I answered a question "Is the Gnosticism mentioned in the Bible still an issue today?" (see http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkuFC8RPG6M11Pa5MVJgvFDsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid =20081222025837AAMpkDd&show=7#profile-info-Yk1asOK4aa ) by saying that I thought that Gnosticism was post Biblical and mentioned by early Christian writers but *not* in the Bible. I asked where Gnosticism was mentioned in the Bible because if it was I was totally unaware of it.
I got a thumbs down, so I guess I must have missed something really obvious. Please could you know if gnosticism is mentioned in the Bible and if so where.
CJ
Care to give me a reference? I have read John and can see no reference
Gnosticism is not mentioned in the standard Bible because the Christian Church ordered it all removed in the 6Th century, and all Gnostic scriptures were ordered to be destroyed. The Council of Nicosia disapproved all the Gnostic beliefs and those believers buried their banned books. They were only dug up centuries later, or we would not know of them. The Gnostic beliefs are mentioned in the Koran, and Muhammad was aware of them.
Ive never seen the word in my Bible, but i dint know if use the the Protestant Bible like i do, or the Catholic one. For school projects in Bible class, i use Bible Gateway. In the search box, u type it in and it finds where the word is in the Bible. U can also change translations to so like from NIV to NLT or whatever translation u want. Hope i helped!!!
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The word "nosies" is used many times in the Greek Bible to refer to special knowledge. Paul also uses the gnostic word "mystery" to refer to information and experiences that only those on the highest level would receive.
The gnostic teachings are present in different parts of the gospels - especially in Jesus's words - but absolutely permeate all of Paul's authentic letters (beware letters attributed to Paul who were actually written by early Catholic church fathers instead).
I didn't give you the thumbs-down and I feel sure that the number of thumbs-down I'm about to get will show you just how unpopular this line of thought is.
Edit: And as you can see from some of these answers, the traditional churches are still terrified of the gnostic teachings and will always fall back on early Catholic letters written pseudonymousLyo try to justify their position. The gnostics said that the literalists would never understand - they were right.
Gnosticism is the bible
Normal Christians are taught to read it a certain way...
Gnostics know the deep spiritual meanings of the bible...
Its all about perception...
One mention of Gnosticism is found in Revelations 2:6. The Nicolaitians mentioned are a Gnostic sect.
Another mention is found in Acts 8, about Simon Magus, who is considered by tradition to have been a "Higher Aeon," and who we consider to be the first ancestor of all heretics.
I John 4:2-3 was directed against the Docetists.
The accounts in Acts and in Revelations shows clearly the attitude of Christ from the traditional Christian perspective towards Gnosticism.
The word nosies is not scripted by the writers of the new testament, but the allusion is many times. See http://www.bible-researcher.com/canon7.html for some of the most perverse. I John, Jude, 1,2 Peter, and much of Paul's epistles refute this heresy.
The Gnostic style of writing and Gnostic beliefs are found in John's Gospel and in Revelation. Paul at times appears Gnostic in some of his ideas. Some scholars believe that Gnostic Christianity co-existed with Pauline Christianity for many years until the Orthodox Church was decreed the "Official" version of Christianity by the pagan Emperor Constantine for purely political reasons, then the Orthodox/Catholic Church saw fit to declare the Gnostics heretics and slaughter them.
Gnosticism is technically a word that means 'knowledge', but it was used to describe a movement. The Gnostics use the same books of the NT but they also include other books that were left out and pay attention to the 'moral of the story'-not whether it can be taken literally. (IE The story of Aesop's 'Tortoise and the Hare' is obviously not literal but you definitely understand what the point is).
In Mark (of the Bible), in the Garden of Gethsemene, a young boy is mentioned...it makes no sense according to the four gospels only, but if the other books of Mark are included, the reader then understands the boy was a part of a religious ceremony that had pagan associations. That's the closest I can think of a 'mention' but replace the word 'Catholicism' in your question for the 'Gnosticism' reference and you get the same answer.
Gnosticism is not mentioned in the bible. Gnosis (the Greek word for knowledge) is, but Gnosticism as a theological concept of any note did not really exist at the time the New Testament books were being written, hence it does not appear. The Gnostics arose later as one of many Christian splinter groups, and rose to a prominent level even later still.
It is mentioned in the New Testament with other religions that were considered unfavorable with the Christian mythology of Constantine during the Christos emergence adoption into a legal practicing religion by the Romans.
Those who gave you the thumbs down didn't know much did they.
Where is Gnosticism mentioned in the Bible?
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