During the last 40 years German scholars, notably Rudolph Bultmann, have claimed that New Testament writers, especially in their understanding of Jesus Christ, depended largely upon Gnostic myths.

In the case of Christian Gnosticism, this savior is Jesus, but not in the way that mainstream Christianity views him. Gnostics view Jesus as a figure who is a direct emanation of the Supreme Being ...

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

But some of the gnostics who wrote these gospels contradict this: self-knowledge is knowledge of God; the self and the divine are identical. Second, the "living Jesus" of these texts speaks of ...

The term “gnostikoi” (from a root word meaning “knowledge-supplying”) was first used by Irenaeus of Lyons to describe a ...

Could Jesus have actually spoken this? We do not know. Rahim Al-Hussaini is named the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims Perhaps the oddest part of this Gnostic gospel is the last ...

She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism, ancient Christianity ... Mary, the mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene, his disciple and the first witness to the resurrection; Mary and Martha ...