Gnosticism
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Gnosticism — This article is part of a series on Gnosticism History of Gnosticism … Wikipedia
Gnosticism — • History of Gnosticism from its pre Christian roots through its developed doctrines concerning cosmogony, the Sophia myth, soteriology, and eschatology. Includes information on rites, schools, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
GNOSTICISM — GNOSTICISM, designates the beliefs held by a number of nonorthodox Christian sects flourishing in the first to second centuries C.E., which developed mystical systems of philosophy based on the gnosis (Gr. knowledge ) of God. These systems were… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
gnosticism — GNOSTICÍSM s.n. Curent filozofic religios care caută să îmbine teologia creştină cu filozofia elenistică greacă şi cu unele religii orientale, susţinând posibilitatea unei cunoaşteri mistice. – Din fr. gnosticisme. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007.… … Dicționar Român
Gnosticism — Gnos ti*cism, n. The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gnosticism — 1660s, from GNOSTIC (Cf. Gnostic) + ISM (Cf. ism) … Etymology dictionary
Gnosticism — ► NOUN ▪ a heretical movement of the 2nd century Christian Church, teaching that esoteric knowledge (gnosis) of the supreme divine being enabled the redemption of the human spirit … English terms dictionary
Gnosticism — [näs′tə siz΄əm] n. [often g ] an esoteric system of mystical religious and philosophical doctrines, stressing gnosis as essential to salvation, viewing matter as evil, and variously combining ideas derived from mythology, ancient Greek philosophy … English World dictionary
Gnosticism — /nos teuh siz euhm/, n. Rom. Cath. Ch. a group of ancient heresies, stressing escape from this world through the acquisition of esoteric knowledge. [GNOSTIC + ISM] * * * Religious and philosophical movement popular in the Roman world in the… … Universalium
Gnosticism — From the Greek gnosis, meaning ‘knowledge’. The term is used for a kind of religious speculation in vogue in the first two centuries CE and long known through the writings of Christian Fathers, who were hostile to it and feared that it might… … Dictionary of the Bible
GNOSTICISM — a religious and PHILOSOPHICAL movement which was popular in the Greaco Roman world that found expression in many different SECTS and settings. Gnostic groups were characterized by their claim to possess secret knowledge Gnosis about the NATURE … Concise dictionary of Religion
