Gnostic
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- noun
- /ˈnɑːstɪk/
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gnóstico
- The Gnostic seeks to overcome his or her basic alienation from the world by means of escape through a special gnosis.
And it's developed more as response to heretics, Gnostics, Manichaeans.
- And it's developed more as response to heretics, Gnostics, Manichaeans.
- And so there are there are two major ways that Gnostics do this, both of them involving Jesus.
- It means knowledge, so they're called Gnostics in Arabic, Mandans, Manda means knowledge.
- And I think that the Gnostics in some sense represent the most white knuckle realist.
- The person who says these things, the Gnostic, who did this or did that, Are they worshipping Jesus Christ as creator of God?
- I'm not saying all not I'm not not saying that all Gnostics are Nazis, but there is this Gnostic mythology mythos and it comes to the fore.
Examples
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It means knowledge, so they're called Gnostics in Arabic, Mandans, Manda means knowledge.
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Make death die, wrote Valentinius the Gnostic.
Fiction book (1994) -
But equally significant is his role as a Gnostic.
Academic text (1991) -
Valentinius the Gnostic wrote that.
Fiction book (1994) -
The person who says these things, the Gnostic, who did this or did that, Are they worshipping Jesus Christ as creator of God?
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This salvific knowledge liberates the Gnostic from the created world, a world that includes both history and nature.
Academic text (1998) -
Gnosticism predates and informs all religion, and we find Gnostic thought in early Egyptian practices and elsewhere in the world.
Blog text (19) -
As a Gnostic, she believed in the pursuit of hidden spiritual knowledge.
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The teachings of a Gnostic often challenge traditional religious perspectives.
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Many early Christian theologians debated with prominent Gnostics regarding the nature of truth.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gnostic comes from the Greek word gnosis, which means 'knowledge'. A Gnostic is a person who seeks secret spiritual 'knowledge', so the word means someone who follows those beliefs.