mysteries. In Gnosticism, Sophia is a feminine figure, analogous to the human soul but also simultaneously one of the feminine aspects of God. Gnostics held that...

Pistis Sophia, archons play an important role in Gnostic cosmology. Probably originally referring to the Greek daimons of the planets, in Gnosticism they...

Pistis Sophia (Koinē Greek: Πίστις Σοφία) is a Gnostic text discovered in 1773, possibly written between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. The existing manuscript...

Sofia or sophia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to: Sophia (wisdom) Sophia (Gnosticism) Sophia (given name)...

Sophia (Koinē Greek: σοφία, sophía—"wisdom") is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism and Christian theology. Originally...

haeresis "the heresy called Learned (gnostic)". The origins of Gnosticism are obscure and still disputed. Gnosticism is largely influenced by platonism...

There is significant scholarly debate around what Gnosticism is, and therefore what qualifies as a "Gnostic text." Prior to the discovery at Nag Hammadi,...

Gnosticism in modern times (or Neo-Gnosticism) includes a variety of contemporary religious movements, stemming from Gnostic ideas and systems from ancient...

repents, when he hears the voice of Sophia, condemns his father and his mother (matter) and after that is enthroned by Sophia in the seventh heaven. Some Church...

and Hippolytus of Rome wrote against Gnosticism. Because early church leaders encouraged the destruction of Gnostic texts, most evidence for the Valentinian...

rather than accepting your situation. Aion (deity) Nous Archon (Gnosticism) Luminary (Gnosticism) Lit. "half-creator," occasionally referred to as Yaldabaoth...

Catholica Ecclesia Pistis Sophia Gnostic Church of France Johannite Church Neo-Luciferian Church Gnosticism in modern times List of Gnostic sects Mandi (Mandaeism)...

and/or Sethian Gnosticism. Neoplatonism and Gnosticism John D. Turner Knights of Seth (19th-century "Neo-Sethian" group) List of Gnostic sects Second Treatise...

that would later characterize Gnostic systems for their treatment of the Monad or One (see Neoplatonism and Gnosticism). For a long time, legend persisted...

The Sophia The Christ, also known as the Wisdom of Jesus Christ, is a Gnostic text that was first discovered in the Berlin Codex (a Codex purchased in...

early followers. While Gnosticism was influenced by Middle Platonism, neoplatonists from the third century onward rejected Gnosticism. Nevertheless, Alexander...

creator of the evil world from Gnosticism. Gilles Quispel writes, "There is a direct link between ancient Gnosticism and Catharism. The Cathars held...

(Brett Cagle) (1962 to present) Gnosticism Gnosticism in modern times Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica Gnostic Society Gnostic Church of France Eichler-Levine...

in Gnostic systems, and it is necessary to distinguish the different forms in which it appeared at different stages in the development of Gnosticism. The...

In Sethian Gnosticism, a luminary is an angel-like being (or heavenly dwelling place in the Apocryphon of John). Four luminaries are typically listed in...

conceits. Many of these specimens also are improperly ascribed to Gnosticism, but the Gnostic origin of others is too manifest to allow of contradiction. Inscriptions...

Essence-energies distinction Russian symbolism Sophia (wisdom) Sophia (Gnosticism) Bulgakov, Sergius. "Sophia, the Wisdom of God". Bulgakoviana. W. Goerdt...

The pneumatics ("spiritual", from Greek πνεῦμα, "spirit") were, in Gnosticism, the highest order of humans, the other two orders being psychics and hylics...

1894, Doinel abjured his Gnostic faith and converted to Roman Catholicism due to the Taxil hoax. He returned to Gnosticism five years later under the...

proposed that similarities existed between Buddhism and Gnosticism, a term deriving from the name Gnostics, which was given to a number of Christian sects. To...

Biography of Late Antiquity 'Valentinian gnosticism ... differs essentially from dualism' (Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels, 1978); 'a standard element in...

The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism: Thomasines Elkesaites Kentaeans Mandaeism Samaritan Baptist sects Bardesanites Basilidians Hermeticism...

Proto-Gnosticism or pre-Gnosticism refers to movements similar to Gnosticism in the first few centuries of Christianity. Proto-Gnostics did not have the...

revival of ancient Gnosis". In Segal, Robert (ed.). The Allure of Gnosticism: the Gnostic experience in Jungian psychology and contemporary culture. Open...

The Nature and History of Gnosticism. A&C Black. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-567-08640-2. Williams, Michael (20 July 1998). "Gnosticism". Encyclopædia Britannica...