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Definition of Gnosis
1. Noun. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics.
Definition of Gnosis
1. n. The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.
Definition of Gnosis
1. Noun. (gnosticism) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics. ¹
2. Noun. Act or process of knowing. ¹
3. Noun. (occult) An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gnosis
1. mystical knowledge [n GNOSES]
Medical Definition of Gnosis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnosis
Literary usage of Gnosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, K. F. Th Schneider (1853)
"... and hence these different modes give rise to the distinction of an Alexandrian
and of a Syrian gnosis (which latter was particularly modified by the ..."
2. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1897)
"But as the gnosis is the Science ... Besides this, the great Teachers who professed
the so-called " false gnosis " were very numerous in the days of the ..."
3. Lectures on the History of Christian Dogmas by August Neander (1858)
"Dr. Baur, in his work on the Christian gnosis has combated this view, because it
treats gnosis as something too indefinite; but it is evident from what has ..."
4. The Table Talk and Omniana of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With Additional Table by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1888)
"It is this gnosis, or knowingness, which the Apostle says puffeth up,—not ...
The Epistle to the Hebrews is the only instance of gnosis in the canon : it ..."
5. Lectures on the Influence of the Apostle Paul on the Development of by Otto Pfleiderer (1885)
"The Paulinism of the Church opposed to this false gnosis, which reminds us of
Cerinthus, the true gnosis, to its phantastic ..."
6. Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1901)
"To sum up : Paul reckoned gnosis as among the highest gifts of grace belonging
to the church ... Respect for gnosis is a pre-Christian, Hellenic phenomenon ..."
7. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"To the Apostle Paul, gnosis was a function of the spiritual man (I Cor. ii.
11 sqq.), which every Christian possessed in its essentials. ..."
8. The Gospel According to Peter: A Study by Walter Richard Cassels (1894)
"'This gnosis doubtless began its operation early, and reached a climax towards
the fourth century ; but then it had ceased to be creative, and had become ..."
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