num_pages: 188
description: The Greek word 'gnosis' means knowledge; the Gnostics themselves used it to refer to the spiritual knowledge they believed would redeem them from what they regarded as the inherent evil of the material universe. As a mystical alternative tradition within Christianity, Gnosticism suffered the hostility of the official church and, as a result, remains largely unknown or misunderstood to this day.
language: English
title: The Gnostics
titlecomplete: The Gnostics
genres: Spirituality, History, Esoterica, Philosophy, Religion, Gnosticism, Nonfiction, Christianity
ratings_count: 109
publisher: BARNES & NOBLE