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Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Gnosticism, Authentic Gospel of Matthew, Didache, The Shepherd of Hermas, Canons of the Apostles, Cave of Treasures, Ascension of Isaiah, Didascalia Apostolorum, Acts of Pilate, Hymn of the Pearl, Apostolic Church-Ordinance, Abdias of Babylon, Book of Thomas the Contender, Codex Hierosolymitanus, Teachings of Silvanus, Book of Nepos, Descent of Mary, Penitence of Origen, Life of John the Baptist. Excerpt: Gnosticism (from gnostikos, "learned," from Greek: gn sis, knowledge) is a scholarly term for a set of religious beliefs and spiritual practices common to early Christianity, Hellenistic Judaism, Greco-Roman mystery religions, Zoroastrianism (especially Zurvanism), and Neoplatonism. A common characteristic of some of these groups was the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis (esoteric or intuitive knowledge), is the way to salvation of the soul from the material world. They saw the material world as created through an intermediary being (demiurge) rather than directly by God. In most of the systems, this demiurge was seen as imperfect, in others even as evil. Different gnostic schools sometimes identified the demiurge as Adam, Ahriman, Samael, Satan, Yaldabaoth, or Yahweh. Some Christian gnostic sects inverted traditional interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, leading Jewish-Israeli scholar Gershom Scholem (according to Hans Jonas) to call Gnosticism "the greatest case of metaphysical anti-Semitism." However, some scholars have argued that Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah) is Gnostic, and more recent research into Gnosticism's origins reveal influence from Jewish Hekhalot mysticism. Jesus is identified by some Gnostic sects as an embodiment of the supreme being who became incarnate to bring gn sis to the earth. Among the Mandaeans Jesus was considered a m iha kdaba or "false messiah" who perverted the teachings entrusted...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with New Testament Apocrypha: Gnosticism, Authentic Gospel of Matthew, Didache, the Shepherd of Hermas, Canons of the Apostles, Cave of Treasures. To get started finding New Testament Apocrypha: Gnosticism, Authentic Gospel of Matthew, Didache, the Shepherd of Hermas, Canons of the Apostles, Cave of Treasures, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Gnosticism, Authentic Gospel of Matthew, Didache, The Shepherd of Hermas, Canons of the Apostles, Cave of Treasures, Ascension of Isaiah, Didascalia Apostolorum, Acts of Pilate, Hymn of the Pearl, Apostolic Church-Ordinance, Abdias of Babylon, Book of Thomas the Contender, Codex Hierosolymitanus, Teachings of Silvanus, Book of Nepos, Descent of Mary, Penitence of Origen, Life of John the Baptist. Excerpt: Gnosticism (from gnostikos, "learned," from Greek: gn sis, knowledge) is a scholarly term for a set of religious beliefs and spiritual practices common to early Christianity, Hellenistic Judaism, Greco-Roman mystery religions, Zoroastrianism (especially Zurvanism), and Neoplatonism. A common characteristic of some of these groups was the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis (esoteric or intuitive knowledge), is the way to salvation of the soul from the material world. They saw the material world as created through an intermediary being (demiurge) rather than directly by God. In most of the systems, this demiurge was seen as imperfect, in others even as evil. Different gnostic schools sometimes identified the demiurge as Adam, Ahriman, Samael, Satan, Yaldabaoth, or Yahweh. Some Christian gnostic sects inverted traditional interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, leading Jewish-Israeli scholar Gershom Scholem (according to Hans Jonas) to call Gnosticism "the greatest case of metaphysical anti-Semitism." However, some scholars have argued that Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah) is Gnostic, and more recent research into Gnosticism's origins reveal influence from Jewish Hekhalot mysticism. Jesus is identified by some Gnostic sects as an embodiment of the supreme being who became incarnate to bring gn sis to the earth. Among the Mandaeans Jesus was considered a m iha kdaba or "false messiah" who perverted the teachings entrusted...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with New Testament Apocrypha: Gnosticism, Authentic Gospel of Matthew, Didache, the Shepherd of Hermas, Canons of the Apostles, Cave of Treasures. To get started finding New Testament Apocrypha: Gnosticism, Authentic Gospel of Matthew, Didache, the Shepherd of Hermas, Canons of the Apostles, Cave of Treasures, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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