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Originally Posted by Jo S
Do the four gospels teach 4 different Christ's? Isn't it the same death, burial, and resurrection in all four? Gnosticism/mysticism teach a different gospel altogether. With a different gospel comes a different Jesus and with a different Jesus comes a different spirit (2 Corinthians 11:4)
Since you use wikipedia as an authority in your arguments, here is a snippet from their website;
"Gnosis refers to knowledge based on personal experience or perception. In a religious context, gnosis is mystical or esoteric knowledge based on direct participation with the divine."
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It's not saying what you said. "mysticism.. is also known as gnosticism"
That's not correct. Mysticism is not the same as Gnosticism, they are different things.
Gnosticism does involve mysticism and that's what the wikipedia says. But mysticism is not Gnosticism. Christian mysticism has nothing to do with Gnosticism unless it denies Jesus coming in the flesh (in which case it is not Christian at all). But Gnosticism does involve mysticism. And there is no such thing as "Christian gnosticism" because they are mutually exclusive systems of belief.
To explain more clearly - mysticism is found in all religions and is a broad term. So there is Jewish mysticism, Christian mysticism, Muslim mysticism etc. But Gnosticism is another religion/belief system - and so there is Gnostic mysticism.