THEO 206 Study Guide - Final Guide: Gnosticism, Socinian Controversy, Monophysitism
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1) explain the gnosticism contained in the gospel of judas placing it in the context of when it was produced. Gnosticism was a religious movement that presented major challenges to christianity in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. The gnostics believed that they had a secret knowledge about god, the universe, and the kingdom. This secret knowledge was only accessible to the gnostics and was an intuition and spiritual knowledge, not a scientific knowledge. The gnostics believed they inherited a divine spark from god that enabled them to obtain and deeper comprehend this knowledge and have access to a better interpretation of scripture. They also had the full knowledge of the secrets of salvation. This knowledge about god, the universe, and the kingdom is brought from the outside world from a redeemer. The gnosticism contained in the gospel of judas is sethian gnosticism.
