Concept in Definition ABC

The term gnosis refers in our language and also in the language Greek knowledge. But it is not a basic or regular knowledge of anything, that is scientific or rational, but traditionally gnosis implies a type of spiritual and intuitive knowledge of issues such as divinity, God, among others, and that opportunely knew to be what the Gnostics most wanted to achieve, as the followers of the gnosticism.

Gnosticism knew how to be a doctrine who mixed philosophical and religious questions and who knew how to impose himself with force back in the first years of the life of the Catholic Church and that as such it pursued the objective of achieve a knowledge about the divine through intuition basically and not reason or faith herself.

This is precisely its main difference with the monotheistic religions that prevailed in those years, since as we know, religions such as Christianity and Judaism, are sustained especially by the faith that the faithful have and which precisely moves them to accept without discussion and firmly the proposed dogmas.

This current reached a remarkable influence in the city of Alexandria back in the 2nd century AD. and until the next century it remained in force and was respected, however, later, from Christianity itself it was declared as a heresy and was treated as such.
Its origin is closely linked to culture and tradition Greek. The Greeks knew how to be pioneers in deepening the knowledge of the hidden truths of man and the world.

For Gnosticism, the fact that Christ has sacrificed himself for men does not affect their salvation but rather they are the men per se, reaching divine gnosis by their own means who will finally achieve their salvation and be at the side of God. Only through gnosis will the enlightenment of the spirit be achieved, leading to salvation.

Undoubtedly, it is a current that, in addition to Christian influence, received contributions from the philosophy Platonic and also Eastern philosophies.