Gnosticism is an offshoot of early Christianity with its own unique beliefs about the nature of the world. Gnostics believe ...

The word “Gnostic” comes from the Greek word gnōsis, meaning knowledge. In a nutshell, Gnosticism refers to the knowledge of ...

The people whom they called gnostics would have called themselves Christian. And they were Christians of very diverse viewpoints. I mean, we think today Christianity looks diverse. If you look ...

The Archangel Uriel is one of the seven angels who sit at the top of the heavenly food chain. He's one of seven archangels mentioned throughout Christian tradition. These archangels oversee God's ...

Another gnostic teacher, Monoimus ... We note, too, that Hippolytus, who was a Greek speaking Christian in Rome (c. 225), knows of the Indian Brahmins--and includes their tradition among the ...

Most commonly, Christian writers cited the Rule to defend the apostolic faith, often against different groups of Gnostic Christians. Irenaeus referred to the “canon of truth” several times ...

65, Issue. 2, p. 45. A reissue of Sir Steven Runciman's classic account of the Dualist heretic tradition in Christianity from its Gnostic origins, through Armenia, Byzantium, and the Balkans to its ...