Gnosticism

As humans have grown throughout history, new questions have continued to be asked. A few examples being: How can food be more efficiently produced to prevent starvation? How could a shelter be built stronger so that they can withstand long winters? What is the shape of the earth? What are our bodies made out of? However, it was not till recent history that the study the brain and psychological concepts has become a large part of modern science. Many great people that contributed to the…

The timing of the birth of Jesus was the right time because it was the appointed time of God. God knew, before the earth was created, what He wanted to do and how life and history would unfold. This may sound odd, but I visualize the beginning of the world up until the birth of Jesus as a pregnancy. Just like time that goes by in a pregnancy, there are trimesters, or periods of time that are marked by specific events culminating in the birth of a child. Jesus, is that child and the different…

believe that it is not the view that the Bible supports. Rather that this view is being read into scripture, causing people to believe that the Bible supports the body-soul dualistic view. Out of this body-soul frame work, developed the idea of Gnosticism. Therefore, “much of the focus of the life of the Christian church has been on…

Maria the Jewess as Framed by Zosimos of Panopolis The way that we perceive history is eternally limited and there are things that we will never be able to learn. We can only pick up the pieces of the puzzle that remain and hope that that’s enough to understand the entire puzzle. Maria the Jewess goes by many names. Maria the Hebrea, Mary the Jewess, Maria Prophetissa… Each name indicates what the person in question prioritized about her, and how they saw her. The majority of extant…

Prominent conservative intellectuals constantly debate the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. On one side thinkers such as Mel Bradford and Richard Gamble believe that Lincoln set out to establish a civic religion that introduced the radical equality theory that resulted in the rise of progressivism. In response, thinkers such as Krannawitter came to Lincoln’s defense claiming that his use of religious language was merely a rhetorical tool used to unite the people after the Civil War.…

study of the arts or occult practices like magic, alchemy, astrology, spiritualism and clairvoyance, among others. The interpretation of the occult and concepts can be found in the belief structures of certain philosophies and religions such as Gnosticism, Hermeticism, theosophy, Wicca, Thelma, neo-paganism or Satanism religions. The meaning of occultism is the secret knowledge and practices dealing with the supernatural or “psychic” phenomena, often for the purpose of obtaining personal power.…

woke Christians into elevating culture over scripture. And that’s what concerns me most about woke Christianity: it suggests that the culture is more enlightened on justice than scripture is. In fact, by definition woke Christianity is a type of gnosticism, as it suggests that some Christians have become enlightend to a central message of the gospel that average Christians, particularly Black Christians like me, aren’t privy to. So the message is clear: Black Christians who aren’t woke are…

The ancient Roman Empire was one of the most successful civilizations to have ever existed. It stretched from the shores of modern day Portugal, to the deserts of modern day Turkey, from the mountain ranges of northern Italy, to the shores of north Africa, the Roman Empire was a massive undertaking filled with all older cultures and cultural traditions meshed into one. The government system was so complex and cutting edge, and in addition, the idea of a citizen was developed into the government…

character and in grace during times of persecution (1 Peter 4:12-14). Jobes writes, “The influential issue in James was during the time the Gentiles began to follow and believe in Christ, the Greco-Roman philosophies such as Neoplatonism and incipient Gnosticism were influential in the 1st century of the perception of who Jesus was of the goal of salvation, and consequently, of the moral issues of how Christians should live” (2011). Lastly, James concern was about the Christians convert to…

Introduction Eschatology is a term that Christians use in reference to the study of last things. There are a lot of theories regarding the things to come throughout the history of the Church from the Early Church Fathers, through the Rise of Amillennialism, the Reformation Views, the Puritans, Jonathan Edwards, and the Modern Millennial Views. This paper is not a historical study, and not a defense of a particular eschatological view. However, this paper explores the history of eschatology…