Gnostic Church

	Gnostic Church Gnostic church may refer to a variety of religious organizations which identify themselves with Gnosticism. Various Gnostic religious organizations include: Ecclesia Gnostica Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica Ecclesia Pistis Sophia Gnostic Church of France Holy Gnostic Church and Friends Johannite Church See also Gnosticism in modern times List of Gnostic sects The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism: Ancient Proto-Gnosticism * Maghāriya * Thomasines Judean-Israelite Gnosticism * Elkesaites * Mandaeism * Samaritan Baptist sects Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism * Bardesanites * Basilidians * ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Gnostic Church Gnosticism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Gnosticism Gnosticism (from grc, γνωστικός, gnōstikós, , 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems which coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ... and early Christian sects. These various groups emphasized personal spiritual knowledge (''gnosis'') above the orthodox teachings, traditions, and authority of religious institutions. Gnostic cosmogony generally presents a distinction between a supreme, hidden God and a malevolent demiurge, lesser divinity (sometimes associated with the Yahweh of the Old Testament) who is responsible for creating the nature, material universe. Consequently, Gnostics considered material existence flawed or evil, and held the principal element of salvation to be direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ecclesia Gnostica Ecclesia Gnostica (Latin: The Church of Gnosis) is an open sacramental neo-Gnostic church in Los Angeles. It has ordained clergy and conducts regular sacramental services, including two weekly Masses (Celebration of the Holy Eucharist), as well as monthly and seasonal services in accordance with the liturgical calendar. It has active parishes in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and Austin, Texas. The church and its affiliate organisation, The Gnostic Society, attempt to "advance the study, understanding, and the individual experience of Gnosis." History The organisation now called the Ecclesia Gnostica was originally organised in England under the name ''the Pre-Nicene Gnostic Catholic Church'' in 1953, by the Most Rev. Richard Jean Chretien Duc de Palatine with the object of "restoring the Gnosis – Divine Wisdom to the Christian Church, and to teach the Path of Holiness which leads to God and the Inner Illumination and Interior Communion with the Soul through the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.), or the Gnostic Catholic Church, is a Gnostic church organization. It is the ecclesiastical arm of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), an international fraternal initiatory organization devoted to promulgating the Law of Thelema. Thelema is a philosophical, mystical and religious system elaborated by Aleister Crowley, and based on ''The Book of the Law''. The word ''Catholic'' denotes the universality of doctrine and not a Christian or Roman Catholic belief set. The chief function of ''Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica'' is the public and private performance of the Gnostic Mass (''Liber XV''), a eucharistic ritual written by Crowley in 1913. According to William Bernard Crow, Crowley wrote the Gnostic Mass "under the influence of the Liturgy of St. Basil of the Russian Church". Its structure is also influenced by the initiatory rituals of the ''Ordo Templi Orientis''. Its most notable separation from similar rites of other churches is a Priestess of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ecclesia Pistis Sophia Ecclesia Pistis Sophia, or the Sophian Fellowship, is a Gnostic church organization based in the United States. Etymology The name '' Ecclesia Pistis Sophia'' literally means "Community of Faith-Wisdom." History Although members claim that it dates back to at least the 1700s, the current Sophian Gnostic spiritual lineage was first started in the 1880s by Tau Miriam, an Englishwoman. In England, she initiated Tau Elijah, who, early in the twentieth century, moved to the West Coast of the United States. Tau Elijah died and passed his spiritual lineage on to Tau Malachi eben Ha-Elijah, who later founded the Sophia Fellowship in 1983. Tau Malachi is the current bishop of Ecclesia Pistis Sophia.Tau Malachi ''Llewellyn''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gnostic Church Of France The Gnostic Church of France (french: Église gnostique de France) is a neo-Gnostic Christian organisation formed by Jules Doinel in 1890, in France. It is the first Gnostic church in modern times. History The esoteric Freemason Jules Doinel, while working as archivist for the library of Orléans in France, discovered a medieval manuscript dated 1022, which had been written by Stephen, a canon of the Orléans Cathedral, burned at the stake in 1022 for his pre-Cathar Gnostic doctrines (see Orléans heresy). Doinel founded the Gnostic Church in 1890, a date which opened for him and his followers ‘the first year of the Restoration of Gnosis’. Doinel claimed that he had a vision in which the Aeon Jesus appeared, He charged Doinel with the work of establishing a new church. When Doinel attended a séance in the oratory of the Countess of Caithness, it appears that the disembodied spirits of ancient Albigensians, joined by a heavenly voice, laid spiritual hands on Doinel, cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Holy Gnostic Church And Friends Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a " sacred artifact" that is venerated and blessed), or places (" sacred ground"). French sociologist Émile Durkheim considered the dichotomy between the sacred and the profane to be the central characteristic of religion: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to ''sacred things'', that is to say, things set apart and forbidden." Durkheim, Émile. 1915. ''The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life''. London: George Allen & Unwin. . In Durkheim's theory, the sacred represents the interests of the group, especially unity, which are embodied in sacred group symbols, or using team work to help get out of trouble. The profane, on the other hand, involve mundane individual concerns. Etymology The word ''sacred'' descen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Johannite Church The Johannite Church (Full title: ''l'Église Johannite des Chrétiens Primitifs, “''The Johannite Church of Primitive Christians”), is a Gnostic Christian denomination founded by the French priest Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat in 1804."The Gnostics: History, Tradition, Scriptures, Influence" by Andrew Phillip Smith, Watkins, 2008 The Johannite Church received its full name in 1828 after Fabré-Palaprat's claimed discovery of the ''Levitikon'' gospels.Rev. Donald Donato, ''The Lévitikon: The Gospels According to The Primitive Church'' (Apostolic Johannite Church, 2010). It is termed "Johannite" because it claims continuity with the primitive Johannine Christianity of saints John the Baptist and John the Apostle, and other Christian scriptures attributed to John. See also * Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani * Self-styled orders A self-styled order or pseudo-chivalric order is an organisation which claims to be a chivalric order, but is not recognised as legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gnosticism In Modern Times Gnosticism in modern times includes a variety of contemporary religious movements, stemming from Gnostic ideas and systems from ancient Roman society. Gnosticism is an ancient name for a variety of religious ideas and systems, originating in Jewish-Christian milieux in the first and second century CE. The Mandaeans are an ancient Gnostic ethnoreligious group that have survived and are found today in Iran, Iraq and diaspora communities in North America, Western Europe and Australia. The late 19th century saw the publication of popular sympathetic studies making use of recently rediscovered source materials. In this period there was also the revival of a Gnostic religious movement in France. The emergence of the Nag Hammadi library in 1945 greatly increased the amount of source material available. Its translation into English and other modern languages in 1977 resulted in a wide dissemination, and as a result had observable influence on several modern figures, and upon modern Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Gnostic Sects The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism: Ancient Proto-Gnosticism * Maghāriya * Thomasines Judean-Israelite Gnosticism * Elkesaites * Mandaeism * Samaritan Baptist sects Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism * Bardesanites * Basilidians * Hermeticism * Satornilians * Sethians * Valesians Valentianism * Heracleonites ** Ptolemaeans Persian Gnosticism * Manichaeism Al-Dayhuri's Sect Albanenses Astati Audianism ** Shinang's Sect Unclassified Christian Gnosticism * Cerdonians Marcionism * Apelliacos *** Lucianists * Colorbasians * Dositheans (could be offshoot of Simonianism or proto-Gnostic) * Justinians * Simonians ** Menandrians Others * Abelonians * Agapetae * Alogians * Angelici * Antitactae * Aquarii * Archontics * Ascodroutes * Barbeliotae * Borborites Coddians (also called Koddians) Levitics (also called Levitici) Phibionites Stratiotici * Cainites * Carpocratians * Cerinthians ** Adamites (also called Adamians) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]