The term “gnostikoi” (from a root word meaning “knowledge-supplying”) was first used by Irenaeus of Lyons to describe a ...

From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels Vintage ... Other sayings in this collection criticize common Christian beliefs, such as the virgin birth or the bodily resurrection, as naïve ...

For the purpose of this article, our focus will be on Christian Gnosticism specifically, and how this belief system differed (and opposed) early Orthodox Christian views of salvation. The ...