Heresy!
The scriptural argument for a gnostic belief
What is John said the world was intrinsically evil, so gnostics believed the creator must have been too?
Who was a church Father who spoke against Gnosticism?
What is St. Iranaeus of Lyons, a bishop
What is a divine being who inhabits the pleroma?
OR
Who is Jesus?
Gnostic origins (place and time)
Habitual and Authentic
What is there are tendencies for Gnosticism in other religions, but it is a religion in itself?
OR
What is Jewish, Christian, and Pagan sects?
Henry Moore
Who is the first known person to write about Gnosticism?
Greek word meaning knowledge→ those who have knowledge
What is Gnōsis→ gnositkoi
Gnosticism was a...
What is an alternative to the emerging orthodox teachings?
What is Jesus was seen as an embodiment of the supreme being who became incarnate to bring gnōsis to Earth?
The "divine feminine" of Gnosticism, syzygy of the Aeon.
Who is Pista Sophia?
Pleroma
The goal of Gnosticism
What is the eradication of ignorance, incomprehension, and unconsciousness?
Humans makeup
What is the belief that humans contain a piece of God in them that has fallen from the immaterial world around them?
Carpocrates
Who is a Teacher of reincarnation that says an individual has to live multiple lives and absorb a full range of experiences in order to return to God?
Salvation
What is the passing of the hostile powers that prevented the soul's ascent to bliss?
Hint(think the colors of the candor factor in divergent)
What is Candor→ black and white no grey area
and/or Good vs. evil with no in-between
Gnosticism implies about Jesus
What is he is sometimes seen as divine and sometimes not, so what he was meant to do is a logical fallacy?
Simon Magnus
Who is the teacher that says that the Garden of Eden, the exodus from Egypt, and the Red Sea crossing were signs of something?
Redemption
What is liberation from the chaos of a creation derived from the incompetent and malevolent powers, in a world where the elect are alien prisoners?