Gnostic Christians

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:category gptkb:Sufism
Christian denominations
gptkbp:condemnedBy gptkb:Early_Church_Councils
gptkbp:coreBelief 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
gptkbp:declinedAfter 4th century CE
gptkbp:discoveredBy Scholars after Nag Hammadi discovery (1945)
gptkbp:emergedIn 1st century CE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gnostic Christians
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Manichaeism
gptkb:Bogomilism
gptkb:Catharism
Modern Gnosticism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Platonism
Orthodox Judaism
Hellenistic philosophy
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Sethians
gptkb:Basilideans
gptkb:Valentinians
gptkb:Ophites
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Basilides
gptkb:Valentinus
gptkb:Simon_Magus
gptkb:Marcion
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Hippolytus_of_Rome
gptkb:Tertullian
gptkb:Irenaeus
gptkbp:persecutedBy gptkb:Orthodox_Christians
gptkbp:region gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkb:Eastern_Mediterranean
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Sufism
gptkbp:scripture 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
gptkbp:viewOnCreation Material world is flawed or evil
gptkbp:viewOnGod Distinction between supreme God and creator (Demiurge)
gptkbp:viewOnJesus Jesus as a spiritual being
Jesus as revealer of hidden knowledge
gptkbp:viewOnSalvation Salvation through knowledge, not faith alone
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gospel_of_Eve
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6