Gnostic

Marcion is generally labeled a gnostic, however some scholars do not consider him to be a gnostic at all, for example G. R. S. Mead does consider him to be a Gnostic ".

Other items like Gnostic Hymn and Gnostic Chorus are used to upgrade the Sojourner's Battle Pass and obtain in-game items.

Gnostic groups borrowed freely from each other, and it is likely that Valentinius took some of his ideas about Sophia from older Gnostic sources, and that his ideas in turn influenced other gnostics.

Gnostic Scriptures and Fragments; The Gnostic Society of America.

Most scholars argue that the text is of Gnostic origin, based on the similarities between the mystical teachings found in the text itself and standard Gnostic themes.

In fact, the very act of returning in victory to the origin of these Gnostic beliefs was in itself proof that they had been chosen to fulfill a cosmic cycle, as prophesied by the ancients.

About its continued mixing of gnostic and biblical imagery, but without a lot to say about either.

The psychedelic experiences that were once fringe and condemned are being re-played out through modern fictions that blend gnostic, mythological, and multidimensional themes.

That led Gnostic Christians to reject the utilization of bread (gluten free communion wafers considering) and wine entirely or use totally different prayer formulas to precise the grandness of non-secular reality.

According to Samuel Angus (1925) the gnostic sectarians also sought to reconcile the individual to their own personal deification ( henosis ), making each individual God.

According to the Gnostic view of Salvation, creation was perfect to begin with; it did not need time to grow and mature.

A dualist he certainly was, but he was not a Gnostic".

Alfred North Whitehead was aware of the existence of the newly discovered Gnostic scrolls.

Among certain Gnostic sects, Amen became the name of an angel.

Another criticism of image veneration is found in the non-canonical 2nd-century Acts of John (generally considered a gnostic work), in which the Apostle John discovers that one of his followers has had a portrait made of him, and is venerating it: (27) ".

An Outline of Esoteric Science, Anthroposophic, SteinerBooks, 1997 Divergence from conventional Christian thought Steiner's views of Christianity diverge from conventional Christian thought in key places, and include gnostic elements.

As such the gnostic sects made a duality out of the difference between the activities of the spirit ( nous ), called noesis (insight), and those of faith.

As such, Valentinians already have less cause to treat physical reality with contempt than might a Sethian Gnostic.

Booth 2000, p. 365 They wore robes, and performed rituals to the sun god Ra at set times during the day, also occasionally performing the Gnostic Mass; the rest of the day they were left to follow their own interests.

Brown, 100–101 This dating makes sense given their allusions and opposition to Gnostic and docetic teaching, which denied the full humanity of Jesus, and which was gaining ascendancy at the end of the first century.