Orthodox Christianity sees Salvation as obtained by believing in Christ as our Savior. Salvation comes by Grace through faith alone. Our sins are forgiven...
Hello. My previous comments and inquiries have been largely oriented toward interpretation of Valentinian and Sethian metaphysics. Recently, I have been...
Hello GP and PMCV First thank you both for your feed-back and interesting comments. Pity we do not have names here - I am Dick or Richard by the way - but if...
Found this recent post on this list... (But think on this also). [ Truth is one, each of us expresses it differently, that's all. Mike Leavitt wrote Re:...
Re, "Some Questions" by Cari. Hello Cari, I sometimes come on this list too for a while to see the thread of existing thought on Gnosticism as it becomes a...
Hi I'm new here Looks like I'm come across an intelligent group of thinkers. I know I'm going to be a bit behind the times with this comment but perhaps I...
Dearest Aleada Technical difficulty kept me from responding to this the regular way. I didn't mean to slam any one's point of view, and this is an open forum...
I am new to this post,and have not yet had the time to review previous postings. However, I am interested in communicating with others who have had any kind...
Hi folks I just discovered this wonderful new group. I will spend some time just looking through the past posts because I know that I will learn so much more...
Professor Stevan Davies, `Author of `The Secret Book of John, A Gnostic Gospel' & `The Gospel of Thomas & Christian Wisdom' will be joining me on the `Coffee,...
Dr. Stephan Hoeller will be joining me on the `Coffee, Cigarettes, & Gnosis' this Sunday, May 21, at 3 PM EST/5 PM CST/6 PM EST at freethoughtmedia.com. Just...
Hay, I'm darkchylde and I'm new to computers, email and the like, but we all know how hard it is to fellowship as it is since it hard to find 'churches' for us...
Hey truthseekers! Just wanted to remind you the debut of Coffee, Cigarettes & Gnosis is today at 6pm EST/5pm EST/3pm EST. Don't miss the introductory series...
Hello. Has anyone here taken a particular interest in the Valentinian (Heracleon, Marcus, Ptolemy, Theodotus) exegesis of the Pauline letters, as reported by...
Another religion from Iraq. The Yezidis believe that God created a great pearl at the begining of time and placed it on the back of a huge bird, after this he...
Is there such thing as a Gnostic church? I love researching on my own, but I would also like a meeting place such as a 'church'. I have googled "gnostic...
Would a Gnostic accept a theory that taught that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene? Isn't there something about matter or flesh that the Gnostic rejects? bj...
93..I had a couple thoughts on that. ... This I would like to hear more about...do you have a refrence point for how the ancient Gnostics used the word? ... As...
hi Widad.... questions and a few comments: as far as you know, are those being chosen to learn from a Christian background, or are there Druse and Moslem as...
I don't think our mods will be too upset with me if I said a quick welcome back to you, Mike. [:)] I've missed you. Hope things are going well, and that...
OK I have looked and searched up,down and sideways. If one cannot find a local Gnostic study group,church etc..which denomination would be closet to the...
A few days ago I brought up the question of the Valentinian use of the Pauline Corpus. Some scholars speculate that Jewish and Christian forms of gnosticism...
93, Hello list. I'm a free-lance Thelemite and magickian living in the UK. Been Working for ten years my current research concerns the archetypical history of...
Lately I have been researching one of the most unique branches of Gnosticism, the Mandaens. I have really done much research, but I have been reading the...
Our Lady Wisdom bless you all: I have a question for any and all who wish to answer: My congregation and I are wondering about the claim to "Apostolic" status...
Hello. Has anyone here taken a particular interest in studying the Aeonologies of the Sethians and Valentinians as mythological expressions of the Platonic...
In your guys opinion, what is the best collection of Gnostic texts? I personally own the Gnostic Bible and the Other Bible. Both have a lot of texts, but...
I watched that show last night. Several things struck me as odd. Oddest was when Jesus say to Judas that he would/will sacrafice the man who clothes him and...
Hi again folks, I forgot to include this link in my last post: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/features/biblemysteries/mary.sh tml Tis a good one in my...
