gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:religious_organization
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Sufism
Christian denominations
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gptkbp:condemnedBy
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gptkb:Early_Church_Councils
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gptkbp:coreBelief
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The material world is created by a lesser divinity (Demiurge)
Dualism between material and spiritual worlds
Salvation through secret knowledge (gnosis)
The true God is transcendent and unknowable
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gptkbp:declinedAfter
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4th century CE
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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Scholars after Nag Hammadi discovery (1945)
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gptkbp:emergedIn
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1st century CE
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Gnostic Christians
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Manichaeism
gptkb:Bogomilism
gptkb:Catharism
Modern Gnosticism
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Platonism
Orthodox Judaism
Hellenistic philosophy
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Sethians
gptkb:Basilideans
gptkb:Valentinians
gptkb:Ophites
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gptkbp:notableLeader
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gptkb:Basilides
gptkb:Valentinus
gptkb:Simon_Magus
gptkb:Marcion
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Hippolytus_of_Rome
gptkb:Tertullian
gptkb:Irenaeus
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gptkbp:persecutedBy
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gptkb:Orthodox_Christians
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkb:Eastern_Mediterranean
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Sufism
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gptkbp:scripture
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gptkb:Gospel_of_Thomas
gptkb:Apocryphon_of_John
gptkb:Gospel_of_Philip
gptkb:Gospel_of_Truth
gptkb:Pistis_Sophia
gptkb:Nag_Hammadi_Library
gptkb:Gospel_of_Judas
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gptkbp:viewOnCreation
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Material world is flawed or evil
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gptkbp:viewOnGod
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Distinction between supreme God and creator (Demiurge)
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gptkbp:viewOnJesus
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Jesus as a spiritual being
Jesus as revealer of hidden knowledge
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gptkbp:viewOnSalvation
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Salvation through knowledge, not faith alone
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Gospel_of_Eve
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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