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11 matches to Gnosticism
Agnosticism. Huxley’s term for not knowing whether God exists or not.
Bloomsbury Group. 1907-30. Agnostic English intellectuals searching for good, true, beautiful. Forster, Woolf, Keynes, Russell, Huxley, et.al.
Carpocrations. 2C-6C. Gnostic heretic sect.
Cathars. 11-14C. Christian Gnostic heretic sect. Albigens. 1030 burned in Italy.
Docetism. Gnostic heresy. Christ was phantasm, not human.
Dualism, Religious. Belief in 2 opposed deities, usually good and evil. Gnosticism.
Gnosticism. 1-6C. Heretical Christian sect incorporating mysticism, dualism, Docetism.
Irenaeus, St. c125-202. French theologian. Opposed Gnostics. Against Heresies 180.
Mandaeanism. Persian Gnostic sect revering John the Baptist. Fertility worship.
Manichaeism. 240-6C. Dualist ascetic Persian religion founded by Mani (-274) combining Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity. Man’s spirit is good, body is evil. Albigens, Cathars, Paulician.
Paulicians. 7-11C. Heretical Gnostic dualistic Christian sect.