Gnosticism
Jul. 21st, 2006 01:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartThere was a program on the German-speaking channel 3sat - I think it's actually an Austrian or Swiss one, I'm not sure, but it usually brings documentaries and cultural stuff - about the scripts found in Nag Hammadi, Egypt. Alas, I missed almost the whole thing, all I saw was a short info about the Gospel of Thomas. Next Thursday they'll show the second part of it, I hope I won't forget.
Personally, I know too little about the Gnosis to make a judgement. It was a certain teaching of wisdom and how to reach the Divine in us through it, if I understand it correctly. Both the Jewish and the Christian officials had a problem with it, and it practically vanished from human teaching as philosophies, save from a few interested individuals. I'd like to learn more, though, some day. Not now, though - I've got my hands full at the moment.
Personally, I know too little about the Gnosis to make a judgement. It was a certain teaching of wisdom and how to reach the Divine in us through it, if I understand it correctly. Both the Jewish and the Christian officials had a problem with it, and it practically vanished from human teaching as philosophies, save from a few interested individuals. I'd like to learn more, though, some day. Not now, though - I've got my hands full at the moment.
