In the time of the ancient Church, there were those who promoted false doctrine and boasted about their “secret knowledge” of the spiritual realm. These heretics were known as Gnostics, a name which comes from the Greek word for knowledge, gnosis (γνῶσις). Most of the information we have about such groups comes from polemic writings of the church fathers as well as some of their own writings which have survived, such as the Gospel of Thomas, which is typically associated with earl...
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