What Did Gnostics Believe?

[@earlychristianhistorywithm8684]

Hi everyone, I hope you enjoy this episode where I try very hard to explain the main beliefs about Gnosticism, but it's hard because Gnosticism is complex, diverse, contested, and a little bit weird. But if you like it, check out the other videos in the series on: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmi1kHibeJmggLc Defining the terms Gnostic and Gnosticism. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6Gzd56upK5nfac 6 Things People Get Wrong About Gnosticism

[@ryanparris1021]

Can’t believe I never knew of your scholarship before your stream with Inspiring Philosophy yesterday. Subscribed right away keep up the great work!

[@earlychristianhistorywithm8684]

Glad you found me then! 😄

[@ryanparris1021]

@@earlychristianhistorywithm8684 I’ll be spreading the word brother

[@ringthembells143]

Thank you for this! Helps bring so much context to Church History 🔔✅❤️

[@earlychristianhistorywithm8684]

My pleasure!

[@SibleySteve]

First, awesome content & production. Yesterday in church (US Episcopal) we began our first Lenten episode of your Tom Wright / MF Bird series on the NT, and the room was so packed out that we are moving to the great hall for next week. We usually get 5 people for a study, so the hunger for content is real. Second, I appreciate this kind of survey because in the void of Michael Heiser’s absence from death, I miss getting fresh solid biblical content on “weird” stuff, like Gnosticism. So please keep it coming! Thank you.

[@deinstaller]

This is excellent work.

[@earlychristianhistorywithm8684]

Glad you liked it!😀

[@danemiljoshua]

Excellent presentation 👏 Thank you Dr. Bird

[@earlychristianhistorywithm8684]

Thanks a lot!

[@susanrabeck1753]

I am a gnostic. You have it 1/2 right. And yes, we still exist.

[@TBaroon]

Great work/video.

[@jvteepee]

Really helpful. Is it fair to call someone a gnostic today if they simply have some theology of salvation through special knowledge if they don't really bifurcate between a supreme deity and a rebellious demiurge?

[@earlychristianhistorywithm8684]

Most religious have cognitive content, i.e., knowledge, eightfold path in Buddhism, doctrine in the Qu'ran, etc. So I tend to focus on Supreme deity (good) and demiurge (bad).

[@raulaavila944]

Thanks!

[@iskandaradam9668]

do the text of SOLOMON PSALMS THAT DATED TO THE SECOND CENTURY COULD BE CONSIDERED AS Gnostic text? ...excus me for my bad englishe

[@Yan_Alkovic]

Interestingly, Gnosticism, Kaballah, and Alchemy have inspired a lot of Japanese content, namely the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series of games, and numerous anime. It is strange how those kinds of games, that directly draw on and reference Gnosticism (going so far as to name the final boss "Yaldabaoth") are so common over there, yet not in Europe and America. Sure, Michael Heiser liked to talk about how "Gnosticism is everywhere", pointing to movies like the Matrix and Prometheus, or Marvel gods even, but personally I think those are just parallels, not direct inspiration, like in that Japanese content. Why do you think that is that Japanese pop media has so many instances of Gnostic-Kaballistic-Alchemical inspiration, yet so few in Western pop media?

[@Mr60minor]

Just read colossians. Paul battled gnosticism. New Age? Orthodox ISNT cold.

[@OneStepToday]

What is your review of Philip J Lee : Against Protestant Gnostics 1987 book

[@earlychristianhistorywithm8684]

haven't read it sorry.

[@catpocalypsenow8090]

It's called Pentecostalism today.

[@jnanashakti6036]

Your assumption that this is a strange idea of a cramped existence is highly biased and distracting.

[@Kittra.kaibyo]

I thought I might be the only one that *was* thinking that. That made me question as to whether or not I should even say it but ... here you are. 😆

[@lenormand4967]

Pack of lies

[@pinnitt]

Gnosticism is just paganism