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wil said:
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Will be interested.in how you define Gnostic Christianity and what you feel falls under that umbrella.
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The only major belief that I see as necessary to really be a Gnostic is the belief that one can liberate the divine spark from the kenoma through gnosis. I guess that could be considered two beliefs: spirit-matter dualism and salvific gnosis.

Generally, though, if anyone wants to call themselves a Gnostic then I'm not going to argue with them, whether they're a reconstructionist of a particular sect, sort of eclectic, or more occult or New Age. We might disagree, but that doesn't mean that their identification as a Gnostic Christian is invalid.

I, myself, agree with a lot of Marcionism and Catharism, which are two borderline cases that some scholars consider a part of Gnostic Christianity and other scholars don't.
 
Ella S. said:
The only major belief that I see as necessary to really be a Gnostic is the belief that one can liberate the divine spark from the kenoma through gnosis. I guess that could be considered two beliefs: spirit-matter dualism and salvific gnosis.

Generally, though, if anyone wants to call themselves a Gnostic then I'm not going to argue with them, whether they're a reconstructionist of a particular sect, sort of eclectic, or more occult or New Age. We might disagree, but that doesn't mean that their identification as a Gnostic Christian is invalid.

I, myself, agree with a lot of Marcionism and Catharism, which are two borderline cases that some scholars consider a part of Gnostic Christianity and other scholars don't.
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