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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Ophites | | | |  Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Garden of Eden - Eden as ParadiseThe word "paradise" (PaRDeS, PRDS, hebr.) used as a synonym for the Garden of Eden is a Persian word, which describes a walled orchard garden or an enclosed hunting park. It occurs three times in the Old Testament, significantly not in connection with Eden: in the Song of Solomon iv. 13: "Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard" ;Ecclesiastes ii. 5: "I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits";and in Nehemiah ii. 8 ...
See also:Garden of Eden, Garden of Eden - Geography, Garden of Eden - Alternate locations, Garden of Eden - Dilmun, Garden of Eden - Sumerians, Garden of Eden - LDS Geography for Eden, Garden of Eden - Eden as Paradise, Garden of Eden - Etymology, Garden of Eden - Eden in Art Read more here: » Garden of Eden: Encyclopedia II - Garden of Eden - Eden as Paradise |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Adam and Eve - Cultural influence Early Renaissance artists used the theme of Adam and Eve as a way to represent female and male nudes. Later, the nudity was objected to by more modest elements, and fig leaves were added to the older pictures and sculptures, covering their genitals. The choice of the fig was a result of Mediterranean traditions identifying the unnamed Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil as a fig tree, and since figs leaves were actually mentioned in Ge ...
See also:Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve - Interpretation of names, Adam and Eve - The life of Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve - Adam's creation, Adam and Eve - The fall of Satan, Adam and Eve - Eve's creation, Adam and Eve - Traditions regarding Adam and other wives, Adam and Eve - The Fall of Man, Adam and Eve - East of Eden, Adam and Eve - Historicity, Adam and Eve - Ancestry and evolutionary biology, Adam and Eve - The Sumerian connection, Adam and Eve - Cultural influence Read more here: » Adam and Eve: Encyclopedia II - Adam and Eve - Cultural influence |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Gnostic esoterica In the modern era, many Gnostic texts have been uncovered, especially from the Nag Hammadi library. Some texts take the form of an expounding of the esoteric cosmology and ethics held by the gnostics. Often this was in the form of dialogue in which Jesus expounds esoteric knowledge while his disciples raise questions concerning it. There is also a text, known as the Epistula Apostolorum, which is a polemic against gnostic es ...
See also:New Testament apocrypha, New Testament apocrypha - Infancy Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Judeo-Christian Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Rival versions of canonical Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Anti-Christian texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sayings Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Morality Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Passion Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Harmonic Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Gnostic esoterica, New Testament apocrypha - General Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sethian Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Cainite Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Ritual Diagrams, New Testament apocrypha - Fate of Mary, New Testament apocrypha - Acts of the Apostles, New Testament apocrypha - Epistles, New Testament apocrypha - Visions, New Testament apocrypha - Miscellany, New Testament apocrypha - Fragments, New Testament apocrypha - Lost works, New Testament apocrypha - A note about orthodoxy, New Testament apocrypha - External links Read more here: » New Testament apocrypha: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Gnostic esoterica |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Adam and Eve - Interpretation of names Adam—אָדָם in Standard Hebrew, ʾĀḏām in Tiberian Hebrew, آدم (ʾĀdam) in Arabic, አዳም ('Adam) in Geez (Ethiopic), and Adamus in Latin — translates literally as red earth. In the ancient cultures of the fertile crescent, people were thought to have been created from the earth itself, and so the term red earth was used to refer to mankind generally. Indeed Adam, in the Kazakh language means human, and Adamshylyk is mankind, and in most other Turkic lang ...
See also:Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve - Interpretation of names, Adam and Eve - The life of Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve - Adam's creation, Adam and Eve - The fall of Satan, Adam and Eve - Eve's creation, Adam and Eve - Traditions regarding Adam and other wives, Adam and Eve - The Fall of Man, Adam and Eve - East of Eden, Adam and Eve - Historicity, Adam and Eve - Ancestry and evolutionary biology, Adam and Eve - The Sumerian connection, Adam and Eve - Cultural influence Read more here: » Adam and Eve: Encyclopedia II - Adam and Eve - Interpretation of names |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Serpent symbolism - Mythology There was a serpent that was an Ancient Near Eastern and Aegean god of wisdom, who was always, quite naturally, an earth symbol.
In Egypt, Ra and Atum ("he who completes or perfects") were the same god, Atum, the "counter-Ra," was associated with earth animals, including the serpent: Nehebkau ("he who harnesses the souls") was the serpent god who guarded the entrance to the underworld. As far away as Fiji, Ratu-mai-mbula was a serpent god w ...
See also:Serpent symbolism, Serpent symbolism - Mythology, Serpent symbolism - Hebrew Bible, Serpent symbolism - New Testament, Serpent symbolism - Other symbolic uses Read more here: » Serpent symbolism: Encyclopedia II - Serpent symbolism - Mythology |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Sayings Gospels One or two texts take the form of sets of brief logia—sayings and very short parables—which are not embedded in a connected narrative:
The Gospel of Thomas (not to be confused with the Infancy Gospel of Thomas)
The Gospel of Philip
Recent scholarship is increasingly regarding the Gospel of Thomas as part of the tradition from which the canonical gospels eventually emerged; in any case both of these documents are important as showing us what the ...
See also:New Testament apocrypha, New Testament apocrypha - Infancy Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Judeo-Christian Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Rival versions of canonical Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Anti-Christian texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sayings Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Morality Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Passion Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Harmonic Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Gnostic esoterica, New Testament apocrypha - General Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sethian Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Cainite Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Ritual Diagrams, New Testament apocrypha - Fate of Mary, New Testament apocrypha - Acts of the Apostles, New Testament apocrypha - Epistles, New Testament apocrypha - Visions, New Testament apocrypha - Miscellany, New Testament apocrypha - Fragments, New Testament apocrypha - Lost works, New Testament apocrypha - A note about orthodoxy, New Testament apocrypha - External links Read more here: » New Testament apocrypha: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Sayings Gospels |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Passion Gospels A number of Gospels are concerned specifically with the Passion (i.e. Jesus' death, and Resurrection):
The Gospel of Peter
The Gospel of Nicodemus (also called the "Acts of Pilate")
The Gospel of Bartholomew
The Questions of Bartholomew
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (which claims to be according to Bartholomew)
Although there are three texts which take Bartholomew's name, it may be the case that one of the Questions of Bartholomew or the Resurrection of Jesus Chr ...
See also:New Testament apocrypha, New Testament apocrypha - Infancy Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Judeo-Christian Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Rival versions of canonical Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Anti-Christian texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sayings Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Morality Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Passion Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Harmonic Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Gnostic esoterica, New Testament apocrypha - General Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sethian Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Cainite Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Ritual Diagrams, New Testament apocrypha - Fate of Mary, New Testament apocrypha - Acts of the Apostles, New Testament apocrypha - Epistles, New Testament apocrypha - Visions, New Testament apocrypha - Miscellany, New Testament apocrypha - Fragments, New Testament apocrypha - Lost works, New Testament apocrypha - A note about orthodoxy, New Testament apocrypha - External links Read more here: » New Testament apocrypha: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Passion Gospels |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Heresy - Contemporary heresy Today, heresy can be without a religious context as the holding of ideas that are in fundamental disagreement with the status quo in any practice and branch of knowledge. Religion is not a necessary component of the term's definition. [1] For example, Charles Darwin of natural selection fame was considered a heretic of his day. Other people considered heretics were Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Copernicus, and many others. The revisionist paleontologist Robert T. Bakker, who published his findings as The Dinosaur Heresies, jokingly treated the mainstream ...
See also:Heresy, Heresy - Etymology, Heresy - Religious heresy, Heresy - Christianity, Heresy - Heresy in Judaism, Heresy - Heresy in Islam, Heresy - Contemporary heresy Read more here: » Heresy: Encyclopedia II - Heresy - Contemporary heresy |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Garden of Eden - Geography The Book of Genesis contains little information on the garden itself. It was home to both the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, as well as an abundance of other vegetation that could feed Adam and Eve.
"A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers".
The text asserts that within the Garden the river divided into four branches: Tigris, Euphrates, Pishon and Gihon. The identity of the latter two rivers have been the subject of endless argumen ...
See also:Garden of Eden, Garden of Eden - Geography, Garden of Eden - Alternate locations, Garden of Eden - Dilmun, Garden of Eden - Sumerians, Garden of Eden - LDS Geography for Eden, Garden of Eden - Eden as Paradise, Garden of Eden - Etymology, Garden of Eden - Eden in Art Read more here: » Garden of Eden: Encyclopedia II - Garden of Eden - Geography |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Acts of the Apostles Several texts concern themselves with the subsequent lives of the apostles:
Works said to be written by Leucius Charinus (known as the Leucian Acts), a companion of John the apostle.
The Acts of John
The Acts of Peter (the concluding part of which was sometimes separate and named Martyrdom of Peter)
The Acts of Andrew (also called the Gospel of Andrew)
The Acts of Thomas
The Acts of Paul, which contained within it texts which were sometimes found separately including:
The Third Epistle to the Cor ...
See also:New Testament apocrypha, New Testament apocrypha - Infancy Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Judeo-Christian Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Rival versions of canonical Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Anti-Christian texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sayings Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Morality Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Passion Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Harmonic Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Gnostic esoterica, New Testament apocrypha - General Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sethian Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Cainite Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Ritual Diagrams, New Testament apocrypha - Fate of Mary, New Testament apocrypha - Acts of the Apostles, New Testament apocrypha - Epistles, New Testament apocrypha - Visions, New Testament apocrypha - Miscellany, New Testament apocrypha - Fragments, New Testament apocrypha - Lost works, New Testament apocrypha - A note about orthodoxy, New Testament apocrypha - External links Read more here: » New Testament apocrypha: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Acts of the Apostles |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Infancy Gospels The paucity of information about the childhood of Jesus in the canonical Gospels led to a hunger of early Christians for more detail about the early life of Jesus. This was supplied by a number of 2nd century and later texts, known as infancy gospels, none of the which were accepted into the Biblical canon, but the very number of their surviving manuscripts attest to their continued popularity:
The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (also called the Birth of Mary and Infancy of the Saviour) which is based on
The Pro ...
See also:New Testament apocrypha, New Testament apocrypha - Infancy Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Judeo-Christian Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Rival versions of canonical Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Anti-Christian texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sayings Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Morality Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Passion Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Harmonic Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Gnostic esoterica, New Testament apocrypha - General Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sethian Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Cainite Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Ritual Diagrams, New Testament apocrypha - Fate of Mary, New Testament apocrypha - Acts of the Apostles, New Testament apocrypha - Epistles, New Testament apocrypha - Visions, New Testament apocrypha - Miscellany, New Testament apocrypha - Fragments, New Testament apocrypha - Lost works, New Testament apocrypha - A note about orthodoxy, New Testament apocrypha - External links Read more here: » New Testament apocrypha: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Infancy Gospels |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Judeo-Christian Gospels The sects within the early church that retained a strong allegiance to Judaism, upholding Jewish law, used a Gospel specific to themselves:
The Gospel of the Hebrews
The Gospel of the Nazarenes
The Gospel of the Ebionites
Since these mostly survive as quotes scattered amongst critical commentaries by catholic Christians, some modern theories suggest that these may be variations on one another, although the quotations from the Gospel of the Ebionites appear more distinct than the others. It has also been suggested that the Gospel of the Hebrews may ...
See also:New Testament apocrypha, New Testament apocrypha - Infancy Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Judeo-Christian Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Rival versions of canonical Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Anti-Christian texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sayings Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Morality Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Passion Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Harmonic Gospels, New Testament apocrypha - Gnostic esoterica, New Testament apocrypha - General Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Sethian Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Cainite Gnostic Texts, New Testament apocrypha - Ritual Diagrams, New Testament apocrypha - Fate of Mary, New Testament apocrypha - Acts of the Apostles, New Testament apocrypha - Epistles, New Testament apocrypha - Visions, New Testament apocrypha - Miscellany, New Testament apocrypha - Fragments, New Testament apocrypha - Lost works, New Testament apocrypha - A note about orthodoxy, New Testament apocrypha - External links Read more here: » New Testament apocrypha: Encyclopedia II - New Testament apocrypha - Judeo-Christian Gospels |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Etymology The word gnosticism comes from the Greek word for knowledge, gnosis (γνώσις), referring to the idea that there is special esoteric knowledge, a key to transcendent understanding, that only a few may possess. Since this is one of the few common defining characteristics of systems typically referred to as 'gnostic', it is an ideal blanket term.
Gnosis refers to knowledge of the second kind; therefore, the movements referred to as "gnostic" should be understood as being reliant not on knowledge in a general sense, but ...
See also:Gnosticism, Gnosticism - Etymology, Gnosticism - Background and origins of gnosticism, Gnosticism - Theology and cosmology, Gnosticism - The classic gnostic myth, Gnosticism - The Valentinian Gnostic creation myth, Gnosticism - Matter, Gnosticism - Gnostic conceptions of humanity, Gnosticism - Lifestyle, Gnosticism - Gnostic sects, Gnosticism - Sources, Gnosticism - Gnostic texts, Gnosticism - Notable Gnostics, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in modern times, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in popular culture Read more here: » Gnosticism: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Etymology |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Background and origins of gnosticism The ultimate foundational elements of gnosticism are pre-Christian. That said, the exact origins of Gnosticism are a subject of dispute amongst scholars: some think Gnosticism is fundamentally pagan in origin, but has adopted a Christian veneer; others trace its origin to Judaism; yet others think it derives from Jesus, and is a development of his teaching that is arguably as valid as the orthodox one. Others still regard Gnosticism as a religious tradition in itself, the manifestation in related "systems" of a perennial philosophy of ...
See also:Gnosticism, Gnosticism - Etymology, Gnosticism - Background and origins of gnosticism, Gnosticism - Theology and cosmology, Gnosticism - The classic gnostic myth, Gnosticism - The Valentinian Gnostic creation myth, Gnosticism - Matter, Gnosticism - Gnostic conceptions of humanity, Gnosticism - Lifestyle, Gnosticism - Gnostic sects, Gnosticism - Sources, Gnosticism - Gnostic texts, Gnosticism - Notable Gnostics, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in modern times, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in popular culture Read more here: » Gnosticism: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Background and origins of gnosticism |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Satanism - Non-Satanic Sects There are many groups which are commonly misconceived as Satanic. There are two common definitions of a Satanic religion:
Any religion that consciously recognizes and worships "Satan," usually referring either to a "dark" deity (similar to the Christian Satan, though usually lacking the evil or unnaturalness associated with it) or a conceptual Satan, often referring to a so-called "true" nature of Mankind.
Some religions that do not follow the Christian religion or recognize Jesu ...
See also:Satanism, Satanism - History, Satanism - Satan within Judaism Christianity Islam and Ayyavazhi, Satanism - Types and approaches within Satanism, Satanism - Margolinian Satanism, Satanism - Philosophical Satanism, Satanism - Religious Satanism, Satanism - Sat/Tan Satanism, Satanism - Satanic cults, Satanism - Other Organizations Groups Etc., Satanism - Satanic philosophy, Satanism - Criticisms of Satanism, Satanism - Non-Satanic Sects Read more here: » Satanism: Encyclopedia II - Satanism - Non-Satanic Sects |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Ethics in the Bible - Selected ethical theories contrasted with the Bible
Ethics in the Bible - Aristotle / Virtue ethics.
Aristotle in his ethical works focuses on virtues--i.e. laudible characteristics which ought to be cultivated, such as courage and temperance. One focus of critique might be his choice of virtues. For example, some religious traditions value humility, while others see pride as superior. (Aristotle would probably refer us to the Golden Mean, i.e., that we ought to be neither too proud, nor not proud enough.)
A more fundamental critique might focus on the proj ...
See also:Ethics in the Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the New Testament, Ethics in the Bible - Ethical issues, Ethics in the Bible - The Divine command theory of ethics, Ethics in the Bible - God's benevolence, Ethics in the Bible - Teleological ethics vs. Deontological ethics, Ethics in the Bible - Selected ethical theories contrasted with the Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Aristotle / Virtue ethics, Ethics in the Bible - Utilitarianism, Ethics in the Bible - Kant, Ethics in the Bible - Ethical skepticism Read more here: » Ethics in the Bible: Encyclopedia II - Ethics in the Bible - Selected ethical theories contrasted with the Bible |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Lifestyle Most Gnostics practiced celibacy and asceticism, on the grounds that the pleasures of the flesh induced the subject to remain ignorant of spiritual realities; a few however practiced libertinism, arguing since the body was evil they should defile it, or that since the body was evil it did not matter what was done with it. This led to further distrust, and was an accusation leveled against other ...
See also:Gnosticism, Gnosticism - Etymology, Gnosticism - Background and origins of gnosticism, Gnosticism - Theology and cosmology, Gnosticism - The classic gnostic myth, Gnosticism - The Valentinian Gnostic creation myth, Gnosticism - Matter, Gnosticism - Gnostic conceptions of humanity, Gnosticism - Lifestyle, Gnosticism - Gnostic sects, Gnosticism - Sources, Gnosticism - Gnostic texts, Gnosticism - Notable Gnostics, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in modern times, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in popular culture Read more here: » Gnosticism: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Lifestyle |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Ethics in the Bible - Ethical issues
Ethics in the Bible - The Divine command theory of ethics.
One familiar answer to the question of "Why is x morally right" (or wrong) is, "Because God says so." But why should we obey God?
It is easy to think of reasons as to why (assuming God exists) it might be prudent to obey God, out of fear of divine punishment. However, this is obviously a very different matter from ethics. We do not say that the emergence of a powerful ruler (e.g. Hitler) determines what is right and wrong in the moral sense. ...
See also:Ethics in the Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the New Testament, Ethics in the Bible - Ethical issues, Ethics in the Bible - The Divine command theory of ethics, Ethics in the Bible - God's benevolence, Ethics in the Bible - Teleological ethics vs. Deontological ethics, Ethics in the Bible - Selected ethical theories contrasted with the Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Aristotle / Virtue ethics, Ethics in the Bible - Utilitarianism, Ethics in the Bible - Kant, Ethics in the Bible - Ethical skepticism Read more here: » Ethics in the Bible: Encyclopedia II - Ethics in the Bible - Ethical issues |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Sources We have two main historical sources for information on Gnosticism: critiques on Gnosticism by orthodox Christians (i.e. Heresiologies such as those written by Tertullian, Hippolytus, Irenaeus and Epiphanius of Salamis), and the original Gnostic works.
Neither of these two sources is entirely satisfactory. Attacks on Gnosticism by orthodox Christians, hostile as they are, most likely suffer from some degree of bias; and orthodox Christians had a tendency to conflate the many differing groups opposing them. There were considerably more Gnostic scriptures written than orthodox Christian ones, which are hinted ...
See also:Gnosticism, Gnosticism - Etymology, Gnosticism - Background and origins of gnosticism, Gnosticism - Theology and cosmology, Gnosticism - The classic gnostic myth, Gnosticism - The Valentinian Gnostic creation myth, Gnosticism - Matter, Gnosticism - Gnostic conceptions of humanity, Gnosticism - Lifestyle, Gnosticism - Gnostic sects, Gnosticism - Sources, Gnosticism - Gnostic texts, Gnosticism - Notable Gnostics, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in modern times, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in popular culture Read more here: » Gnosticism: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Sources |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Heresy - Etymology The word "heresy" comes from the Greek αιρεσις, hairesis (from αιρεομαι, haireomai, "choose"), which means either a choice of beliefs or a faction of dissident believers. It was given wide currency by Irenaeus in his tract Contra Haereses (Against Heresies) to describe and discredit his opponents in the early Christian Church. He described his own position as orthodox (from ortho- "straight" + doxa "thinking") and his position eventually evolved into the pos ...
See also:Heresy, Heresy - Etymology, Heresy - Religious heresy, Heresy - Christianity, Heresy - Heresy in Judaism, Heresy - Heresy in Islam, Heresy - Contemporary heresy Read more here: » Heresy: Encyclopedia II - Heresy - Etymology |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Adam and Eve - The life of Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve - Adam's creation.
Adam is said, in the torah, to have been created from the dust of the earth, and in the Talmud (Tractate Sanhedrin 38b) is, more specifically, described as having initially been a golem (a bit like a zombie slave) kneaded together from mud. The important early Islamic commentator Tabari adds a number of details, based on claimed hadith as well as Jewish traditions (so-called isra'iliyyat). Tabari records that when it came time to create Adam, God sent Gabriel, then Michael, ...
See also:Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve - Interpretation of names, Adam and Eve - The life of Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve - Adam's creation, Adam and Eve - The fall of Satan, Adam and Eve - Eve's creation, Adam and Eve - Traditions regarding Adam and other wives, Adam and Eve - The Fall of Man, Adam and Eve - East of Eden, Adam and Eve - Historicity, Adam and Eve - Ancestry and evolutionary biology, Adam and Eve - The Sumerian connection, Adam and Eve - Cultural influence Read more here: » Adam and Eve: Encyclopedia II - Adam and Eve - The life of Adam and Eve |
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| | | | | Ophites: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Overview The occult nature of gnostic teaching (as seen from a modern viewpoint) and the fact that much of the material relating to the schools comprising Gnosticism has traditionally come from critiques by orthodox Christians make it difficult to be precise about early Christian gnostic systems. Irenaeus (Adversus Haereses) described several different schools of 2nd century gnosticism in disparaging and often sarcastic detail while contrasting them with Christianity, to their detriment. Nevertheless, most discussion of gnosticism relied heavi ...
See also:Gnosticism, Gnosticism - Overview, Gnosticism - Etymology, Gnosticism - Background and origins of gnosticism, Gnosticism - Theology and cosmology, Gnosticism - The classic gnostic myth, Gnosticism - The Valentinian Gnostic creation myth, Gnosticism - Matter, Gnosticism - Gnostic conceptions of humanity, Gnosticism - Lifestyle, Gnosticism - Gnostic sects, Gnosticism - Sources, Gnosticism - Gnostic texts, Gnosticism - Notable Gnostics, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in modern times, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in popular culture Read more here: » Gnosticism: Encyclopedia II - Gnosticism - Overview |
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