Originally, Gnostics simply called themselves, «Knowledge seekers» as
Gnosis means Knowledge, the idea being, if Truth is ONE, then all Knowledge Seekers who GENUINELY seek the truth, should eventually end up at the same view, but by their own paths.
In the Greek language,
gnosis means knowledge, so the Gnostics taught that in order to really receive all that God wanted for you, you had to be inducted into a special and deeper knowledge of God.
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Needless to say this implies no derogation of science or
gnosis — it
means only that one does not apply intellectual criteria to all things human and that one states in a new way that man is not only a subject for knowledge but is also a subject in the process of making his own existence.
The Greek «
gnosis»
means «knowledge», the «a» before it
means «without».
This
meant a true religious revolution in which devotion absorbed and overcame
gnosis.
Although unravelling these intricate plots can be entertaining, if you find yourself constantly going to the glossary to research why a Fal «Cie's depleting Eleth
means they may find it tough to face the
Gnosis, you're spending too much time trying to understand the world you're playing in instead of actually playing in it.