What is Gnosticism?

This video lecture discusses the meaning of Gnosticism. It specifically addresses the question, "What is Gnosticism?"

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[SaintJimmy]

Let's just go with Markus Aurelius: *"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."*

[sams]

I commend everyone who watches videos like this for being seekers of truth. I of course am in this same group. I have discovered over many years of being a student of the bible and also a seeker into other religions, at least on a surface level, an interesting idea. That idea is the following. No matter which set of religious documents we study. They can be Christian. They can be Jewish. They can be Hindu. They can be Buddhist. They can be Muslim. They can be any religious flavor we choose. They ALL were written and rewritten by HUMANS. We humans are fallible. We make mistakes. Sometimes on purpose, sometimes innocently. We commit errors. We just do. We can't deny the reality of that. I read comments of people who bash the bible. There are people who bash the Gnostic writings. People bash Jewish writings, people bash Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim writings. I have learned that there cannot be any ancient writing that can be without error because of the fact that they all were written and rewritten by humans. There is something written in the bible that I have learned to apply and that I recommend to everyone searching truth. 1 Thessalonians 5:20, 21 "Do not despise the prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good" When I first learned to apply this idea, It helped me to have an open mind to the truths presented in religious cultures found around the world. I find it to so sad that people find it so easy to discard the whole bible because they find something they don't like. I see others doing the same with the Gnostic scriptures. They see a verse or two that they disagree with and discard everything else . They each have truths that we can gain some level of value from. If we find something that we don't perceive to be truth, we are not obligated to accept it. We can just move on and learn what the rest of the scriptures say to us. I just hope we can all relax as we continue our quest for truth. Thank you. Blessings.

[antidepressant]

This is awesomely presented. Well done.

[ruthmaryrose]

There is a mistake about there not being a central authority in the Christian church for the first three centuries. The 15th chapter of the book of Acts tells of the council of Jerusalem in which Simon Peter told them all that they must not require Christians to be circumcised. If not for that decision, the church would have been split asunder in the first century over circumcision.

[MajorMayhem.]

Gnosticism was around before the Bible

[alpo]

I can’t lie if you haven’t read the Bible or Enoch or emerald tablets and other religious sources this is the closest thing that I think makes more sense on the human race and soul and where we came to be and what happens when we die, everything else either came from the emerald tablets from what I understand I really think we are souls experiencing a 3d world and we are really in a sleep state witch is why when someone practice spirituality meditation they start to actually experience enlightenment and vibrating in a higher consciousness and that’s facts and if it actually works why would it be hard to believe you are in a body that is trapped in a 3d world and to escape you have to figure out how to escape by meditation after everything I read this is really the only thing that makes sense.

[omiorahman]

Legacy of kain game series was inspired by Gnosticism it even has its own demiurge by the form of elder gold.

[edvardzv]

Reading the books of the New Testament, we probably asked ourselves more than once: *"Why 2000 years we do not see those miracles that accompanied the Сhurch of Christ in the I century, as described in the New Testament?"* Why do the so-called preachers of Christ have to prove that Jesus really existed and atheists boldly deny the historicity or divine origin of Christ? Maybe because the Сhurch of Christ has not existed for 2000 years?
The Сhurch does not exist in the form in which it is presented in the books of the New Testament, but there are Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and other christian sects claiming to be the place of the Church, but they not have the only thing that distinguishes the divine from the human and is characteristic of just the Сhurch of Christ -the reinforcement of the word with signs, that is, miracles (Mark 16:15-20). Therefore, some researchers doubt the historicity of Christ, and some of them are not opposed to declaring him a an ordinary philosopher, teacher. But even if Jesus were an ordinary philosopher, his disciples would be ordinary followers of Jesus. And they would not dare to write about the miracles that not only Jesus, but also his disciples, could perform. In this world, the great fertility of atheism can be explained by the fact that there is no main opponent of critics of the Bible - the Church. If there were the Church in our time as described by the authors of the New Testament books, where miracles are performed, the sick are healed, where prophesied, and the dead are raised, no one would doubt the historicity of Christ. Then there would be the same controversy throughout the world as in the first century - Jesus the Son of God or the false prophet who seduces the world by miracles. As a result, we can say that the emergence and development of christian sects and atheism was the result of the fact that over the 2000 years the Сhurch of Christ did not exist.

Find *"The Mystery about the Church of Christ"* video on YouTube. The video reveals the prophecy of the disappearance and reappearance of the Church of Christ before the End of the World. Watching this video will give hope to all who sincerely seek God and will interest those who are not too lazy to think freely. Click on my name to watch the video (The video is in Russian, but English subtitles are included).

[MajorMayhem.]

Sounds like the Gnostic actually helped Christianity thrive

[Andy-dffj]

In Gnosticism, how is it explained that our souls ended up in this predicament we call life?

[ResilientWon]

Neither the God Saklas or Yaldoboath are true Gods.

[hank]

Most Holy Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifferences whereby He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners.
St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.

[Hummingbird_]

What are some good books to read on this topic

[davehconner]

So, what were the chances of the members of the council of Nicaea accepting biblical books into the canon that undermined their authority and power? Zero.

[JCneverFails]

So what are key elements to look for in detecting a modern Christian gnostic

[eastafrika]

The origin of Gnosticism is the Ancient Afrikan Egyptian school of Ma'atism.

[hermanhale]

6:00 On God - that is why God sent his Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to teach us about His Father in Heaven.

[josephmungai]

There is a church, came from America that has all these beliefs. It is growing in Africa

[MichaelForrestChnl]

Neither christianity or gnosticism followed the teachings of Jesus because Jesus always said that the way to heaven was being obedient to Judaism and by being a generous person concerned with helping others. Christians who followed Pauls teachings taught that the way to heaven was faith/belief (although James contradicted that), and gnostics taught that the way was via enlightenment. I side with the gnostics and discard the other two teachings.

[editordevideos]

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