Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 4:26 AM
Site: Thirdmill Online Courses
Course: The Apostles' Creed (eAPC)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-3
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Gnosticism

Early heresy from the first centuries after Christ. Among other things, they believed that material things were evil, including the human body, which was a prison of the human soul. They consequently believed that God would never take on the form of human flesh, and therefore denied that Jesus was both God and man.