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The Gnostics
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Author : Sean Martin
language : en
Publisher: Oldcastle Books
Release Date : 2012-02-03
The Gnostics written by Sean Martin and has been published by Oldcastle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-03 with Religion categories.
Gnosticism - derived from the Greek word gnosis, to know - is the name given to various religious schools that proliferated in the first centuries after Christ and, at one time, it almost became the dominant form of Christianity. Yet some Gnostic beliefs derive from the older Mystery traditions of Greece and Rome, and the various Gnostic schools came to be branded as heretical by the emerging Christian church. Indeed, although some Gnostic beliefs are close to mainstream Christianity Gnosticism also held that the world is imperfect as it was created by an evil god who was constantly at war with the true, good God; that Christ and Satan were brothers; that reincarnation exists; and that women were the equal of men As a result, the Gnostics held the Feminine Aspect of God - whom they addressed as Sophia, or Wisdom - in very high regard. They also stressed that we each have a spark of the Divine inside us which, when recognised and developed, will ultimately liberate us from the prison of the material world. Although largely stamped out by the Church by the sixth century, Gnosticism survived underground through groups such as the Bogomils and the Cathars, and influenced the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the psychologist Carl Jung, the Existentialists, the New Age movement and writers as diverse as William Blake, W.B. Yeats, Albert Camus and Philip K. Dick. In this book, Sean Martin recounts the long and diverse history of Gnosticism, and argues for its continued relevance today.
The Gnostics
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Author : Jacques Lacarriere
language : en
Publisher: City Lights Books
Release Date : 1989
The Gnostics written by Jacques Lacarriere and has been published by City Lights Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Philosophy categories.
This inquiry into Gnosticism examines the character, history, and beliefs of a brave and vigorous spiritual quest that originated in the ancient Near East and continues into the present day.
The Gnostics
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Author : David Brakke
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2011
The Gnostics written by David Brakke and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Religion categories.
Brakke writes a pioneering study of the way the demon role relates to religious thinking and to cultural anxieties. The author's sources include biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, community rules, and biblical commentaries. When monks imagined the resistance that they had to overcome in cultivating their selves or the temptation that offered an easier path, they saw supernatural beings that could take the shapes of animals, women, boys, and false angels in their attempts to seduce monks away from their devotion to God. And when they considered the inclinations in their own selves that opposed their best intentions, they concluded that demons introduced such problematic "thoughts" to their minds. Although the last twenty years has seen an explosion of scholarship on early Christian asceticism, producing brilliant explorations of the body, sexual renunciation, fasting, and gender, combat with demons has been left relatively unexplored.
The Secret History Of The Gnostics
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Author : Andrew Philip Smith
language : en
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
Release Date : 2015-11-19
The Secret History Of The Gnostics written by Andrew Philip Smith and has been published by Duncan Baird Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-19 with Religion categories.
Gnosticism has travelled a fascinating path, from the Manichaeans in Persia between the 3rd and 7th centuries, to the triumphs and tragedies of the Cathars in southern Europe between the 12th and 14th centuries, to, finally, today's Mandaeans in Iraq. However the revival of Gnosticism extends further than these sects, offering inspiration to a legion of literary figures, including Dan brown and Philip Pullman. Gnostcisim's emphasis on personal over organized religion, in keeping with the doctrine of the early Christian era during which it thrived, has found particular resonance with today's multicultural world. The Secret History of the Gnostics is not simply an authoritative account of one sect's practical beliefs and customs it is, in effect, a manifesto, an appeal to those inspired by or drawn to the Gnostic faith not to forget its origins.
The Gnostics And Their Remains
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Author : Charles William King
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
The Gnostics And Their Remains written by Charles William King and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Gnosticism categories.
The Essence Of The Gnostics
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Author : Bernard Simon
language : en
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Release Date : 2005-03-01
The Essence Of The Gnostics written by Bernard Simon and has been published by Arcturus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-01 with Religion categories.
For what is it that the All lacked, if not the knowledge of the Father?' - Gnostic text from the Gospel of Truth Long before there was a system of belief called Gnosticism there were those who reached for a special intimate knowledge of God and His mysterious ways. The possession of such knowledge, they believed, would bring salvation from suffering. All religious traditions acknowledged that the world is imperfect. Where they differ is in the explanations they offer for this imperfection - and in what they suggest might be done about it. While many religionists hold that humans are to be blamed for these imperfections, the Gnostics believed that the world is flawed because it was created in a flawed manner, thereby implicating the creator. Such a perspective was regarded as blasphemous by fellow-Christians at the dawn of the new religion, and led to the sect's persecution. Equally concerning were the Gnostics' liberal views regarding sex, the role of women, and toleration of other faiths. In The Essence of the Gnostics Bernard Simon offers a fascinating insight into this ancient and yet in many ways surprisingly contemporary faith, and explores the reasons for its current renaissance.
The Gnostics And Their Remains Ancient And Medieval
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Author : C. W. King
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-04-05
The Gnostics And Their Remains Ancient And Medieval written by C. W. King and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-05 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
The Gnostics
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Author : Alastair Logan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Release Date : 2006-06-23
The Gnostics written by Alastair Logan and has been published by Bloomsbury T&T Clark this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-23 with Religion categories.
This book is an attempt to demonstrate the existence and explore the character, theology, liturgy and cultic beliefs and practices of the Gnostic movement. This is a fascinating study into the past to identify the Gnostics as a cult movement originating in the late first century and arising out of Christianity. Logan explores the Gnostics' own sense of identity against the Catholics, seeks to reconstruct the unique Gnostic rite of initiation from Nag Hammadi and related texts and, finally, argues that the early third certury Hypogeum of the Aurelii in Rome, with its remarkable series of paintings, represents a cult centre of Gnostics, where they recalled their initiation and theology and buried their dead.
The Gnostic Heresies Of The First And Second Centuries
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Author : Henry Longueville Mansel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
The Gnostic Heresies Of The First And Second Centuries written by Henry Longueville Mansel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Christian heresies categories.
Paul The Gnostics
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Author : Walter Schmithals
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Paul The Gnostics written by Walter Schmithals and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Religion categories.