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nouna religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churchestype of:
Definition that contains gnosticism
- eon (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
- aeon (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
- agnostic of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
- gnostic an advocate of Gnosticism
- gnostic of or relating to Gnosticism
- nag hammadi a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism
- nag hammadi library a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism