This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very ...

Gnosticism as a theological position developed not long after the time of the New Testament as Christianity began to spread ...

Apart from Gnosticism, the Gospel of Thomas will provide textual critics with a great deal of new, and often puzzling, material. About half the sayings in the Gospel of Thomas parallel those in ...

In a recent column, we considered the philosophy of Stoicism. This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very different.

Christian Gnosticism The theologian Valentinus was instrumental in developing Christian Gnosticism. He established his own school of thought in Alexandria , though scholars now view this as an ...

The online Catholic Encyclopedia has a predictably extensive definition of Gnosticism. What comes as a surprise, however, is how closely its sweeping definition also describes the animating logic ...