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Gnosticism Influence Britannica ~ Gnosticism Gnosticism Influence Although gnostic movements of various types flourished in the formative period of Christianity they were likely a minority in most places At a time when there was still no fixed Christian Bible or uniform church organization their often elaborate creation myths and eschatologies constituted some of the earliest attempts at a systematic articulation of Christian beliefs

History of Gnosticism ~ History of Gnosticism 1 The Influence of Hermeticism 2 The Influence of Greek Philosophy 3 The Influence of Judaism

gnosticism Definition Texts Movements Influence ~ The designation gnosticism is a term of modern scholarship It was first used by the English poet and philosopher of religion Henry More 1614–87 who applied it to the religious groups referred to in ancient sources as gnostikoi Greek “those who have gnosis or ‘knowledge’ ”

Gnosticism Wikipedia ~ The Gnostic ideas and systems flourished in the Mediterranean world in the second century AD in conjunction with and influenced by the early Christian movements and Middle Platonism After the second century a decline set in In the Persian Empire Gnosticism in the form of Manicheism spread as far as China

Gnosticism Early History A Study of Denominations ~ Greek Influences Within Gnosticism Many of the departures of the Gnostics from the truth are derived from the Greek philosophical foundations of Gnosticism The Gnostics were heavily influenced by Plato a fourth century BCE Greek philosopher

Gnosticism Early Beliefs in the Church ~ Gnosticism and its cousin Neoplatonism or Platonism changed the face of Christianity by introducing ideas that have more affinity with pagan religions and philosophies than with the JudeoChristian heritage represented by the Bible This influence moved the Church away from its Hebrew heritage notably regarding 1 One and only one God

GNOSTICISM History ancient sources of information ~ GNOSTICISM ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY ANCIENT SOURCES OF INFORMATION Sponsored link History Gnosticism consisted of many syncretistic belief systems which combined elements taken from Asian Babylonian Egyptian Greek and Syrian pagan religions from astrology and from Judaism and Christianity

Gnosticism AD 1300 Church History Timeline ~ Consequently various Gnostic writings quote from or allude to almost every one of them In turn Gnostic writings spurred a whole new Christian literature when it became necessary to refute the spreading falsehood Late in the 2d century orthodox leaders began to produce works to counter the growing Gnostic influence

Gnosticism in modern times Wikipedia ~ Established in 1953 by Richard Duc de Palatine in England under the name the Prenicene Gnostic Catholic Church the Ecclesia Gnostica Latin Church of Gnosis or Gnostic Church is said to represent the English Gnostic tradition although it has ties to and has been influenced by the French Gnostic church tradition