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Old 10-19-2017, 05:27 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by Ohio View Post
This comment has no historical basis.

Gnosticism and endless Greek philosophies existed long before the Apostles.

Read the story about Paul's first visit to Athens, Greece in Acts 17.
Note that the context is within early Christianity, not the idea of gnosticism in general. And gnosticism further found its foothold in Christianity when certain early church Bishops started to follow it.

If it has no historical basis, why did I get it from Wikipedia which cites this source?

Magris, Aldo (2005), "Gnosticism: Gnosticism from its origins to the Middle Ages (further considerations)", in Jones, Lindsay, MacMillan Encyclopdia of Religion, MacMillan


Just another one of your uneducated and ill-informed remarks.
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