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Gnosticism

DEFINITIONS OF: Gnosticism

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n a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches

Types:
Mandaeanism, Mandeanism
a Gnostic religion originating the 2nd and 3rd centuries that believes John the Baptist was the Messiah and that incorporates Jewish and Christian elements into a framework of dualistic beliefs
Type of:
heresy, unorthodoxy
a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
theological doctrine
the doctrine of a religious group
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