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19. Gnosticism and the Church Fathers

Wed, 2010-12-01 11:55 — William

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2010
Week: 
28
Article number: 
19
Article pages: 
16
Date of source: 
July 14, 2010
Author: 
Yūsuf Zidayn
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Article summary: 

The author points out that Gnosticism means "knowledge" and if man withdrew from fleshly actions, he will be sublime. He mentions some early Gnostics, such as Basilides and Valentinos. The author sates that there was disagreement between early church father and the founders of this dogma.

Keywords: Gnosticism

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