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Gnosis and Faith in Early Christianity: An Introduction to Gnosticism

by Riemer Roukema

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  • 20th century
  • Language: English

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This text provides an up-to-date introduction to Gnosticism as it relates to early Christianity. The author tries to make the reader familiar with the themes and ingredients of Gnosticism without going directly into where they come from.' Part 1 provides general orientation. Part 2 explores the religious and philosophical background. Part 3 contains a more detailed discussion of Gnosticism and Gnostics. Part 4 examines the relationship between 'Catholic' Christianity and Gnosticism

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  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “Gnosticism”. Retained metadata contains “Gnosticism” in the title, “Gnosticism” in the description, “Gnosticism” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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1999-11-01Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Medical Entomology and ZoologyEnglish—Unknown

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