its Four Gospels as a weapon against Gnosticism; it could not afford to reduce the number of its documents. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z

Finally, it was Gnosticism which gave the most decided impulse to the consolidation of the Christian Church as a church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Must we not suppose a subtle and powerful agency behind the scenes, as truly as in the case of Gnosticism, Mohammedanism, Romanism, Mormonism? The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z

In the syncretism of that age, the age of Gnosticism, rites and doctrines passed easily from one system to another. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius

He detected in his bishop Gnosticism, Manichaeism and Sabellianism, and was convinced that he himself was the champion of pure doctrine against heresy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"

With this pantheistic Gnosticism is associated a severe asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"

Gnosticism itself is a free, naturally-growing religion, the religion of isolated minds, of separate little circles and minute sects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

The one represented wisdom as an independent being distinct from God, and this finally became merged, under Platonic influence, into the views of neo-Platonism, Gnosticism, and the Christian dogma. Jewish Theology

Gnosticism possessed certain tenets which were very wide-spread in ancient civilization. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance

Meanwhile the rise and rapid spread of Gnosticism produced a great crisis in the Church of the 2nd century, and profoundly affected the ecclesiastical organization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati"

Another prolific source of apocryphal gospels, acts and apocalypses was Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"

As a point of departure for the history of the development of Gnosticism may be taken the numerous little sects which were apparently first included under the name of “Gnostics” in the narrower sense. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

"This was kindred to a type of speculation which later became rife under the name of Gnosticism." Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive

Gnosticism was oriental far more than it was Greek. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance

Like the ancient Gnosticism, it believed in dogmatic Christianity, because it descended upon it from an á priori principle, in which it found the explanation of it. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion

While the characteristic features of apocalyptic literature were derived from Judaism, those of Gnosticism sprang partly from Greek philosophy, partly from oriental religions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"

Thus these systems throw an important light on the past, and a true perception of the nature and purpose of Gnosticism is not to be obtained without taking them into consideration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

He says nothing about the Trinity of Divine Beings that was usual in Gnosticism, nothing about the Divine Mother. Five Stages of Greek Religion

It was only natural that Gnosticism with its belief in a savior-god should feel itself drawn to Christianity with its similar teaching. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance

Subsequent investigations have added little material directly for the knowledge of Gnosticism, but much for a better appreciation of those sources from which it sprung. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion

Gnosticism was a typical product of the city. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology

Complete original Gnostic works have unfortunately survived to us only from the period of the decadence of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

So, too, the gigantic abstractions of Gnosticism were hybrid systems, formed of the union between Oriental thought and Christian life. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors

Gnosticism, stoicism, platonism, the Old Testament, the stories of the life of Jesus, the broadening of Christianity, all went together to make possible the mystic theology of this gospel. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance

Whether Basilides himself had already given this magic tendency to Gnosticism cannot be decided. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"

This new science is not new, but is the revival, through satanic powers, of ancient Gnosticism, a denial of every article of the faith once and for all delivered unto the saints. The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future

Very noteworthy references to Gnosticism are also to be found scattered up and down the Stromateis of Clement of Alexandria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

We can easily find in them traces of Gnosticism and Manicheism. The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church

I do not think it is saying too much when I state that there is nothing in Gnosticism which modern science and philosophy can recognize as having a valid foundation. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance

Basilides, then, represents that form of Gnosticism that is closest to Persian dualism in its final form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"

I imposed on them a rule of life in antagonism to the vagaries of Gnosticism and the sophistries of the philosophers. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul

In Gnosticism as in the other mystic religions we find the same contrast of the initiated and the uninitiated, the same loose organization, the same kind of petty sectarianism and mystery-mongering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

This opinion of Marcion is being modified under the influence of a larger knowledge of Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

So far as can be made out, Gnosticism was a religious philosophy which grew up in the eastern part of the Roman empire. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance

BASILIDES, one of the most conspicuous exponents of Gnosticism, was living at Alexandria probably as early as the first decades of the 2nd century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"

Seven "qualities" or "principles" or "sources" appear and reappear in ever shifting forms throughout the entire literature of Gnosticism, alchemy, and nature-mysticism. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries

And out of the combination of these two dualisms arose the teaching of Gnosticism, with its thoroughgoing pessimism and fundamental asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

It is of importance as giving much material for the study of Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

It is evident that the world-setting of Gnosticism was not far different from that of Christianity. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance

The syncretism of the Babylonian and the Persian religion was also the nursing-ground of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"

The metaphysics of Buddhism, like the metaphysics of most religions, not excluding our own Gnosticism and Mysticism, were beyond the reach of all except a few hardened philosophers or ecstatic dreamers. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion

But on closer examination we can clearly see that it has a wide influence on Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

The period in the Church before the clash with Gnosticism and the rise of an apologetic literature comprises the apostolic and the post-apostolic ages. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

"My dear Reding," said Carlton, astonished, "you are running into Gnosticism." Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert

References to heresies.—It has been said that these Epistles contain references to heresies later than the apostolic age, such as the Gnosticism of the 2nd century. The Books of the New Testament

Harnack also regards Gnosticism as an embodiment of the genuinely Greek view of revelation, forgetting that orthodox Platonism was as hostile to Gnosticism as the Church itself. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield

In fact salvation, as conceived in Gnosticism, is always a myth, a history of bygone events, an allegory or figure, but not an historical event. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Gnosticism is a generic name for a vast number of syncretistic religious systems prevalent, especially in the East, both before and after the Christian era. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

The errors of Gnosticism seem also to have penetrated at this time as far as Corinth. A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient)

St. Paul criticizes a Judaic Gnosticism, a morbid mixture of Jewish ritual with that Oriental spiritualism which fascinated many devotees in the Roman empire at this period. The Books of the New Testament

In rejecting Gnosticism, the Church in fact decided for genuine Hellenism against a corrupted and barbarized development of it. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield

Indirectly, however, Gnosticism was certainly one of the most powerful factors in the development of Christianity in the 1st century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

They were therefore associated, and with abundant historical justification, with Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

These professors of 'Gnosticism' held no consistent theory. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

The critics who believe it to be forged, hold that it was written in Egypt in order to oppose the Gnosticism of c. The Books of the New Testament

While the Gnostic sects disappear in the sixth century, the influence of Gnosticism can be followed down to the twelfth century,—a significant testimony to the enduring qualities of Babylonian doctrines. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

These manifestations are all the more characteristic since in them we meet with a Gnosticism which remained essentially more untouched by Christian influences than the Gnostic systems of the 2nd century A.D. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

The school of Basilides marks the beginning of the distinctively Hellenistic stadium of Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

But, in the main problem that Origen set for the Church in this religious philosophy of his, we find a recurrence of that propounded by the so-called Gnosticism two generations earlier. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

But in the circumstances of the time even they could not but be touched by the Hellenic mode of thought, to the effect of associating a speculative theory with asceticism, and thus approximating to Gnosticism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Gnosticism, Jews of Syria and Judea the direct precursors of, 255-m. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Numerous fragments and extracts from Gnostic writings are to be found in the works of the Fathers who attacked Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

The doctrines of Gnosticism were held by many who were nominally within the Church. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

The selection from tradition, made in opposition to Gnosticism—though indeed in accordance with its methods—and declared to be apostolic, is accepted. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

Scientific, theological literature has undoubtedly its origin in Gnosticism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Gnosticism imperfectly revealed the disfigured occult science of the Magi, 839-m. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Definite confirmation of this conjecture is afforded us by later sources of the Iranian religion, in which we likewise meet with the characteristic fundamental doctrine of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

The esoteric element seems to have been the so-called “systems” in which the fanciful and mythological element in Gnosticism appears. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

"Gnosticism" is therefore here adopted by the ecclesiastical teachers in its full extent, proving that this "Gnosticism" is nothing else than the learned construction of religion with the scientific means of those days. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

On the contrary, it sees in Gnosticism a series of undertakings, which in a certain way is analogous to the Catholic embodiment of Christianity, in doctrine, morals, and worship. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

For the Johannism of the Adepts was the Kabalah of the earlier Gnostics, degenerating afterward into those heretical forms which Gnosticism developed, so that even Manes had his followers among them. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

As in many mystical religions, so in Gnosticism, the ultimate object is individual salvation, the assurance of a fortunate destiny for the soul after death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

The division of mankind into three classes, according to their nature and consequent capacity for salvation, is characteristic of the Valentinian Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

This system is distinguished from Gnosticism by the history of redemption appearing as the natural continuation of the history of creation and not simply as its correction. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

It is therefore no paradox to say that Gnosticism, which is just Hellenism, has in Catholicism obtained half a victory. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

The dominant doctrines of Platonism were found in Gnosticism. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

But the fundamental ideas of Gnosticism and of early Christianity had a kind of magnetic attraction for each other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Valentinus avails himself of the notion of the trichotomy of human nature, and gives a place for the bulk of Christians, those who did not embrace Gnosticism; cf. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

By this speculation they win simply everything, in so far as the Catholic doctrine now appears as the property of an "apostolic" circle, and Gnosticism and Antignosticism are thus eliminated. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

Gnosticism is antichristian so far as it takes away from Christianity its Old Testament foundation, and belief in the identity of the creator of the world with the supreme God. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

The Jews of Syria and Judea were the direct precursors of Gnosticism; and in their doctrines were ample oriental elements. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

The attitude of Gnosticism to the Old Testament and to the creator-God proclaimed in it had its deeper roots, as we have already seen, in the dualism by which it was dominated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Its connection with Christianity was at first slight and its affinities were with Eastern Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History

He solved it by producing a system which reconciled the faith of the Church with Greek philosophy; and he dealt Gnosticism its death-blow. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

In some passages the Christianity of the Homilies really looks like a syncretism composed of the common Christianity, the Jewish Christianity, Gnosticism, and the criticism of Apelles. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Thus we have the Demiourgos of Gnosticism, and the six Genii that assist him. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

It must be considered as an unqualified advantage for the further development of Christianity, as a universal religion, that at its very outset it prevailed against the great movement of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

In its purer forms Gnosticism aimed at supplementing faith by knowledge of eternal verities and at giving a wider meaning to Christianity by linking it up with earlier faiths. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

Gnosticism and the Marcionite Church had compelled orthodox Christianity to make a selection from tradition and to make this binding on Christians as an apostolical law. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

Upon the whole we may see here how foolish it is to seek to dispose of Gnosticism with the phrase lawless fancies. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

It is admitted that the cradle of Gnosticism is probably to be looked for in Syria, and even in Palestine. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Later evidence of the decadence of Gnosticism occurs in the Pistis-Sophia and the Coptic Gnostic writings discovered and edited by Schmidt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

But since Alexandria was at the same period the home of Gnosticism, which was formed from the same elements enumerated here, the connexion between the two systems is clearly evident. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

In opposition to Gnosticism and Marcionitism, the main articles forming the estate and possession of orthodox Christianity were raised to the rank of apostolic regulations and laws, and thereby placed beyond all discussion and assault. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

The denial by Gnosticism of free will, and therewith of moral responsibility, called forth very decided contradiction. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Like the Satan of Gnosticism, he was confounded with Matter. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

On the whole, then, for an exposition of Gnosticism we are thrown back upon the polemical writings of the Fathers in their controversy with heresy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

M. Matter is therefore right in saying that Gnosticism was not a defection from Christianity, but a combination of systems into which a few Christian elements were introduced. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

The conflict with Gnosticism made it necessary to find some sort of solution to the question, "What is Christian?" and to fix this answer. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

Gnosticism, that is, the acute hellenising of Christianity, was wrecked in the Church on free will, the Old Testament and eschatology. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Deity, among the fundamental teachings of Gnosticism were emanations from, 248-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

With the 4th century both Gnosticism and the polemical literature directed against it die out.4 III. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Combining the doctrines these books contained with ideas borrowed from Zoroastrianism, Gnosticism, and Christianity, and also with certain additions of his own, he elaborated a philosophic system which he proceeded to teach. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

How did this union attain acceptance and permanence, whilst "Gnosticism" was at first rejected? History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

But it is insufficient with reference to the whole phenomenon of Gnosticism, and it has been carried out by Baur by violent abstractions. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Gnosticism was the effort of a reason excessively given to speculation, undisciplined and greatly unrestrained by any sense of reality to possess and transform the Church. Modern Religious Cults and Movements

It is a mistake to regard the Gnostics as pre-eminently the representatives of intellect among Christians, and Gnosticism as an intellectual tendency chiefly concerned with philosophical speculation, the reconciliation of religion with philosophy and theology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

And it is here we find the principal progenitor of Gnosticism. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

"Gnosticism" and Marcionite Christianity prove the variety and depth of the needs then asserting themselves within the space that the ecclesiastical historian is able to survey. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

This fact proves the proposition that Gnosticism was an acute hellenising of Christianity. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

If we once recognize the fact that Papias wrote when Gnosticism was rampant, the drift of his language becomes clear and consistent. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"

It is true that when Gnosticism was at its height it numbered amongst its followers both theologians and men of science, but that is not its main characteristic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

The result of Gnosticism was thus not to christianize the Cabala, but to cabalize Christianity by mingling its pure and simple teaching with theosophy and even magic. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

"Gnosticism," which the Church had repudiated in the second century, became part of her own system in the third. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)

They shew with admirable clearness, the way in which Gnosticism originated. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Five years later, he published a work on Gnosticism, and in 1821, his "Life of Chrysostom;" besides some treatises of minor note, which we need not pause to enumerate. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors

In short, Gnosticism, in all its various sections, its form and its character, falls under the great category of mystic religions, which were so characteristic of the religious life of decadent antiquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

The first school of thought to create a schism in Christianity was the collection of sects known under the generic name of Gnosticism. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

They were not Gnostics; for Gnosticism was essentially anti-Judaistic, separating the God of the Jews from the God of Christianity, and placing the two in antagonism to each other. Companion to the Bible

The aversion to barbarism also co-operated here, in so far as Gnosticism delighted in mysterious words borrowed from the Semites. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

But Gnosticism, in whatever form it presented itself, was a miserable perversion of the gospel. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution

It is far more probable that the combination which we meet with in Gnosticism is older than Christianity, and was found already in existence by Christianity and its sects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Perversion is the keynote of all the debased forms of Gnosticism. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

Asia Minor was then the theatre of a strange movement of syncretical philosophy; all the germs of Gnosticism existed there already. The Life of Jesus

We have hitherto tacitly presupposed that in Gnosticism the Hellenic spirit desired to make itself master of Christianity, or more correctly of the Christian communities. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Shortly after the middle of the second century the Church began to be troubled by a heresy in some respects very different from Gnosticism. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution

Among his disciples the speculative and fantastic element of Gnosticism again became more apparent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Gnosticism, however, as the Jewish Encyclopædia points out, "was Jewish in character long before it became Christian." Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

They are called by the one name, Gnosticism, and present four aspects of error in this book. The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books

But, finally, the thesis that Gnosticism is identical with an acute secularising of Christianity, in the widest sense of the word, is confirmed by the study of its own literature. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

The three great antagonists of the gospel were the Grecian philosophy, the heathen mythology, and a degenerate Judaism; and Gnosticism may be described as an attempt to effect a compromise between Christianity and these rivals. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution

As we have already intimated, Gnosticism had such a power 159 of attraction that it now drew within its limits even Judaeo-Christian sects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

So it is in Gnosticism and Manicheism that we find evidence of the first attempts to pervert Christianity. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

That Hellenisation of Christianity which Gnosticism represented, and against which, in this, its acute form, the Church contended was, after all, the same thing which, by slower process and more unconsciously, befell the Church itself. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant

If this makes the Gnostic literature approximate to the profane, that is much more the case with the scientific theological literature which Gnosticism first produced. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Gnosticism assumed a variety of forms, and almost every one of its teachers had his own distinctive creed; but, as a system, it was always known by certain remarkable features. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution

To the school of Bardesanes belongs the “Book of the Laws of the Lands,” which does not, however, contribute much to our knowledge of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

"It is essentially of the type of ancient Gnosticism, traces of which are found in the Talmud, the Midrash, and in a modified form the later Cabala." Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

His first book, published in 1873, was an inquiry as to the sources for the history of Gnosticism. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant

Further, we have to take note of the three elements of Gnosticism, viz., the speculative and philosophical, the mystic element connection with worship, and the practical, ascetic. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

It was, therefore, with marked propriety that he appealed to the evidence of the bishops; as they, from their position, were most competent to expose the falsehood of the fables of Gnosticism. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution

With this fundamental doctrine of Gnosticism is connected, as Anz has shown in his book which we have so often quoted, a side of their religious practices to which we have already alluded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

The Rabbinical disputes with the Jews about justification and election have disappeared; the danger ahead is now from theosophy and the barbarised Platonism which was afterwards matured in Gnosticism. Outspoken Essays

Gnosticism," says Uhlhorn, "combined Greek philosophies, Jewish theology, and ancient Oriental theosophy, thus forming great systems of speculative thought, all with the object of displaying the world's development. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891

The later opponents of Gnosticism preferred to bring out the fantastic details of the Gnostic systems, and thereby created the prejudice that the essence of the matter lay in these. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

When Gnosticism was spreading so rapidly, and creating so much scandal and confusion, schism upon schism appeared unavoidable. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution

In Gnosticism salvation always lies at the root of all existence and all history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Brahmanism, Gnosticism, the Sufism of Persia, the Mysteries of Egypt and Greece, Neo-Platonism, the Christian Mysticism of the Middle Ages,—these have, strictly speaking, no founder. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology

From a pantheistic First Cause, Gnosticism traced the emanation of a series of æons—beings of Light. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891

To prove the existence of that left wing of Gnosticism is of the greatest interest for the history of dogma, but the details are of no consequence. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

But we have good grounds for believing that Gnosticism now formed the topic of discussion in several synods. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution

Thus the essential part of most of the conceptions of what we call Gnosticism was already in existence and fully developed before the rise of Christianity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

In the earliest times the mystic doctrine appears to have been a form of Jewish Gnosticism, speculation about the nature of God and His connection with the world. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria

They saw also the specious admixtures of Gnosticism, and they met them squarely. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891

The traditional question as to the origin and development of Gnosticism, as well as that about the classification of the Gnostic systems, will have to be modified in accordance with the foregoing discussion. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

But Gnosticism was rotten before it was ripe. Christian Mysticism

Christian Gnosticism actually introduced only one new figure into the already existing Gnostic theories, namely that of the historical Saviour Jesus Christ. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

In Greece, Pythagoreanism and Gnosticism are strange, and are felt as such by the natives. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow

The philosophy of dualism that emanated from Persia had affected all the religions of the Mediterranean Basin and had worked its way into Christian beliefs by way of Gnosticism, Manicheanism, and Neo-Platonism. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family

We may therefore conclude that the struggle with Gnosticism hastened the development, but did not give it a new direction. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Gnosticism presents all the features which we shall find to be characteristic of degenerate Mysticism. Christian Mysticism

Here again Gnosticism has exercised an influence on the development of the Church by way of contrast and opposition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

As is well known, Neo-Platonism and Christian Gnosticism owe much to India. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow

But probably as a result of the teachings of Gnosticism with its Neo-Platonic philosophy which never entirely rejected feminine influence, some of this influence survived in the restatement of religion for the folk. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family

Yet the great majority had one thing in common, as is proved, among other things, by the gradual expulsion of Gnosticism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

This metaphor is a relic of Gnosticism, which the Church wisely rejected. Christian Mysticism

It was just at this point, too, that Gnosticism started a development which was followed later by the Catholic Church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

But that was Mr. Britling's idea of Gnosticism, not of orthodox Christianity. Mr. Britling Sees It Through

From Gnosticism to Mormonism, every religious delusion has grown from some fundamental error in the previous religious teaching of the people. The End of the World A Love Story

The Homilies are surely the work of a Catholic convert to Ebionitism, who thought he saw in the doctrine of the two powers the only tenable answer to Gnosticism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

The Eucratites appear to have been in existence before Tatian professed Gnosticism, but he so increased their influence as to be sometimes regarded as their founder. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History

But in the long run even genuine Christianity has been unable to free itself from the magic of the sacraments; and the Eastern Church especially has taken the same direction as Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Gnosticism denied the "true humanity of the Redeemer, and made his person a mere phantom, and his work a mere illusion." The Revelation Explained

Possessed of the sad and gloomy characteristics of their race, they adopted the "Contemplative Life," or asceticism of the Oriental Gnosticism, from which they derived the name of Ascetics. Astral Worship

Christianity had a hard battle with Gnosticism and Manichaeism,--both of Persian origin,--and did not come out unscathed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations

Gnosticism we see now divided into two main branches, Asiatic and Egyptian. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History

They also exhibit a variation from the characteristic dualism of Gnosticism into monism, in their conception of the fall of Sophia and their derivation of matter from the passions of the fallen Sophia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

Philo's Logos, the Personified Wisdom of the Palestinian Midrash, the demiurge of Gnosticism, the incarnate Christ, were all but various phases of this same attempt to cross an otherwise impassable chasm. Judaism

To this it may be replied that ecclesiasticism is a weed which grows rapidly when once it has taken root, and that the germs of Gnosticism were in the church from the earliest day. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People

Gnosticism was viewed as a sort of Judaism, inasmuch as it did not rest its exclusiveness on the title of birth, but on especial knowledge communicated to the enlightened few. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

It is thus with 'Gnostic' and 'Gnosticism'; in the prominence given to gnôsis or knowledge, as opposed to faith, lies the key to the whole system. On the Study of Words

This peculiarity the Basilidian system shares with that of Satornil of Antioch, which has only come down to us in a very fragmentary state, and in other respects recalls in many ways the popular Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

I may note that in "Tasawwuf," or Moslem Gnosticism, Pharaoh represents, like Prometheus and Job, the typical creature who upholds his own dignity and rights in presence and despight of the Creator. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06

Gnosticism was prevented from any longer imparting a wrong tendency to Christian doctrines, and it died out, until restored during the Crusades to revive in the middle ages in its most malignant form. Irish Race in the Past and the Present

But Gnosticism partook more of the haughty and exclusive spirit of the eastern sages, than of the patient and inquiring nature of the Grecian schools. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

The attempt to rationalize the conception of deity as embodied in the Jehovah of the Old Testament gave rise to the class of opinions described as Gnosis, or Gnosticism. The Unseen World and Other Essays

Gnosticism would acknowledge no limits to human speculation; Christianity accepts mysteries hidden from the wise and prudent, and yet revealed unto babes. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

Gnosticism busied itself with the solution of insoluble questions respecting the origin of evil, which Christianity justly relinquished to the domain of useless inquiries—"the wisdom of the world." The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

Gnosticism was embraced by many of the leading intellects of the church. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

Gnosticism would work out salvation by abstractions, by ascetic severities, by a renunciation of the pleasures of the world. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

When Gnosticism declined in importance, and its theories faded out of recollection, its peculiar phraseology received of necessity a new interpretation. The Unseen World and Other Essays

The dualistic principle, one of the chief elements of Gnosticism, harmonized with the prevailing temper of that age, even as the pantheistic principle rules the schools of philosophy in our own. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

In "Philippians" especially, many expressions seem to verge upon Docetism, the extreme form of Gnosticism, according to which the human body of Jesus was only a phantom. The Unseen World and Other Essays

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例句	Gnosticism I bought a house there from a chapter of the Order of the Oriental Templars once run by Aleister Crowley, who had his own take on Gnosticism. John Cameron Mitchell Finds Joy in Mavis Staples and ‘Veneno’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z However, Gnosticism never really matured from a sect. Ask the indie professor: Is there a link between indie music and Gnosticism? 2011-03-14T16:52:39Z Gnosticism would work with arguments that elitist knowledge of arcane bands confer "cultural capital", the notion that cool is a commodity of sorts. Ask the indie professor: Is there a link between indie music and Gnosticism? 2011-03-14T16:52:39Z His question was if I thought there was a connection between indie music and Gnosticism. Ask the indie professor: Is there a link between indie music and Gnosticism? 2011-03-14T16:52:39Z So, perhaps Gnosticism is a sect of indie. Ask the indie professor: Is there a link between indie music and Gnosticism? 2011-03-14T16:52:39Z Well, not terrible, but it's a tough read, stuffed with hard-to-grasp concepts around existence and non-existence, about Gnosticism and sexual joy. The allure of the first novel 2013-01-12T08:30:01Z In Gnosticism, for example, there is the fabulous story of the Hebdomad, seven Archons, abstract creatures with the power to create or destroy a world. Michael Scott's top 10 Doctor Who creatures 2013-03-19T16:23:01Z As the ultrawealthy have multiplied, some Americans have drifted toward a sort of billionaire Gnosticism, a sense that we live in a fallen world run by a demonic group of plutocrats. How Many Billionaires Are There, Anyway? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Through a bizarre philosophy that wove Kabbalah, Gnosticism and Sabbatai’s ideas with worship of the Divine Mother, Frank believed he was achieving tikkun olam, the Jewish ideal of repairing the world. Review: A Nobel Prize winner's massive historical epic is an irreverent epiphany 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Various theologies, such as Gnosticism and the Kabbalah, suggest that not even God can bear to dwell in absolute oneness. Don't Make Me One with Everything 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Blending the tenets of Buddhism, Gnosticism and Christianity, these consume a good portion of the early chapters of the novel. Can exploring the dark side in fiction go too far? Fuminori Nakamura's 'Cult X' presses the question 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z It accepted the prophets of Islam and Christianity and incorporated elements of Greek philosophy and Gnosticism. Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Outside, I take in the scene: street preachers denouncing Gnosticism, a lone banker trying to garrote himself with ticket tape, and the Bull – that gold, beautiful bull – running through the streets like Zeus. The New York Stock Exchange goes down: inside the dystopian aftermath \| Molly Crabapple 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Since then, I have found hints of this theology in Gnosticism, the Kabbalah and the writings of Nietzsche, Jung and Borges. What Should We Do With Our Visions of Heaven and Hell? 2012-11-27T21:45:00.250Z These false teachers are denounced as “servants of Satan, beasts in human shape, dealers Gnosticism. in deadly poison, robbers and pirates.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Gnosticism had probably lost ground in the city, under the eloquent attacks of St. Clement. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z For such an one the two witnesses, astronomical mythology and Gnosticism, completely prove an alibi. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The characteristics of early Gnosticism are well defined in the miniature picture of verse 14. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Docetism, with its phantom Christ, and Gnosticism with its antithesis of the just God and the good God, were not likely to satisfy mankind. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The Illustrated Church News, 31st March, 1894—"This work is to Christians of real interest; for it enables them to study Gnosticism alive and vigorous in the nineteenth century." The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z To examine the history of Gnosticism is not a tempting undertaking. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Nothing is more astounding, on their own showing, than the ignorance of the Fathers about the nature, the significance, the descent of Gnosticism, and its rootage in the remotest past. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z There may be Indian elements in Neo-platonism and Gnosticism, but this possibility does not affect my contention that the immediate source of the Ṣúfí theosophy is to be sought in Greek and Syrian speculation. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z All these investigations point clearly to the fact that Gnosticism belongs to the group of mystical religions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z At the epoch when he lived religious spirit fermented; by the side of the philosophical sects of Greece, Christianity developed; Gnosticism grafted its poetical reveries on monotheism, and differences multiplied. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Alexandria, the city of Neo-Platonism, was also with nearly as good a title the city of Gnosticism. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It was the devil, they said, and thus they sought to account for Gnosticism and fight down their fears. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z But probably these were not Colossians, but wandering emissaries of a Judaizing Gnosticism, while certainly the great mass of the Church was untouched by their speculations. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z In Gnosticism, on the contrary, the world of evil is full of active energy and hostile powers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Some native theologians attributed Creation to his Son, Burambin, the Demiurge, a common savage form of Gnosticism. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The Esoteric system of the Cabbalah was largely the outcome of Neo-Platonism and Gnosticism, and from these have sprung the theosophy of Meister Eckhart and Jacob Boehme. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The truth is, that Gnosticism did not purport to be a Christian system, except by a kind of syncretism to reconcile different faiths. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z He did not become a believer, but learned the esoteric doctrine and published an interesting account of the cult under the title, "Mohammedan Gnosticism in America." Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z It must now be our task to make plain the position of Gnosticism within the Christian religion, and its significance for the development of the latter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Michael Lindvall, a theologian and pastor of Brick Presbyterian Church in New York, pegs Mr. Kurzweil’s Singularity dogma as a modern iteration of the Gnosticism prevalent in the second and third centuries. The Promise of Rapture for the High-Tech Elite 2011-04-23T23:26:15Z It is certain that there are to be found in their religion traces of Gnosticism and Magianism. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z This is the central idea of every branch of Gnosticism. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Gnosticism was the natural daughter of the solar theology. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z In this respect the opposition to Gnosticism led to a reactionary movement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Gnosticism “was basically the idea that people save themselves by being smart,” Mr. Lindvall said. The Promise of Rapture for the High-Tech Elite 2011-04-23T23:26:15Z This Simon, known in history as Simon Magus, is referred to by early Christian writers, as the founder of heresy, owing to his persistent attempts to combine Christianity with Gnosticism. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z The author has naturally the interest of a theosophist in Gnosticism, and approaches the subject accordingly from a point of view different from our own. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z However much the solar school of theology may have been for the old religion of Egypt a teaching of death, in the Gnosticism of the first Christian centuries it was born anew. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Through its syncretic origin Gnosticism introduced for the first time into Christianity a whole mass of sacramental, mystical ideas, which had hitherto existed in it only in its earliest phases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z It appears in various forms in Indian philosophy, and is the characteristically oriental element in syncretic systems like Neoplatonism and Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The practical effect of the principles of Gnosticism in the lives of its adherents is strangely diverse. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z What Gnosticism, Montanism, Judaism and, I may add, the Oriental mysteries were to the nascent Church, as described in the foregoing Section, such were the Manichean, Donatist, Apollinarian and contemporary sects afterwards. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Even the strange monsters and symbolic figures which play so large a part in the solar revelation are reproduced in Gnosticism. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Gnosticism was also the pioneer of the Christian Church in the strong emphasis laid on the idea of salvation in 158 religion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z It was written during the second century at Lyons, by Irenaeus, a bishop of Gaul, far from any direct contact with the still flourishing Gnosticism. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z It is but a step from this to the complicated personifications of Gnosticism, with its Demiurgus, or inferior spirit that created the world. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z Thus Judaism is an idea which once was objective, and Gnosticism is an idea which was never so. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z There is probably some truth in the view that the Church clung to its Four Gospels as a weapon against Gnosticism; it could not afford to reduce the number of its documents. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Finally, it was Gnosticism which gave the most decided impulse to the consolidation of the Christian Church as a church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Must we not suppose a subtle and powerful agency behind the scenes, as truly as in the case of Gnosticism, Mohammedanism, Romanism, Mormonism? The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z In the syncretism of that age, the age of Gnosticism, rites and doctrines passed easily from one system to another. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He detected in his bishop Gnosticism, Manichaeism and Sabellianism, and was convinced that he himself was the champion of pure doctrine against heresy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" With this pantheistic Gnosticism is associated a severe asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Gnosticism itself is a free, naturally-growing religion, the religion of isolated minds, of separate little circles and minute sects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The one represented wisdom as an independent being distinct from God, and this finally became merged, under Platonic influence, into the views of neo-Platonism, Gnosticism, and the Christian dogma. Jewish Theology Gnosticism possessed certain tenets which were very wide-spread in ancient civilization. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Meanwhile the rise and rapid spread of Gnosticism produced a great crisis in the Church of the 2nd century, and profoundly affected the ecclesiastical organization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Another prolific source of apocryphal gospels, acts and apocalypses was Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" As a point of departure for the history of the development of Gnosticism may be taken the numerous little sects which were apparently first included under the name of “Gnostics” in the narrower sense. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z "This was kindred to a type of speculation which later became rife under the name of Gnosticism." Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive Gnosticism was oriental far more than it was Greek. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Like the ancient Gnosticism, it believed in dogmatic Christianity, because it descended upon it from an á priori principle, in which it found the explanation of it. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion While the characteristic features of apocalyptic literature were derived from Judaism, those of Gnosticism sprang partly from Greek philosophy, partly from oriental religions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Thus these systems throw an important light on the past, and a true perception of the nature and purpose of Gnosticism is not to be obtained without taking them into consideration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z He says nothing about the Trinity of Divine Beings that was usual in Gnosticism, nothing about the Divine Mother. Five Stages of Greek Religion It was only natural that Gnosticism with its belief in a savior-god should feel itself drawn to Christianity with its similar teaching. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Subsequent investigations have added little material directly for the knowledge of Gnosticism, but much for a better appreciation of those sources from which it sprung. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Gnosticism was a typical product of the city. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology Complete original Gnostic works have unfortunately survived to us only from the period of the decadence of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z So, too, the gigantic abstractions of Gnosticism were hybrid systems, formed of the union between Oriental thought and Christian life. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Gnosticism, stoicism, platonism, the Old Testament, the stories of the life of Jesus, the broadening of Christianity, all went together to make possible the mystic theology of this gospel. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Whether Basilides himself had already given this magic tendency to Gnosticism cannot be decided. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" This new science is not new, but is the revival, through satanic powers, of ancient Gnosticism, a denial of every article of the faith once and for all delivered unto the saints. The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future Very noteworthy references to Gnosticism are also to be found scattered up and down the Stromateis of Clement of Alexandria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z We can easily find in them traces of Gnosticism and Manicheism. The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church I do not think it is saying too much when I state that there is nothing in Gnosticism which modern science and philosophy can recognize as having a valid foundation. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Basilides, then, represents that form of Gnosticism that is closest to Persian dualism in its final form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" I imposed on them a rule of life in antagonism to the vagaries of Gnosticism and the sophistries of the philosophers. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul In Gnosticism as in the other mystic religions we find the same contrast of the initiated and the uninitiated, the same loose organization, the same kind of petty sectarianism and mystery-mongering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z This opinion of Marcion is being modified under the influence of a larger knowledge of Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History So far as can be made out, Gnosticism was a religious philosophy which grew up in the eastern part of the Roman empire. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance BASILIDES, one of the most conspicuous exponents of Gnosticism, was living at Alexandria probably as early as the first decades of the 2nd century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Seven "qualities" or "principles" or "sources" appear and reappear in ever shifting forms throughout the entire literature of Gnosticism, alchemy, and nature-mysticism. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries And out of the combination of these two dualisms arose the teaching of Gnosticism, with its thoroughgoing pessimism and fundamental asceticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z It is of importance as giving much material for the study of Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It is evident that the world-setting of Gnosticism was not far different from that of Christianity. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The syncretism of the Babylonian and the Persian religion was also the nursing-ground of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The metaphysics of Buddhism, like the metaphysics of most religions, not excluding our own Gnosticism and Mysticism, were beyond the reach of all except a few hardened philosophers or ecstatic dreamers. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion But on closer examination we can clearly see that it has a wide influence on Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The period in the Church before the clash with Gnosticism and the rise of an apologetic literature comprises the apostolic and the post-apostolic ages. A Source Book for Ancient Church History "My dear Reding," said Carlton, astonished, "you are running into Gnosticism." Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert References to heresies.—It has been said that these Epistles contain references to heresies later than the apostolic age, such as the Gnosticism of the 2nd century. The Books of the New Testament Harnack also regards Gnosticism as an embodiment of the genuinely Greek view of revelation, forgetting that orthodox Platonism was as hostile to Gnosticism as the Church itself. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield In fact salvation, as conceived in Gnosticism, is always a myth, a history of bygone events, an allegory or figure, but not an historical event. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Gnosticism is a generic name for a vast number of syncretistic religious systems prevalent, especially in the East, both before and after the Christian era. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The errors of Gnosticism seem also to have penetrated at this time as far as Corinth. A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient) St. Paul criticizes a Judaic Gnosticism, a morbid mixture of Jewish ritual with that Oriental spiritualism which fascinated many devotees in the Roman empire at this period. The Books of the New Testament In rejecting Gnosticism, the Church in fact decided for genuine Hellenism against a corrupted and barbarized development of it. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Indirectly, however, Gnosticism was certainly one of the most powerful factors in the development of Christianity in the 1st century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z They were therefore associated, and with abundant historical justification, with Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History These professors of 'Gnosticism' held no consistent theory. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels The critics who believe it to be forged, hold that it was written in Egypt in order to oppose the Gnosticism of c. The Books of the New Testament While the Gnostic sects disappear in the sixth century, the influence of Gnosticism can be followed down to the twelfth century,—a significant testimony to the enduring qualities of Babylonian doctrines. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria These manifestations are all the more characteristic since in them we meet with a Gnosticism which remained essentially more untouched by Christian influences than the Gnostic systems of the 2nd century A.D. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The school of Basilides marks the beginning of the distinctively Hellenistic stadium of Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History But, in the main problem that Origen set for the Church in this religious philosophy of his, we find a recurrence of that propounded by the so-called Gnosticism two generations earlier. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) But in the circumstances of the time even they could not but be touched by the Hellenic mode of thought, to the effect of associating a speculative theory with asceticism, and thus approximating to Gnosticism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Gnosticism, Jews of Syria and Judea the direct precursors of, 255-m. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Numerous fragments and extracts from Gnostic writings are to be found in the works of the Fathers who attacked Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The doctrines of Gnosticism were held by many who were nominally within the Church. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The selection from tradition, made in opposition to Gnosticism—though indeed in accordance with its methods—and declared to be apostolic, is accepted. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Scientific, theological literature has undoubtedly its origin in Gnosticism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Gnosticism imperfectly revealed the disfigured occult science of the Magi, 839-m. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Definite confirmation of this conjecture is afforded us by later sources of the Iranian religion, in which we likewise meet with the characteristic fundamental doctrine of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The esoteric element seems to have been the so-called “systems” in which the fanciful and mythological element in Gnosticism appears. A Source Book for Ancient Church History "Gnosticism" is therefore here adopted by the ecclesiastical teachers in its full extent, proving that this "Gnosticism" is nothing else than the learned construction of religion with the scientific means of those days. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) On the contrary, it sees in Gnosticism a series of undertakings, which in a certain way is analogous to the Catholic embodiment of Christianity, in doctrine, morals, and worship. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) For the Johannism of the Adepts was the Kabalah of the earlier Gnostics, degenerating afterward into those heretical forms which Gnosticism developed, so that even Manes had his followers among them. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry As in many mystical religions, so in Gnosticism, the ultimate object is individual salvation, the assurance of a fortunate destiny for the soul after death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The division of mankind into three classes, according to their nature and consequent capacity for salvation, is characteristic of the Valentinian Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History This system is distinguished from Gnosticism by the history of redemption appearing as the natural continuation of the history of creation and not simply as its correction. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) It is therefore no paradox to say that Gnosticism, which is just Hellenism, has in Catholicism obtained half a victory. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) The dominant doctrines of Platonism were found in Gnosticism. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry But the fundamental ideas of Gnosticism and of early Christianity had a kind of magnetic attraction for each other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Valentinus avails himself of the notion of the trichotomy of human nature, and gives a place for the bulk of Christians, those who did not embrace Gnosticism; cf. A Source Book for Ancient Church History By this speculation they win simply everything, in so far as the Catholic doctrine now appears as the property of an "apostolic" circle, and Gnosticism and Antignosticism are thus eliminated. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Gnosticism is antichristian so far as it takes away from Christianity its Old Testament foundation, and belief in the identity of the creator of the world with the supreme God. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) The Jews of Syria and Judea were the direct precursors of Gnosticism; and in their doctrines were ample oriental elements. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The attitude of Gnosticism to the Old Testament and to the creator-God proclaimed in it had its deeper roots, as we have already seen, in the dualism by which it was dominated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Its connection with Christianity was at first slight and its affinities were with Eastern Gnosticism. A Source Book for Ancient Church History He solved it by producing a system which reconciled the faith of the Church with Greek philosophy; and he dealt Gnosticism its death-blow. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) In some passages the Christianity of the Homilies really looks like a syncretism composed of the common Christianity, the Jewish Christianity, Gnosticism, and the criticism of Apelles. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Thus we have the Demiourgos of Gnosticism, and the six Genii that assist him. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry It must be considered as an unqualified advantage for the further development of Christianity, as a universal religion, that at its very outset it prevailed against the great movement of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z In its purer forms Gnosticism aimed at supplementing faith by knowledge of eternal verities and at giving a wider meaning to Christianity by linking it up with earlier faiths. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Gnosticism and the Marcionite Church had compelled orthodox Christianity to make a selection from tradition and to make this binding on Christians as an apostolical law. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Upon the whole we may see here how foolish it is to seek to dispose of Gnosticism with the phrase lawless fancies. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) It is admitted that the cradle of Gnosticism is probably to be looked for in Syria, and even in Palestine. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Later evidence of the decadence of Gnosticism occurs in the Pistis-Sophia and the Coptic Gnostic writings discovered and edited by Schmidt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z But since Alexandria was at the same period the home of Gnosticism, which was formed from the same elements enumerated here, the connexion between the two systems is clearly evident. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements In opposition to Gnosticism and Marcionitism, the main articles forming the estate and possession of orthodox Christianity were raised to the rank of apostolic regulations and laws, and thereby placed beyond all discussion and assault. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) The denial by Gnosticism of free will, and therewith of moral responsibility, called forth very decided contradiction. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Like the Satan of Gnosticism, he was confounded with Matter. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry On the whole, then, for an exposition of Gnosticism we are thrown back upon the polemical writings of the Fathers in their controversy with heresy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z M. Matter is therefore right in saying that Gnosticism was not a defection from Christianity, but a combination of systems into which a few Christian elements were introduced. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements The conflict with Gnosticism made it necessary to find some sort of solution to the question, "What is Christian?" and to fix this answer. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Gnosticism, that is, the acute hellenising of Christianity, was wrecked in the Church on free will, the Old Testament and eschatology. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Deity, among the fundamental teachings of Gnosticism were emanations from, 248-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry With the 4th century both Gnosticism and the polemical literature directed against it die out.4 III. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Combining the doctrines these books contained with ideas borrowed from Zoroastrianism, Gnosticism, and Christianity, and also with certain additions of his own, he elaborated a philosophic system which he proceeded to teach. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements How did this union attain acceptance and permanence, whilst "Gnosticism" was at first rejected? History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) But it is insufficient with reference to the whole phenomenon of Gnosticism, and it has been carried out by Baur by violent abstractions. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Gnosticism was the effort of a reason excessively given to speculation, undisciplined and greatly unrestrained by any sense of reality to possess and transform the Church. Modern Religious Cults and Movements It is a mistake to regard the Gnostics as pre-eminently the representatives of intellect among Christians, and Gnosticism as an intellectual tendency chiefly concerned with philosophical speculation, the reconciliation of religion with philosophy and theology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z And it is here we find the principal progenitor of Gnosticism. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements "Gnosticism" and Marcionite Christianity prove the variety and depth of the needs then asserting themselves within the space that the ecclesiastical historian is able to survey. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) This fact proves the proposition that Gnosticism was an acute hellenising of Christianity. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) If we once recognize the fact that Papias wrote when Gnosticism was rampant, the drift of his language becomes clear and consistent. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" It is true that when Gnosticism was at its height it numbered amongst its followers both theologians and men of science, but that is not its main characteristic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The result of Gnosticism was thus not to christianize the Cabala, but to cabalize Christianity by mingling its pure and simple teaching with theosophy and even magic. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements "Gnosticism," which the Church had repudiated in the second century, became part of her own system in the third. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) They shew with admirable clearness, the way in which Gnosticism originated. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Five years later, he published a work on Gnosticism, and in 1821, his "Life of Chrysostom;" besides some treatises of minor note, which we need not pause to enumerate. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors In short, Gnosticism, in all its various sections, its form and its character, falls under the great category of mystic religions, which were so characteristic of the religious life of decadent antiquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The first school of thought to create a schism in Christianity was the collection of sects known under the generic name of Gnosticism. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements They were not Gnostics; for Gnosticism was essentially anti-Judaistic, separating the God of the Jews from the God of Christianity, and placing the two in antagonism to each other. Companion to the Bible The aversion to barbarism also co-operated here, in so far as Gnosticism delighted in mysterious words borrowed from the Semites. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) But Gnosticism, in whatever form it presented itself, was a miserable perversion of the gospel. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution It is far more probable that the combination which we meet with in Gnosticism is older than Christianity, and was found already in existence by Christianity and its sects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Perversion is the keynote of all the debased forms of Gnosticism. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Asia Minor was then the theatre of a strange movement of syncretical philosophy; all the germs of Gnosticism existed there already. The Life of Jesus We have hitherto tacitly presupposed that in Gnosticism the Hellenic spirit desired to make itself master of Christianity, or more correctly of the Christian communities. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Shortly after the middle of the second century the Church began to be troubled by a heresy in some respects very different from Gnosticism. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Among his disciples the speculative and fantastic element of Gnosticism again became more apparent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Gnosticism, however, as the Jewish Encyclopædia points out, "was Jewish in character long before it became Christian." Secret Societies And Subversive Movements They are called by the one name, Gnosticism, and present four aspects of error in this book. The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books But, finally, the thesis that Gnosticism is identical with an acute secularising of Christianity, in the widest sense of the word, is confirmed by the study of its own literature. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) The three great antagonists of the gospel were the Grecian philosophy, the heathen mythology, and a degenerate Judaism; and Gnosticism may be described as an attempt to effect a compromise between Christianity and these rivals. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution As we have already intimated, Gnosticism had such a power 159 of attraction that it now drew within its limits even Judaeo-Christian sects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z So it is in Gnosticism and Manicheism that we find evidence of the first attempts to pervert Christianity. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements That Hellenisation of Christianity which Gnosticism represented, and against which, in this, its acute form, the Church contended was, after all, the same thing which, by slower process and more unconsciously, befell the Church itself. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant If this makes the Gnostic literature approximate to the profane, that is much more the case with the scientific theological literature which Gnosticism first produced. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Gnosticism assumed a variety of forms, and almost every one of its teachers had his own distinctive creed; but, as a system, it was always known by certain remarkable features. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution To the school of Bardesanes belongs the “Book of the Laws of the Lands,” which does not, however, contribute much to our knowledge of Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z "It is essentially of the type of ancient Gnosticism, traces of which are found in the Talmud, the Midrash, and in a modified form the later Cabala." Secret Societies And Subversive Movements His first book, published in 1873, was an inquiry as to the sources for the history of Gnosticism. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Further, we have to take note of the three elements of Gnosticism, viz., the speculative and philosophical, the mystic element connection with worship, and the practical, ascetic. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) It was, therefore, with marked propriety that he appealed to the evidence of the bishops; as they, from their position, were most competent to expose the falsehood of the fables of Gnosticism. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution With this fundamental doctrine of Gnosticism is connected, as Anz has shown in his book which we have so often quoted, a side of their religious practices to which we have already alluded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The Rabbinical disputes with the Jews about justification and election have disappeared; the danger ahead is now from theosophy and the barbarised Platonism which was afterwards matured in Gnosticism. Outspoken Essays Gnosticism," says Uhlhorn, "combined Greek philosophies, Jewish theology, and ancient Oriental theosophy, thus forming great systems of speculative thought, all with the object of displaying the world's development. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The later opponents of Gnosticism preferred to bring out the fantastic details of the Gnostic systems, and thereby created the prejudice that the essence of the matter lay in these. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) When Gnosticism was spreading so rapidly, and creating so much scandal and confusion, schism upon schism appeared unavoidable. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution In Gnosticism salvation always lies at the root of all existence and all history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Brahmanism, Gnosticism, the Sufism of Persia, the Mysteries of Egypt and Greece, Neo-Platonism, the Christian Mysticism of the Middle Ages,—these have, strictly speaking, no founder. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology From a pantheistic First Cause, Gnosticism traced the emanation of a series of æons—beings of Light. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 To prove the existence of that left wing of Gnosticism is of the greatest interest for the history of dogma, but the details are of no consequence. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) But we have good grounds for believing that Gnosticism now formed the topic of discussion in several synods. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Thus the essential part of most of the conceptions of what we call Gnosticism was already in existence and fully developed before the rise of Christianity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z In the earliest times the mystic doctrine appears to have been a form of Jewish Gnosticism, speculation about the nature of God and His connection with the world. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria They saw also the specious admixtures of Gnosticism, and they met them squarely. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The traditional question as to the origin and development of Gnosticism, as well as that about the classification of the Gnostic systems, will have to be modified in accordance with the foregoing discussion. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) But Gnosticism was rotten before it was ripe. Christian Mysticism Christian Gnosticism actually introduced only one new figure into the already existing Gnostic theories, namely that of the historical Saviour Jesus Christ. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z In Greece, Pythagoreanism and Gnosticism are strange, and are felt as such by the natives. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow The philosophy of dualism that emanated from Persia had affected all the religions of the Mediterranean Basin and had worked its way into Christian beliefs by way of Gnosticism, Manicheanism, and Neo-Platonism. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family We may therefore conclude that the struggle with Gnosticism hastened the development, but did not give it a new direction. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Gnosticism presents all the features which we shall find to be characteristic of degenerate Mysticism. Christian Mysticism Here again Gnosticism has exercised an influence on the development of the Church by way of contrast and opposition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z As is well known, Neo-Platonism and Christian Gnosticism owe much to India. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow But probably as a result of the teachings of Gnosticism with its Neo-Platonic philosophy which never entirely rejected feminine influence, some of this influence survived in the restatement of religion for the folk. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family Yet the great majority had one thing in common, as is proved, among other things, by the gradual expulsion of Gnosticism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) This metaphor is a relic of Gnosticism, which the Church wisely rejected. Christian Mysticism It was just at this point, too, that Gnosticism started a development which was followed later by the Catholic Church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z But that was Mr. Britling's idea of Gnosticism, not of orthodox Christianity. Mr. Britling Sees It Through From Gnosticism to Mormonism, every religious delusion has grown from some fundamental error in the previous religious teaching of the people. The End of the World A Love Story The Homilies are surely the work of a Catholic convert to Ebionitism, who thought he saw in the doctrine of the two powers the only tenable answer to Gnosticism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) The Eucratites appear to have been in existence before Tatian professed Gnosticism, but he so increased their influence as to be sometimes regarded as their founder. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History But in the long run even genuine Christianity has been unable to free itself from the magic of the sacraments; and the Eastern Church especially has taken the same direction as Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Gnosticism denied the "true humanity of the Redeemer, and made his person a mere phantom, and his work a mere illusion." The Revelation Explained Possessed of the sad and gloomy characteristics of their race, they adopted the "Contemplative Life," or asceticism of the Oriental Gnosticism, from which they derived the name of Ascetics. Astral Worship Christianity had a hard battle with Gnosticism and Manichaeism,--both of Persian origin,--and did not come out unscathed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Gnosticism we see now divided into two main branches, Asiatic and Egyptian. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History They also exhibit a variation from the characteristic dualism of Gnosticism into monism, in their conception of the fall of Sophia and their derivation of matter from the passions of the fallen Sophia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Philo's Logos, the Personified Wisdom of the Palestinian Midrash, the demiurge of Gnosticism, the incarnate Christ, were all but various phases of this same attempt to cross an otherwise impassable chasm. Judaism To this it may be replied that ecclesiasticism is a weed which grows rapidly when once it has taken root, and that the germs of Gnosticism were in the church from the earliest day. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Gnosticism was viewed as a sort of Judaism, inasmuch as it did not rest its exclusiveness on the title of birth, but on especial knowledge communicated to the enlightened few. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. It is thus with 'Gnostic' and 'Gnosticism'; in the prominence given to gnôsis or knowledge, as opposed to faith, lies the key to the whole system. On the Study of Words This peculiarity the Basilidian system shares with that of Satornil of Antioch, which has only come down to us in a very fragmentary state, and in other respects recalls in many ways the popular Gnosticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z I may note that in "Tasawwuf," or Moslem Gnosticism, Pharaoh represents, like Prometheus and Job, the typical creature who upholds his own dignity and rights in presence and despight of the Creator. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 Gnosticism was prevented from any longer imparting a wrong tendency to Christian doctrines, and it died out, until restored during the Crusades to revive in the middle ages in its most malignant form. Irish Race in the Past and the Present But Gnosticism partook more of the haughty and exclusive spirit of the eastern sages, than of the patient and inquiring nature of the Grecian schools. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The attempt to rationalize the conception of deity as embodied in the Jehovah of the Old Testament gave rise to the class of opinions described as Gnosis, or Gnosticism. The Unseen World and Other Essays Gnosticism would acknowledge no limits to human speculation; Christianity accepts mysteries hidden from the wise and prudent, and yet revealed unto babes. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Gnosticism busied itself with the solution of insoluble questions respecting the origin of evil, which Christianity justly relinquished to the domain of useless inquiries—"the wisdom of the world." The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Gnosticism was embraced by many of the leading intellects of the church. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Gnosticism would work out salvation by abstractions, by ascetic severities, by a renunciation of the pleasures of the world. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. When Gnosticism declined in importance, and its theories faded out of recollection, its peculiar phraseology received of necessity a new interpretation. The Unseen World and Other Essays The dualistic principle, one of the chief elements of Gnosticism, harmonized with the prevailing temper of that age, even as the pantheistic principle rules the schools of philosophy in our own. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. In "Philippians" especially, many expressions seem to verge upon Docetism, the extreme form of Gnosticism, according to which the human body of Jesus was only a phantom. The Unseen World and Other Essays
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