Associations to the word «Gnosticism»

Wiktionary

GNOSTICISM, noun. A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world.

Dictionary definition

GNOSTICISM, noun. A religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope