To: adiaireton8; P-Marlowe
Gnosticism is believing that some secret ability and knowledge lie with the priestcraft which is kept from the layman.
263 posted on
07/23/2007 4:15:01 PM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
That is not the essence of gnosticism. It its essence, it is disdain for matter, and particularly the incarnation (and all the implications of the incarnation). See
here.-A8
267 posted on
07/23/2007 4:33:08 PM PDT by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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