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gnosticism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | theological doctrine, unorthodoxy, heresy |
| Has types | mandaeanism, mandeanism |
Examples of gnosticism
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In gnosticism, Seth is seen as a replacement given by God for Abel, whom Cain had slain.
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The concept of the Great Architect of the Universe occurs in gnosticism.
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Plotinus believed the followers of gnosticism had corrupted the original teachings of Plato.
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He also released books about philosophy, gnosticism, poetry, literature, government and politics.
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Relying as it does on a claim to gnosis, gnosticism considers its knowledge not subject to criticism.
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Gnosticism addresses the feelings of displacement and alienation that have haunted us in recent times.
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Enterprise is steeped in the gnosticism of programming, the nuts and bolts of engineering, and the inertia of IT.
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Gnosticism reduced to bare narcissism-which, come to think of it, might be an apt definition of late modernity as a whole.
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First, the Cathar faith is widely understood to have been a Christian gnosticism, and not in any way associated with Isis.
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- A religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches
- (gnostic) of or relating to Gnosticism; "Gnostic writings"
- (gnostic) possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
- Gnosticism (from Ancientu00A0Greek: u03B3u03BDu03C9u03C3u03C4u03B9u03BAu03CCu03C2 gnostikos, "having knowledge", from u03B3u03BDu1FF6u03C3u03B9u03C2 gnu014Dsis, knowledge) is a modern term categorizing a collection of ancient religions whose adherents shunned the material worldu00A0u2013 which they viewed as created by the demiurgeu00A0u2013 and embraced the spiritual world...
- A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world
- (Gnostic) Family of early Christian heresies that were purported to contain the secrets of the universe.
- (Gnostic) From the Greek term Gnosis which means knowledge, Gnostic is a person who believes in higher spiritual knowledge. Gnostics believed there were higher or hidden truths behind traditional religious teachings and these hidden truths were the passages to enlightenment. ...
- (Gnostic) Seeker of Gnosis. In antiquity, gnostics believed that the divine soul in man was trapped in matter and sought to be liberated into perfect understanding and higher truth. Gnostic Christian sects were declared heretical by the early Church.
- (Gnostic) one with a world view prizing "knowing" secret or special information that lifts one above the mundane & the all-to-human. A "knower".
