: esoteric knowledge of spiritual truth held by the ancient Gnostics to be essential to salvation
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Because of this discontinuity, Gnostic religions tended to include roles for special authorities possessing secret knowledge (gnosis) of God's wishes and intentions that couldn't be discerned from the structure of the world in which humans find ourselves.
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Damon Linker, The Week, 8 Feb. 2022
The red pill: gnosis, baby.
—Max Read, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
Another noted Alexandrian thinker was Valentinus, whose interpretation of Christianity required believers to embrace divine knowledge—in Greek, gnosis.
—National Geographic, 19 Apr. 2019
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Damon Linker, The Week, 8 Feb. 2022
The red pill: gnosis, baby.
—Max Read, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
Another noted Alexandrian thinker was Valentinus, whose interpretation of Christianity required believers to embrace divine knowledge—in Greek, gnosis.
—National Geographic, 19 Apr. 2019
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“Gnosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnosis. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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