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Definition of Gnosticism in English: Gnosticismnoun ˈnɒstɪˌsɪz(ə)mˈnɑstəˌsɪzəm mass nounA prominent heretical movement of the 2nd-century Christian Church, partly of pre-Christian origin. Gnostic doctrine taught that the world was created and ruled by a lesser divinity, the demiurge, and that Christ was an emissary of the remote supreme divine being, esoteric knowledge (gnosis) of whom enabled the redemption of the human spirit. 诺斯替教(公元2世纪基督教会的一场重要的异教运动,部分起源出现于基督教之前;诺斯替教义主张世界是由一个较小的神、即造物主创造和统治的,耶稣基督则是遥远和至高无上的神的信使,以奥秘的知识 真知来拯救人类的灵魂) Example sentencesExamples - He also emphasized that salvation was complete in Christ, countering the legalistic ascetism of Gnosticism.
- She wants to reclaim for today the rich spirituality offered by alternative forms of early Christianity, especially Gnosticism, that she thinks orthodox Christianity booted away.
- It is, rather, Gnosticism with a few vestigial elements of a distinctively Christian tradition.
- To counteract the incipient Gnosticism of Colosse he dwelt upon the pre-eminence of Christ.
- To have fallen into any one of the fads from Gnosticism to Christian Science would indeed have been obvious and tame.
- Thus, we see how there might be elements of alchemy and Gnosticism providing the origins of an organized religion in so far as the origins are founded in an individual's experience.
- In a very real sense, Gnosticism was an argument for spirituality over religion.
- He wrote pungently against Gnosticism and other heresies, and in the course of his polemic unfolded a story of salvation of breathtaking coherence and scope.
- I wanted the facts of the book to stand up on their own, so I had to read a lot about lighthouses, the legacy of slavery in Scotland and about the religions of voodooism and Gnosticism.
- And John's gospel is certainly far removed from the full-blown Gnosticism which the later church fathers attacked as heretical.
- It is true that a Logos doctrine existed in Gnosticism.
- When asked if their work was shaped by the ancient Christian heresy called Gnosticism, they cryptically replied: ‘Do you consider that to be a good thing?’
- I think there is a genuine analogy between the situation of the church today and the challenge Gnosticism presented to the church in the mid-second century.
- It's only been through my study of the Kabbalah (and Gnosticism to a lesser degree) that I've been able to understand the mysteries of the Christian tradition, without the social interference of my own embittered education.
- What I call the new Gnosticism does not resemble the old Gnosticism in every respect.
- This should be kept in mind as we consider, later on, divergences in the early church, in particular those related to Gnosticism.
- Ali's doctrine was an eccentric mixture of Islamic mysticism, Gnosticism and Masonic lore.
- Indeed one of the core teachings of Gnosticism, that we live in a dark world controlled by Satan, probably finds its strongest evidence in examples of disease and unmerited suffering.
- Its practitioners - rich and newly rich collectors, dealers, museum directors, and curators - cultivate an air of exclusiveness, and, at times, of sanctity and Gnosticism.
- Far from being a thoroughly secular perspective, meme theory lines up quite well with both Buddhist philosophy and the more esoteric branches of Christian philosophy, like Gnosticism.
Definition of Gnosticism in US English: Gnosticismnounˈnästəˌsizəmˈnɑstəˌsɪzəm A prominent heretical movement of the 2nd-century Christian Church, partly of pre-Christian origin. Gnostic doctrine taught that the world was created and ruled by a lesser divinity, the demiurge, and that Christ was an emissary of the remote supreme divine being, esoteric knowledge (gnosis) of whom enabled the redemption of the human spirit. 诺斯替教(公元2世纪基督教会的一场重要的异教运动,部分起源出现于基督教之前;诺斯替教义主张世界是由一个较小的神、即造物主创造和统治的,耶稣基督则是遥远和至高无上的神的信使,以奥秘的知识 真知来拯救人类的灵魂) Example sentencesExamples - He also emphasized that salvation was complete in Christ, countering the legalistic ascetism of Gnosticism.
- What I call the new Gnosticism does not resemble the old Gnosticism in every respect.
- To counteract the incipient Gnosticism of Colosse he dwelt upon the pre-eminence of Christ.
- She wants to reclaim for today the rich spirituality offered by alternative forms of early Christianity, especially Gnosticism, that she thinks orthodox Christianity booted away.
- Its practitioners - rich and newly rich collectors, dealers, museum directors, and curators - cultivate an air of exclusiveness, and, at times, of sanctity and Gnosticism.
- I wanted the facts of the book to stand up on their own, so I had to read a lot about lighthouses, the legacy of slavery in Scotland and about the religions of voodooism and Gnosticism.
- It's only been through my study of the Kabbalah (and Gnosticism to a lesser degree) that I've been able to understand the mysteries of the Christian tradition, without the social interference of my own embittered education.
- And John's gospel is certainly far removed from the full-blown Gnosticism which the later church fathers attacked as heretical.
- Far from being a thoroughly secular perspective, meme theory lines up quite well with both Buddhist philosophy and the more esoteric branches of Christian philosophy, like Gnosticism.
- I think there is a genuine analogy between the situation of the church today and the challenge Gnosticism presented to the church in the mid-second century.
- It is true that a Logos doctrine existed in Gnosticism.
- He wrote pungently against Gnosticism and other heresies, and in the course of his polemic unfolded a story of salvation of breathtaking coherence and scope.
- This should be kept in mind as we consider, later on, divergences in the early church, in particular those related to Gnosticism.
- Ali's doctrine was an eccentric mixture of Islamic mysticism, Gnosticism and Masonic lore.
- It is, rather, Gnosticism with a few vestigial elements of a distinctively Christian tradition.
- To have fallen into any one of the fads from Gnosticism to Christian Science would indeed have been obvious and tame.
- When asked if their work was shaped by the ancient Christian heresy called Gnosticism, they cryptically replied: ‘Do you consider that to be a good thing?’
- Thus, we see how there might be elements of alchemy and Gnosticism providing the origins of an organized religion in so far as the origins are founded in an individual's experience.
- In a very real sense, Gnosticism was an argument for spirituality over religion.
- Indeed one of the core teachings of Gnosticism, that we live in a dark world controlled by Satan, probably finds its strongest evidence in examples of disease and unmerited suffering.
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