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		www.vangeloditommaso.it Definition of Gnosticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism Gnosticism is a historical term for various mystical initiatory religions, sects and knowledge schools which were most active in the first few centuries AD around the Mediterranean and extending into central Asia. This text has been extracted from an outside link. Clicking the title you can open the page and conclude the reading

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		www.vangeloditommaso.it A Brief Summary of Gnosticism http://www.webcom.com/gnosis/gnintro.htm GNOSTICISM IS THE TEACHING based on Gnosis, the knowledge of transcendence arrived at by way of interior, intuitive means. Although Gnosticism thus rests on personal religious experience, it is a mistake to assume all such experience results in Gnostic re This text has been extracted from an outside link. Clicking the title you can open the page and conclude the reading

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		www.vangeloditommaso.it Gnosticism and the gnostic Jesus http://www.equip.org/free/DG040-1.htm Popular opinion often comes from obscure sources. Many conceptions about Jesus now current and credible in New Age circles are rooted in a movement of spiritual protest which, until recently, was the concern only of the specialized scholar or the occultis This text has been extracted from an outside link. Clicking the title you can open the page and conclude the reading

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		www.vangeloditommaso.it The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/nov_2000/pagels.htm In December 1945 an Arab peasant made an astonishing archeological discovery in Upper Egypt. Rumors obscured the circumstances of this find--perhaps because the discovery was accidental, and its sale on the black market illegal. This text has been extracted from an outside link. Clicking the title you can open the page and conclude the reading

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		www.vangeloditommaso.it Gnosticism Websites Listing http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/nov_2000/gnostic_sites.htm links This text has been extracted from an outside link. Clicking the title you can open the page and conclude the reading

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		www.vangeloditommaso.it The Impact of Gnosticism on Christianity http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/nov_2000/christ_gnostic.htm "Gnosis" means knowledge. In the Greek world, knowledge was prized above all else. A "gnostic" is "one who knows." An "agnostic" is "one who doesn't know. Gnosticism had its roots in Persia, in the religious/philosophical crucible known as Zoroastrianism This text has been extracted from an outside link. Clicking the title you can open the page and conclude the reading

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