…increased numbers and longevity – to shed the parasitic label13. In the case of Gnosticism, Williams contends that the depiction of Gnosticism as a parasitic entity is “unnecessary, misleading, and unhelpful”14. Williams’s argument succinctly recognizes some of the science, socia…

…mperors started issuing decrees against numerous heresies: Jewish and Christian Gnosticism, Manichaeism, Neopaganism, and others. 10 In ancient Rome, no differentiation was made between religious, scholarly, and popular forms of divination, including haruspices, astrologers, augu…

…rugie , 2018 Brenskott discusses Kabbalistic motifs and their relationship with Gnosticism in Czesław Miłosz’s... more Brenskott discusses Kabbalistic motifs and their relationship with Gnosticism in Czesław Miłosz’s work. His theoretical investigation is complemented by an exemp…

…εχόμενος. The latter also occurs repeatedly in Philo of Alexandria, but also in Gnostic texts (cf. Clem., Strom. 2.6.2; 5.74.4; 7.5.5; Philo, Conf. 136; Post. 7; Somn. 1.63–64; Epiph., Pan. 31.5.3). The term ἀπέραντος occurs in the Strom. 5.81.3, and is employed by Clement to des…

…lsewhere (Anagnostou‑Laoutides 2022, pp. 26–27), Clement believed that the true gnostic (that is the wise Christian) would be con‑ ducted to the Heavenly kingdom through persistent practice of contemplation (theōria), which would act as purification from the senses, leading to im…

2nd century Gnostic gospel The Gospel of Judas is a Gnostic religious text that consists of conversations between Jesus and his disciples , especially Judas Iscariot . The only copy of it known to exist is a Coptic language text that is part of the Codex Tchacos , which has been …

…in 1984, and their scepticism is corroborated by the Channel 4 (UK) series, The Gnostics (1987), which features Muhammad ‘Ali himself, in his only known appearance in front of camera, offering his account of the discovery. Several major points of divergence from the earlier repor…

…the Gospel of Mary." [ 17 ] Richard Valantasis writes in The Beliefnet Guide to Gnosticism and Other Vanished Christianities (see Beliefnet ) that the Mary here is Mary Magdalene. Valantasis clarifies that this does not "confirm an earthly marriage between her and Jesus – far fro…

…idered by the church as useful, but not divinely inspired. As such, to refer to Gnostic writings as "apocryphal" is misleading since they would not be classified in the same category by orthodox believers. Often used by the Greek Fathers was the term antilegomena , or 'spoken aga…

…f Upper Egypt. Eschewing the modern classification of the Nag Hammadi texts as "Gnostic,” the authors approach the codices and their ancient owners from the perspective of the diverse monastic culture of late antique Egypt and situate them in the context of the ongoing controvers…

…ve little to do with their actual teachings: its text contains some undoubtedly Gnostic themes, and owes its philosophical inspiration to various Neo- platonists (especially Plotinus, but also Porphyrios and Proclus). The chapter on Empedocles is the richest section of the text. …

…], Chenoboskion El Yazmaları [Chenoboskion Manuscripts] ya da Gnostik Ġnciller [Gnostic Gospels] olarak anılmaktadır. Bu kitaplar, Platon‘un Devlet eserinin bir çevirisi ve Hermetika‘ya [Corpus Hermeticum] ait üç metnin yanı sıra Erken Hıristiyanlık döneminde [özellikle Ġ.S. 2. v…

… one and it is ultimately seeks to revive a political theology based on the old Gnostic redeemer myth.101 In this myth, creation was the handiwork of a lesser deity who was either evil or incompetent.102 This deity was often identified with the God of the Old Testament and by imp…

…oastrianism , Buddhism , Marcionism , [ 15 ] Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism , Gnosticism , Ancient Greek religion , Babylonian religion , other ancient Mesopotamian religions , [ 19 ] and the Greco-Roman mysteries . [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Some forms of Manichaeism viewed Mani as the fin…

…rl-Stéphan Bouthillette Metaphysics as Therapy. List-Making and Renunciation in Gnostic Yogas Springer , 2025 This book examines the significance of metaphysical list-making as a determining feature of ‘spir... more This book examines the significance of metaphysical list-making …