Gnosticism

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esoteric belief system religious movement religious tradition

Gnosticism is a diverse set of early religious movements that emphasized secret spiritual knowledge (gnosis) as the path to salvation and often presented a dualistic view of the material and spiritual worlds.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Gnosticism canonical 18
Christian Gnosticism 1
Gnosis 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf esoteric belief system ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
aimsAt escape from material world ⓘ
liberation of the soul ⓘ
developedIn Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic world

Roman Empire ⓘ
distinguishes material world ⓘ
spiritual world ⓘ
emphasizes secret spiritual knowledge ⓘ
hasConcept demiurge ⓘ
hasCoreConcept gnosis ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Basilides ⓘ
Marcion of Sinope ⓘ
surface form: Marcion

Simon Magus ⓘ
Valentinianism ⓘ
surface form: Valentinus
hasModernRevivalIn esoteric movements ⓘ
neo-Gnostic churches ⓘ
hasMythicTheme cosmic ignorance ⓘ
emanations (aeons) ⓘ
fall of Sophia ⓘ
hasWorldview dualism ⓘ
includesMovement Basilideanism ⓘ
Ophite sects ⓘ
Sethianism ⓘ
Valentinianism ⓘ
influenced Catharism ⓘ
surface form: Bogomilism

Catharism ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
early Christian theology ⓘ
isAssociatedWith early Christianity ⓘ
late Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
isDiscussedBy Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Saint Hippolytus ⓘ
surface form: Hippolytus of Rome

Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ
Tertullian ⓘ
isKnownFrom Nag Hammadi ⓘ
surface form: Nag Hammadi library

heresiological writings ⓘ
oftenTeaches creator of material world is a lesser deity ⓘ
divine spark in humans ⓘ
true God is transcendent ⓘ
oftenViewsMaterialWorldAs evil ⓘ
imperfect ⓘ
originatedIn 1st century CE ⓘ
seeks revelation of hidden God ⓘ
teaches salvation through knowledge ⓘ
usesTextType apocryphal gospels ⓘ
cosmological myths ⓘ
revelatory dialogues ⓘ
viewsHumanityAs ignorant of true divine origin ⓘ
wasCondemnedBy Church Fathers ⓘ
surface form: early Church Fathers
wasOpposedBy proto-orthodox Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irenaeus of Lyons → opposed → Gnosticism ⓘ
Western esotericism → influencedBy → Gnosticism ⓘ
Docetism → relatedConcept → Gnosticism ⓘ
Carl Jung → influencedBy → Gnosticism ⓘ
Hermeticism → influencedBy → Gnosticism ⓘ
Neoplatonism → relatedMovement → Gnosticism ⓘ
Esoteric Christianity → associatedWith → Gnosticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Gnosticism
Theosophy → influencedBy → Gnosticism ⓘ
Manichaeism → influencedBy → Gnosticism ⓘ
Manichaeism → religiousClassification → Gnosticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gnostic tradition
Valentinianism → religiousBranch → Gnosticism ⓘ
Stag Hunt mosaic → creatorAttributedTo → Gnosticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gnosis
Sophia → appearsInTradition → Gnosticism ⓘ
Ordo Templi Orientis → influencedBy → Gnosticism ⓘ
proto-orthodox Christianity → opposes → Gnosticism ⓘ
proto-orthodox Christianity → contrastsWith → Gnosticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gnostic Christianity
Two Subtle Enemies of Holiness → describesAsEnemiesOfHoliness → Gnosticism ⓘ
Demiurge → philosophicalTradition → Gnosticism ⓘ
Omens of Millennium → mainSubject → Gnosticism ⓘ
Agnosticism → contrastedWith → Gnosticism ⓘ
The Secret Doctrine → influencedBy → Gnosticism ⓘ
Ouroboros → usedIn → Gnosticism ⓘ