Christian religious belief system {Gnosticism} supposedly provides privileged knowledge of spiritual world. Gnosis (deep knowledge) came from divine being, through medium of Christ, who brought redemption. People have spark of the divine in them and long to leave material world and return to spiritual world. They need knowledge to do this.
spirits
God is unknowable divine being, solely of spiritual world. Spiritual world and beings sprang from thoughts of God. Lesser divinities {demiurge, Gnosticism} of spiritual world created material world and physical motion. However, creation and action are antagonistic to the truly spiritual.
theosophy
Gnosticism included other movements, such as theosophy.
Social Sciences>Religion>Religions>Christianity>Sects
6-Religion-Religions-Christianity-Sects
Outline of Knowledge Database Home Page
Description of Outline of Knowledge Database
Date Modified: 2022.0224