num_pages: 170
description: If any group, which shared in the Christian mystery, possessed the esoteric secrets of the early Church, it was the Gnostics. This order preserved to the end the high ethical and rational standards which confer honor upon a teaching. The Church therefore attacked Gnosticism vigorously and relentlessly, recognizing these mystical philosophers as being the most formidable adversaries to the temporal power of Christian theology.
language: English
title: The Wisdom of the Knowing Ones: Gnosticism: The Key to Esoteric Christianity
titlecomplete: The Wisdom of the Knowing Ones: Gnosticism: The Key to Esoteric Christianity
genres: Spirituality, Esoterica, Philosophy, Religion, Gnosticism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 95
publisher: Philosophical Research Society