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Definition of GNOSTIC

Gnostic
Gnostic Gnos"tic, a. 1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang] I said you were a gnostic fellow. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.
Gnostic
Gnostic Gnos"tic, n. [L. gnosticus, Gr. ? good at knowing, sagacious; as a n., man that claims to have a deeper wisdom, fr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. gnostique. See Know.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.

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- Gnosticism (from Ancient Gr****: γνωστικός, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Gr****: [ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and...
- Archons (Gr****: ἄρχων, romanized: árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes), in Gnosticism and religions closely related to it, are the builders of the physical...
- as the "Chenoboskion M****cripts" and the "Gnostic Gospels") is a collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town...
- A Gnostic M**** is a liturgical M**** administered by a Gnostic church. There are several such churches, each with its own version of the M****. Some of...
- In many Gnostic systems, various emanations of God are known by such names as One, Monad, Aion teleos (αἰών τέλεος "The Broadest Aeon"), Bythos (βυθός...
- Gnosticism in modern times (or Neo-Gnosticism) includes a variety of contemporary religious movements, stemming from Gnostic ideas and systems from ancient...
- Proto-Gnosticism or pre-Gnosticism refers to movements similar to Gnosticism in the first few centuries of Christianity. Proto-Gnostics did not have the...
-  180) was the best known and, for a time, most successful early Christian Gnostic theologian. He founded his school in Rome. According to Tertullian, Valentinus...
- The Gnostic Paul is a book by Elaine Pagels, a scholar of gnosticism and professor of religion at Princeton University. In the work, Pagels considers each...
- Gnosticism used a number of religious texts that are preserved, in part or whole, in ancient m****cripts, or lost but mentioned critically in Patristic...