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Sloane, J. P. "Modern psychology, ancient gnosticism repackaged." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p091-0052.
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Longnecker, Eric C. "The Johannine epistles and incipient Gnosticism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.
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Willer, Claudio Jorge. "Um obscuro encanto: gnose, gnosticismo e poesia moderna." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8156/tde-27082008-135709/.
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A presente tese é sobre gnosticismo, doutrina religiosa da Antiguidade tardia, em sua relação com a poesia. Procura circunscrever seu âmbito, definir suas características e localizar seus principais temas: entre outros, o dualismo, os mito do demiurgo, das duas almas, do andrógino primordial, sua noção do tempo e sua relação com hermetismo, astrologia e alquimia. Mostra como mitos e temas gnósticos e até um estilo, um modo gnóstico de escrever, reaparecem ou são retomados por poetas românticos, simbolistas e modernistas, inclusive aqueles de língua portuguesa. Entre outros, examina William Blake, Novalis, Gérard de Nerval, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Lautréamont, Breton, Fernando Pessoa, Dario Veloso e Hilda Hilst. Sustenta que, sendo arcaico e anacrônico em seu dualismo e sua complexa cosmovisão e teologia, ao mesmo tempo o gnosticismo pode ser associado a uma mentalidade moderna e, como parte dela, a criações literárias, algumas inovadoras, pelo caráter sincrético e por formular uma crítica total, cósmica, na era da crítica. Também mostra como poetas não apenas absorveram ou reproduziram aquela doutrina, mas o fizeram de modo pessoal e original, transformando-a e reinventando-a. E, principalmente, como, utilizando suas categorias e temas, tentaram promover uma subversão do senso comum, da percepção instituída do mundo, justificando paralelos do gnosticismo como misticismo rebelde com a rebelião romântica e seus continuadores.The present thesis is about Gnosticism, the religious doctrine of Late Antiquity, in its relationship to poetry. The focus is to establish the realm of Gnosticism, to define its characteristics, and to locate its main themes. Dualism, the myth of the demiurge, the two souls, the primordial androgynous, its notion of time, and relations of Gnosticism with Hermetism, Astrology and Alchemy are, amongst others, some of the subjects and themes. The thesis shows how Gnostic myths and subjects and even a Gnostic style of writing reappear or is resumed by romantic poets, symbolists and modernists, including those of Portuguese language. Among others, examines William Blake, Novalis, Gérard de Nerval, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Lautréamont, Breton, Fernando Pessoa, Dario Veloso and Hilda Hilst. Holds that Gnosticism, being archaic and anachronic in its dualism, complex weltanschauung and theology, can be associated at the same time with a modern mentality and, as part of it, with literary creations, some innovative, for its syncretism and its formulation of a total and cosmic review in the era of the criticism. Finally, also shows how poets didn\'t just absorb or reproduce that doctrine, but that they did it in a personal and original way, transforming and reinventing Gnosticism. And, most outstandingly, how, using its categories and themes, poets encouraged subversion of the common sense, and the formal perception of the world, therefore justifying parallels of Gnosticism as a rebellious mysticism with the Romantic rebellion and its followers.
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Fällström, Åke. "Modern gnosticism och New Age : en jämförande studie." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-505.
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Förhållandet mellan modern gnosticism och New Age har visat sig vara oklar i den aktuella akademiska diskussionen. I denna studie gjordes ett försök att bringa en större ordning i denna aktuella akademiska diskussion. Huvudsyftet var att jämföra modern gnosticism och New Age utifrån några valda verk, och se vilka likheter och skillnader som fanns. Metoden som användes var deskription och komparation. Studien visade att det fanns både likheter och skillnader. Den största likheten kan sägas bestå av att båda fenomenen är individcentrerade. Den främsta auktoriteten finns inom människan. En annan likhet är att båda rörelserna har en oppositionell karaktär. På det andliga planet är man mot den etablerade, institutionaliserade och hierarkiska formen av religion. Den största skillnaden mellan de båda handlar om två närliggande existentiella frågor som verkar vara förbehållet modern gnosticism. Det handlar om människan som en främling inför tillvaron, och hennes utkastade tillstånd i denna världen.
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Linde, Fabian. "The Spirit of Revolt : Nikolai Berdiaev's Existential Gnosticism." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Slaviska institutionen, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-47137.
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This thesis is a study of the Russian religious philosopher Nikolai Berdiaev (1874-1948). The aim of the thesis is to re-examine the alleged gnostic subtext in Berdiaev’s thought by exploring a number of interrelated motifs in his world outlook, teaching on man and theory of knowledge. The method employed is a close reading of Berdiaev's philosophical and autobiographical writings. In order to establish which motifs should be examined, how they are to be understood and the manner in which they are interconnected, a scrutiny is made of Hans Jonas’s phenomenological elucidation of ancient Gnosticism. A synthetic conception labelled Jonasian Gnosticism is proposed as the interpretive framework, in order to provide a unitary and consistent heuristic tool with which to investigate the topic, and to distinguish the specific proposed representation of Gnosticism from other existing ones. A chapter is devoted to an analysis of the concept of gnosis as employed by Berdiaev. Another key notion taken from the Jonasian framework is that of demundanization, which denotes among other things a rejectionary attitude towards the world grounded in a negative experience of evil and suffering. Varieties of dualism as well as Berdiaev’s doctrine of the human spirit’s otherworldly origin and non-belonging in the world, constitute other issues that are examined. In addition, both Berdiaev’s assessment of historical Gnosticism and his view of a gnostic return in modern times are examined. The study demonstrates the complexity of Berdiaev’s attitude towards the classic Gnostics, and his attempt to denounce Gnosticism while at the same time making a case for a Christian gnosis. The results suggest both affinities and divergences in the relationship between Berdiaev’s thought and Jonasian Gnosticism. Even though the doctrinal standpoints diverge on crucial points, it is argued that a suggestive affinity nevertheless exists in the shared existential attitude towards self and world.
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Magnusson, Jörgen. "Rethinking the Gospel of truth : a study of its eastern Valentinian setting /." Uppsala : Uppsala universitet : Religionshistoria, Teologiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet [distributör], Universitetstryckeriet), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7092.
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Heier, Paul. "An examination of similarities between the false teaching John addressed in his first epistle and the rise of incipient gnosticism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Zelyck, Lorne Robert. "The Gnostics' use of the fourth gospel in the second century." Deerfield, IL : Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.006-1557.
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May, Richard. "Gnosticism and modernity : an archaeology of the influence of Valentinian Gnosticism on modern systems of thought through the theological theme of Sophiology." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2015. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/14183/.
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This thesis investigates the influence of second century Gnosticism (Valentinian Gnosticism) on modern systems of thought. It contends that such an influence does exists and that Gnosticism, although often neglected, is one significant hermeneutical approach to understanding influential modern philosophical and theological cultures such as German Idealism and Sophiology. It attempts to demonstrate these claims by broadly adhering to a Foucauldian archaeological methodology that focuses on the historical development of a particular theological theme: Sophiology.
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Donadon, Daniel Bueno 1983. "Adversus Haereses, de Ireneu de Lyon = tradução e comentários." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/270759.
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Resumo: Neste trabalho é apresentada uma tradução do primeiro livro da obra Adversus Haereses (Contras as Heresias), de autoria do bispo cristão Ireneu de Lyon. Escrito na segunda metade do século II d.C., o livro apresenta o pensamento gnóstico como algo distinto do ensinamento apostólico, algo que o autor se empenha em refutar para fundamentar um dogmatismo ortodoxo para a fé cristã. A motivação desse trabalho não é somente o de trazer à comunidade um livro talvez pouco conhecido, mas também o de contextualizar o complexo processo de formação do pensamento cristão, que pouco após seu início transitou de uma tradição judaica fechada em si mesma para um mundo helenístico de diversas filosofias concorrentes, dentre as quais se destaca os primórdios do neo-platonismo. A escolha do primeiro dentre os cinco tomos da obra completa foi feita por ser o único que pôde ser quase totalmente restaurado em sua escrita grega original, através de longas citações feitas pelos heresiógrafos que o seguiram. Não apenas isso, mas o corpo da filosofia gnóstica é exposta somente neste primeiro livro, centrando-se no comentário do sistema valentiniano. Um breve ensaio introduz os temas do cristianismo, do judaísmo e do helenismo para melhor compreensão dessa obra de Ireneu de Lyon
Abstract: This work presents a translation of the first book of Irenaeus's Adversus Haereses (Against the Heresies). Bishop Irenaeus of Lyon wrote his work on the second half of the second century A. D., and through it he exposed the flourishing gnostic thought as being in opposition to the apostolic teaching. He endeavored to refute these new ideas in order to support the dogmatic orthodoxy of Christian faith. This present translation is not only an effort to bring into Portuguese language a book hardly known to the community but also an attempt to discuss the complex formation of the early Christian thought, which passed from a hermetic Jewish tradition to a Hellenistic world of philosophies, including notably that of Neo-Platonism. The choice of translating the first book out of the five tomes written by Irenaeus is not without reason: it is the only book which can almost completely be rendered in its original Greek language through the juxtaposition of copious quotations made by early theologists, while the remaining books are existent only in a barbarous version of Latin. Not only that, but also the gnostic philosophy which is discussed in this work is exposed only in the first book, which devotes itself to denounce the ideas of the Valentine's gnostic school and those of his disciples'
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Lacroix, Francis. "Plotin. Traité 6 (IV 8) Sur la descente de l’âme dans les corps : introduction, traduction et commentaire." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PSLEP037.
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La thèse vise à introduire, traduire et commenter le traité 6 (IV 8) Sur la descente de l’âme dans les corps de Plotin. L’introduction tente de remettre le traité dans le contexte historique dans lequel Plotin évoluait, à savoir un monde romain où le christianisme émergeait, mais celui-ci étant encore instable, plusieurs sectes s’immiscent dans les débats métaphysiques de l’époque. Parmi ces hérésies chrétiennes se retrouvent plusieurs groupuscules que l’on rassemble sous l’appellation « gnostiques », avec qui Plotin a assurément échangé pendant qu’il enseignait à Rome, puisqu’il a rédigé un traité qui s’efforce de les réfuter (33 [II 9], Contre les gnostiques). Dans cette thèse, nous cherchons donc à déterminer l’apport des gnostiques dans le traité 6 (IV 8), notamment en lien avec l’idée principale que Plotin avance, nommément la théorie de la non-descente partielle de l’âme. Pour ce faire, nous présentons d’abord la mystique plotinienne de l’Intellect, puisque le traité débute sur cet aspect primordial pour comprendre la doctrine stipulée par le philosophe. Ensuite, nous abordons les points les plus importants dans la conception plotinienne de l'âme, ce qui nous permet de mieux comprendre la vision générale du philosophe. Cette introduction se penche finalement sur les sources de Plotin dans le traité 6 (IV 8), mais aussi dans tous ses premiers écrits, pour ainsi établir une corrélation avec certains textes gnostiques, principalement ceux appartenant à la tradition séthienne platonisante. La traduction qui s’ensuit permet donc de jeter un regard plus juste sur le texte grec, puisque nous avons préalablement déterminé à qui s’adressait Plotin dans son traité. Le commentaire élaboré couvre enfin la totalité des huit chapitres et explique le texte ligne par ligne en insistant sur les liens qui peuvent être faits avec les différents courants de penséeThe thesis aims to introduce, translate in French and comment Plotinus’s treatise 6 (IV 8) On the Descent of Soul into Bodies. The introduction elaborates on the historical context in which Plotinus was teaching, namely a Roman Empire overruned by an emergent christianism, yet instable, since many sectaries interfered in the metaphysical debates in vigour at the moment. Among these Christian heresies can be found a plethor of groupuscules reassembled under the aegis of the name « Gnostics », with whom Plotinus assuredly debated while he was teaching at Rome, since he dedicated a treatise to refute them (33 [II 9] Against the Gnostics). Therefore, this thesis endeavours to determinate the Gnostic contribution to treatise 6 (IV 8) with a particular focus on the main theme that Plotinus put forward, namely the theory of the partial non-descent of the soul. To do so, we firstly present the plotinian mystic of the Intellect, since the treatise begins with this primordial aspect for the understanding of the neoplatonician doctrine. Secondly, we then address the principal points of Plotinus’s psychology, which allows us to grasp a general view of the neoplatonician conception. Thirdly, we finally examine Plotinus’s sources not only in treatise 6 (IV 8), but also in all his first writings, so that we can put them in relation with some Gnostics texts, especially with those called the platonizing sethians. Thus, the following translation is more accurate in regards of the Greek text, as beforehand we identified the interlocutors of Plotinus in his treatise. Finally, the elaborated commentary which covers the whole eight chapters provides a line-by-line explanation focusing on the link between this very treatise and the other currents of thought
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Hill, Robert Allan. "An examination and critique of the understanding of the relationship between apocalypticism and gnosticism in Johannine studies /." Thesis, McGill University, 1990. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=74664.
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In Johannine studies it is often assumed that apocalyptic eschatology offended the Gnostic and that vertical eschatology was uncharacteristic of the Apocalypticist. The thesis demonstrates that this assumption is unwarranted. First, the assumption is identified and described as it functions in Johannine studies. Second, the assumption is compared to the trend in current apocalyptic studies. Third, the assumption is compared to evidence from recently discovered gnostic tractates. The thesis concludes that this assumption, widely present in scholarship devoted to the Fourth Gospel, is unwarranted in light of contemporary apocalyptic studies, and in light of new evidence from gnostic documents. Consequently, a new understanding of eschatology in Gnosticism, parallel to the new trend in Apocalypticism, is needed. Further, the assumption can no longer function as it has in Johannine scholarship.
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Pinkerman, John. "Ascending to God the views of ascension in the Ascension of Isaiah and Valentinianism /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Casanova, Nora Celina. "Hell, Heaven and Alchemy in Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter" according to Gnosticism." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 2013. http://bdigital.uncu.edu.ar/5148.
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According to Gnosticism, the original sin which prompted man to be expelled from Heaven was the sin against the Holy Spirit. This offence would be strictly connected to sexuality, consisting mainly on fornication and adultery. The disobedient behavior towards the Lord’s Laws, then, made God banish sinners to a place where they should suffer until they could be redeemed by their own good deeds and saintly conduct. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main characters have to suffer the consequences of their sin and struggle against their own nature to achieve redemption and be purified.Fil: Casanova, Nora Celina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras.
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Geyer, Christopher Scott. "Is Thomas gnostic? a comparison of doctrines in the Gospel of Thomas to early gnosticism /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1183.
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Brownell, Richard R. "A new look at 1 John via the proto-Gnostic concept of Satan." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Prokopchuk, Steven Eldie. "Christ as the fulfilment [sic] of creation the doctrine of recapitulation in Irenaeus of Lyons /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
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Bonatto, Michele. "Pensamento e antítese : a gnose de Hans Jonas." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/104871.
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Hans Jonas (1903-1993) foi um filósofo judeu-alemão que sob os auspícios de Martin Heidegger desenvolveu uma leitura existencialista do fenômeno do gnosticismo, visto por ele como uma religião dualista cujos contornos antecedem e influenciam o Cristianismo Primitivo. Esta leitura tem ecos ainda hoje na reconstrução histórica do gnosticismo, ainda que alguns autores modernos como Michael Williams (1996) e Karen King (2001) tenham feito duras críticas. Na presente dissertação, verificamos que a análise de Jonas é permeada por conceitos antitéticos na formulação do problema gnóstico. São eles: oriente e ocidente, mito e misticismo, mitologia e filosofia, conhecimento e fé, princípio gnóstico e princípio de responsabilidade. Os conceitos antitéticos são limitativos, pois são assimétricos, isto é, a contraparte que pretendem definir é inferiorizada. (KOSELLECK, 2006) Embora Jonas tenha se voltado ao problema do organismo como ontologia após a experiência traumática da Segunda Guerra Mundial, o princípio gnóstico foi a pedra de toque para a formulação de outro princípio em seu período de maturidade: o princípio responsabilidade. Portanto, concordamos com Wadelstein (2000) quando afirma que a franca hostilidade ao princípio gnóstico do Jonas filósofo da natureza e da responsabilidade não permitiu que sua leitura do gnosticismo avançasse, não obstante a possibilidade de contato com os novos documentos de Nag Hammadi.Hans Jonas (1903-1993) was a German-Jew philosopher who developed an existentialist view to the gnostic phenomena under the scope and orientation of Martin Heidegger, which is a dualistic religion which boundaries had preceded and influenced the Early Christians. Such understanding has yet today played an important role on the historical reconstruction of Gnosticism, even though it has gathered heavy criticism from current scholars such as Michael Williams (1996) and Karen King (2001). In this dissertation is verified that Jonas‘analysis over Gnosticism is trespassed by non-ethical concepts in the basis to the development of the Gnostic construct. So they are: East and West; Myth and Mysticism; Mythology and Philosophy, Faith and Knowledge, Gnostic Principle and Responsibility Principle. Such non-ethical concepts are restrictive itselves since they are asymmetrical, namely, the counterpart they are supposed to define is diminished by them (KOSELLECK, 2006). Although Hans Jonas had turned to face the problem of the self as an ontological one, after World War II, it was the Gnostic Principle the linking point to the construction of his other Principle on his later days: the Responsibility Principle. So that, in accordance to Wadelstein (2000), it was due to the plain hostility towards Jonas’ construct on Gnostic Principle that prevented his understanding over gnosticism from advancing further, despite the possible conection of his ideas with the new-found Nag Hammadi papers.
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Hunt, Emily Jane. "Between Gnosticism and Montanism : Tatian and the development of a Christian philosophy." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367348.
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Logan, A. H. B. "Gnostic truth and christian heresy : a study in the history of gnosticism /." Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 1996. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb375129680.
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Arielo, Flávia Santos. "O Mal em Anticristo de Lars Von Trier: considerações sobre o mal, a teodiceia e o gnosticismo." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2013. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/1910.
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Previous issue date: 2013-12-05The investigation regarding the existence of evil in the world is confused by human existence. This investigation presents itself in a natural way to the theological world, practically referring to all religions-taking into consideration that the definition of good and evil are present in all of them. Also, in the philosophical field, from the Greek to the Contemporary, this is a theme that triggered many speeches and theories. The goal of this dissertation is to evaluate the evil from the cinematographic art, specifically using the film Antichrist, from the Danish director Lars Von Trier. For that reason, Philosophers and Theorists will be quoted from each religion that relates to the theme. With the unfolding of film plot, besides the evil, another two other references will be discussed: Theodicy and Gnosticism. Both the movie and the theme of evil allow for further reading and questioning of these tow concepts. It is indispensable to study those who try to justify God in respect to the evil in the world, hence the Theodicy theme, developed by the philosopher Leibniz, and that kept being debated for centuries. The Gnosticism starts the discussion from the cosmogenic and anthropogenic concepts. Viewed as one of the cults form primitive Christianity, Gnosticism spreads that the creation of the world and man was the act of an evil God. The analysis of the movie in question allows, through questioning in the characters dialogues and scenes, the relating of the problem of evil, Theodicy and Gnosticism in the world created by the Danish director
A investigação sobre a pertença do mal no mundo se confunde com a própria existência humana. Essa investigação se apresenta de forma natural ao mundo teológico, referente a praticamente todas as religiões - levando-se em consideração que as noções de bem e mal estão presentes em todas elas. Também no campo filosófico, dos gregos aos contemporâneos, é este um tema que incitou inúmeros discursos e teorias. O que se propõe nesta dissertação é avaliar o mal a partir da arte cinematográfica, especificamente tomando por objeto o filme Anticristo, do diretor dinamarquês Lars Von Trier. Para tanto, serão utilizados por princípios de pesquisa, filósofos e teóricos da religião que abarcaram o tema. Como desdobramento da história do filme, além do tema do mal e inserido nele, outros dois pontos referenciais serão sondados: a teodiceia e o gnosticismo. Tanto o filme quanto o tema do mal permitem leituras e indagações pertinentes a estes dois conceitos. É imprescindível estudar aqueles que tentaram justificar Deus perante a presença do mal no mundo, daí o termo Teodiceia, cunhado pelo filósofo Leibniz, e que continuou a ser debatido séculos adiante. O gnosticismo adentra a discussão a partir de suas concepções cosmogônica e antropogônica. Tido como uma das seitas do cristianismo primitivo, o gnosticismo difundia que a criação do mundo e do homem havia sido obra de um Deus maléfico. A análise do filme em questão permite, através dos questionamentos propostos nos diálogos, cenas e personagens, relacionar o problema do mal, da teodiceia e do gnosticismo ao mundo criado pelo diretor dinamarquês
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Manor, Timothy Scott Calhoun. "A survey of Valentinian theology and exegesis of the prologue to the Fourth Gospel and its relationship to an orthodox exegesis." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p030-0152.
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Marvell, Leon Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Fludd Robert. "Hermes Recidivus : a postmodern reading of the recrudescence of the Hermetic imagary /." [Richmond, N.S.W.] : School of Humanities, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030509.150003/index.html.
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Manor, Timothy Scott Calhoun. "A survey of Valentinian theology and exegesis of the prologue to the Fourth Gospel and its relationship to an orthodox exegesis." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.
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Reynolds, Harriet E. "The New Age Movement as answered by the epistle to the Colossians." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
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Kwon, Junghoo. "Gnostic behaviors in Irenaeus' Against heresies." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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King, Nicholas David. "Gnosticism : an investigation into the possible origins of some of its salient features." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/34075.
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This essay attempts to uncover various areas in the study of Gnosticism worthy of further research, such as the emphasis on various divine or angelic intermediaries in the creative and redemptive processes and the widespread tendency towards the allegorisation or re-interpretation of ancient myths, although many of them are here investigated. It is divided into six chapters, the first of which aspires to trace the possible impact of both the Graeco-Roman mystery religions and the oriental cults upon the Gnostic movement. The second chapter attempts to investigate Judaism, (which was in the Classical world viewed as a mystery religion), and its relevance to Gnostic thought, while the third chapter seeks to describe the place of the Holy Spirit within Jewish mysticism, whether as the creative "Ruach", or the "Shekinah", (or "Divine Indwelling"), usually described in female terms. The fourth chapter endeavours to re-examine the myth of Simon Magus and his female companion, Helen, and details the possible backgrounds of Simonian thought which for the early haeresiologists, such as Irenaeus and Hippolytus, was the source of all the Gnostic heresies. The fifth chapter dwells on the astrological and calendrical aspects of Gnosticism and examines the Jewish symbolism of the "Quabbalah", which as Scholem has demonstrated betrays much Gnostic influence, while the sixth chapter attempts to explore in greater detail the classic fourfold Gnostic myth as expounded in the systems of Basilides and Valentinus, among others.
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Fernandes, Edrisi de Ara?jo. "Antecedentes hist?rico-filos?ficos da problem?tica do tempo e do mal no Freiheitsschrift de Schelling: aproxima??es gn?sticas." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2010. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/16446.
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Previous issue date: 2010-06-14This thesis aims better understanding the relation between time and evil in Schelling s Freiheitsschrift, having its starting point in approximations from Gnosticism. For that purpose, before approaching that relation, it is reviewed (chapter I) the question of Gnosticism, a strain of thought essentially concerned with the problem of time and permeated by the belief in an evil nature of creation, and which is alleged to have significantly influenced certain ideas of Schelling. An evaluation of approximations between Gnosticism, gnosis and German thought follows (chapter II), as well as an evaluation of Schellingian aproximations to Gnosticism (chapter III). Then, the Freiheitsschrift is analysed as the text where Schelling, having taken hold of a very distinct appropriation of Gnosticism, goes beyond Kantian theodicy (chapter IV). Some interrogations about whether key ideas of Schellingian philosophy (about gnosis, creation, duality, time, and evil) are conceived in a way that is essentially different from that of historic Gnosticism, despite the much that has been said to the contrary, are then addressed (chapter V). The proposal of a Platonic-Plotinian key to the understanding of the relations between time and evil in the Freiheitsschrift comes next (chapter VI), and then gives way to the concluding remarks (chapter VII). We perceive that Gnosticism and Neoplatonism are systems of thought that sometimes converge, and that German thought is one of the places of this convergence. Notwithstanding this perception, it is possible to affirm that Schellingian thought, with its valorization of time and of a certain perception of evil, is essentially anti-gnostic, despite some contrary observations
Esta tese objetiva contribuir para um melhor entendimento da rela??o entre o tempo e o mal no Freiheitsschrift de Schelling, a partir de aproxima??es desde o Gnosticismo. Para tanto, antes de come?ar a tratar dessa rela??o far-se-? uma revis?o da quest?o do Gnosticismo (cap?tulo I) corrente de pensamento essencialmente preocupada com a problem?tica do tempo e permeada pela cren?a em uma natureza m? da cria??o, e que alegadamente teria influenciado de modo significativo algumas ideias de Schelling. Seguir-se-? uma avalia??o das aproxima??es entre Gnosticismo, gnose e pensamento alem?o (cap?tulo II) e outra particularmente dedicada ?s aproxima??es schellinguianas ao Gnosticismo (cap?tulo III). Analisar-se-? ent?o o Freiheitsschrift como texto onde Schelling, tendo feito uma apropria??o muito particular do Gnosticismo, vai al?m da teodic?ia kantiana (cap?tulo IV). Interrogar-se ? ent?o (cap?tulo V) se algumas ideiaschave da filosofia schellinguiana (sobre a gnose, a cria??o, a dualidade, o tempo, o mal) s?o concebidas de um modo essencialmente distinto daquele do Gnosticismo hist?rico, apesar do muito que se disse em contr?rio. Apresentar-se-? em seguida a proposta de uma chave Plat?nica-plotiniana para o entendimento das rela??es entre o tempo e o mal no Freiheitsschrift (cap?tulo VI), passando-se logo em seguida ?s considera??es conclusivas (cap?tulo VII). Constata-se que o Gnosticismo e o Neoplatonismo constituem sistemas por vezes convergentes entre si, e que o pensamento alem?o ? um dos espa?os dessa converg?ncia. N?o obstante essa constata??o, ? poss?vel afirmar que o pensamento schellinguiano, com sua valoriza??o do tempo e de uma certa percep??o do mal, ? essencialmente antign?stico, a despeito de algumas observa??es em contr?rio
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De, Villiers Johannes Albertus. "Joodse Gnostiek in die ‘Evangelie van Judas’." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2279.
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Thesis (MPhil (Ancient Studies)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.Recent studies, especially since the Nag Hammadi discoveries, indicate that “Gnosticism” often functions as a constructed “Other” in attempts to define Christian orthodoxy, as well as a catch-phrase for a range of diverse religious phenomena in late Hellenism. If the unity of Gnosticism is a construct, the search for a single origin of Gnosticism is probably also futile. Rather, the influence of several sources – Platonic, Christian, Iranian, existential and Jewish – to the Gnostic phenomena should be studied. Texts labled Sethian by modern scholars show strong traces of a Jewish cosmology, vocabulary and mythology. Five possible routes for the transmission of Jewish motifs to Sethian Gnosticism are pointed out: failed apocalyptic expectations (Grant); allegorical interpretations of the Law among Philo and Alexandrian Jews (Pearson); Christianity as vehicle for transmission (Pétrement); Palestinian and Samaritan speculation (Perkins); and the influence of the Jewish Wisdom tradition (Rudolph and MacRae). Traces of Judaism in Gnostic Sethian texts can be located using a motif study. Fallon has done such a study of the so-called Sabaoth pericopes. In this thesis a similar study is done of the “Gospel of Judas”. The study shows that this text is Christian, preoccupied with a sectarian Christian debate. The apostolic church is denounced and a Sethian Gnosticism (noticeably influenced by Judaism) is posited as alternative. To that end a Sethian cosmological sermon, with strong Jewish motifs, is attributed to Jesus in which he holds forth Sethian cosmology as an alternative to a discredited rival form of Christianity. The most prominent of Jewish motifs in the cosmological passage of the Judas text are the names, functions and descriptions of angels, but it also includes numerological speculation and figures such as Seth.
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Bebis, Vassilios Evagelou. "The anthropology of St. Irenaios, Bishop of Lyon." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Harrigle, Gregory George. "Understanding wisdom secretly "Gnostic thought forms" in second century orthodoxy and heresy /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p015-0483.
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Lattuada, Alessandro. "Elementi gnostici nel pensiero di Guido Ceronetti." Doctoral thesis, Università di Catania, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10761/3933.
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Questo lavoro intende approfondire la filosofia di Guido Ceronetti ancorandola alla variegata e multiforme costellazione gnostica. L'obiettivo verte anzitutto sulla definizione di una "tradizione" gnostica che attraversi trasversalmente la storia del pensiero filosofico fondando e formando la base teoretica su cui proiettare l'opera saggistica dell'autore.
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Arvidsson, Karolin. "Gnostic elements in the Book of Mormon." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-7017.
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In 1945 the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in Nag Hammadi; the founding consisted of Gnostic Gospels, the Gospels helped researcher to get a more correct view of the Gnostic Movement. In the beginning of the 19th century another founding was made, according to Joseph Smith an angel appeared from heaven giving him lost Christian Gospels on golden plates, later knows as the Book of Mormon. With the new Gospels Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter day Saints, also know as Mormonism. The thesis’ purpose has been to examine and do a literature analysis on the Book of Mormon, a recently new discovery, with secondary research on the Gnostic Gospels, also a recently new discovery. This paper will guide its reader through similarities between the two movements; with the overarching research question “What Gnostic elements can be found in the Book of Mormon?”. The first chapter will introduce the reader to the Book of Mormon and the Gnostic movement, in chapter two the research results will be displayed followed by the analysis, discussion and a conclusion that will take place in chapter three.
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Pecora, Alethea Aires. "Trovão: eu sou... entre a paz e a violência: um estudo sobre trovão - mente perfeita da biblioteca copta de Nag Hammadi." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2012. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/1865.
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This dissertation focuses on Thunder: Perfect Mind, cryptic writing found among the dozens of other titles (mostly unknown until then) that make up what is now called the Nag Hammadi Library, produced between the third and fourth centuries of our era. After a presentation of the latter, with the codex that make up (a task we set ourselves in the first chapter of this work), we propose an approach to Thunder, that offer a translation and a commentary on all the units that compose it (Chapter II). From here we review the opinions that have been issued regarding this writing, and especially question the characterization of the writing as a Gnostic (Chapter III). At the end we launched a few suggestions for a renewed approach of the writing, pointing to the possibility of a dual origin for it, sending it to both the mythical universe of Middle Eastern world as to the everyday of violence experienced particularly by women of that social-history context
A presente dissertação concentra-se em Trovão: Mente Perfeita, enigmático escrito encontrado em meio a dezenas de outros títulos (quase todos desconhecidos até então), que compõem o que hoje se chama Biblioteca de Nag Hammadi, produzida entre os séculos III e IV de nossa era. Após uma apresentação desta última, com os códices que a compõem (tarefa a que nos propusemos no primeiro capítulo deste trabalho), propomos uma aproximação a Trovão, de que oferecemos uma tradução e um comentário do conjunto das suas unidades (capítulo II). A partir daí passamos em revista as opiniões que têm sido emitidas a respeito desta obra, e especialmente questionamos a caracterização do escrito como gnóstico (capítulo III). Ao final, lançamos algumas sugestões para uma renovada abordagem do escrito, apontando para a possibilidade de uma dupla origem para ele, remetendo-o tanto ao universo mítico do mundo médio-oriental como para a experiência cotidiana de violência vivida particularmente por mulheres daquele contexto sócio-histórico.
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Donovan, Josephine. "Gnosticism in modern literature : a study of the selected works of Camus, Sartre, Hesse, and Kafka /." New York : Garland publ, 1990. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb355205194.
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Givens, David. "Misogynous or misunderstood? : a false dichotomy for understanding women's roles in gnostic writings." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1082.
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Peres, Sílvio Lopes. "O protestantismo no pensamento de Carl Gustav Jung." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2007. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/2480.
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Previous issue date: 2007-09-11This present research deals with the thought of Carl Gustav Jung, concerning the Protestantism as religion. Pronouncing himself protestant, Jung does pertinent considerations regarding the influences that the Protestantism suffered and carried out in the history of the Christianity, and the results that its followers achieve, for belonging to it, since the periods previous to the Reform of the century XVI, focusing its attention in the Enlightenment of the ends of the century XVII and the whole century XVIII, arriving at his days, in the century XX. The objective of this work is to present how Jung understood the Protestantism as " risk and religious possibility ", that is, its negative and positive aspects. For this, we report to somes cientific concepts elaborated by Jung, with the objective of understanding the basis of his observations about the Protestant faith, since his personal experiences is the main point of his scientific analyses , with regard to the Protestantism.
A presente pesquisa trata do pensamento de Carl Gustav Jung, acerca do Protestantismo como religião. Declarando-se protestante, Jung faz considerações pertinentes quanto às influências que o Protestantismo sofreu e desempenhou na história do Cristianismo, e os resultados que seus fiéis logram, por pertencer a ele, desde os períodos anteriores à Reforma do século XVI, focalizando sua atenção no Iluminismo dos finais do século XVII e todo o século XVIII, chegando aos seus dias, no século XX. O objetivo desse trabalho é apresentar como Jung entendeu o Protestantismo como risco e possibilidade religiosa, isto é, seus aspectos negativos e positivos. Para isto nos reportamos a alguns conceitos científicos elaborados por Jung, com o objetivo de compreender os fundamentos de suas observações quanto à fé protestante, visto serem suas experiências pessoais, o ponto principal de suas análises científicas, quanto ao Protestantismo.
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Bure, WIjk Helena. "Nya tankar med gamla anor : En studie av New Thought-rörelsen och dess inspirationskällor." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-99920.
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Finns det gnostiska föreställningar inom dagens New Age rörelse? Hur gestaltar de sig vad gäller tanken om gnosis och dualism? Jag fokuserar i mitt uppsatsarbete på en strömning inom New Age- rörelsen som går under benämningen New Thought, en rörelse som uppstod i 1800-talets USA och som fått stort gehör, framför allt genom amerikansk självhjälpslitteratur. Jag har därför valt att studera litteratur inom denna genre, för att se på vilka sätt det gnostiska tankegodset förmedlas idag. Jag använder den vetenskapliga litteraturen som forskningsbakgrund och den amerikanska självhjälps - litteraturen som studieobjekt. Resultaten av min studie visar att man inom New Thought rörelsen utgår från att människan är gudomlig och att hon kan återuppväcka minnet av sin egen gudomlighet. Uppvaknandet kommer att leda till ökat välstånd och framgång på alla plan då hon blir medveten/upplyst och börjar skapa sin egen verklighet genom att välja positiva tankar. Sjukdom, fattigdom och problem är illusioner. Kroppen och det materiella framställs på ett tvetydigt sätt inom New Thought – rörelsen. Gränslösa, gudomligt positiva tankar tros manifesteras i form av hälsa, skönhet, välstånd och materiella ting, samtidigt som kroppen framställs som något negativt, något som ska underordnas det gudomliga medvetandet. Föreställningen om gnosis är därför central och belyses starkt inom New Thought rörelsens självhjälpslitteratur och verksamhet. Den dualistiska föreställningen med anor från gnosticismen är visserligen nedtonad, men fullt skönjbar.
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Schröder, Michael. "Der religionsgeschichtliche Hintergrund des Hebräerbriefes und der praktisch theologische Ertrag." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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McLeod, Mark. "A theological and biblical critique of the atonement theology of the Faith movement." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Jurasz, Izabela. "Plotin, les gnostiques et les chrétiens : un débat autour du concept de premier principe." Thesis, Paris 4, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA040202.
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Dans le Traité 33 (II 9), Plotin se dresse contre les « gnostiques » : ceux qui disent que le démiurge et le monde sont mauvais. Ses critiques sont précédées par une introduction qui résume sa doctrine de l’Un-Bien et de l’Intellect. Dans le premier chapitre du Traité 33, à partir des thèses de ses adversaires, Plotin construit une série de propositions concernant les réalités premières – leur nombre, leur nature et leurs actions. Il dénonce les erreurs de chaque proposition, comme conduisant à la construction d’un univers des intelligibles défectueux, ignorants et impuissants. La thèse porte sur la place de la métaphysique de Plotin dans sa polémique antignostique. Les arguments qui introduisent cette polémique sont construits de manière à pouvoir rejoindre les principales conceptions du principe premier : celles proposées par les principales écoles philosophiques et celles qui ont été élaborées par les différents courants du gnosticisme et du christianisme. Plotin s’intéresse à ces doctrines nouvelles, émergentes en marge des écoles philosophiques. Le rapport entre Plotin et le christianisme est l’objet de notre attention. La perspective métaphysique permet d’examiner tous les courants doctrinaux du christianisme primitif. Une partie de la critique plotinienne va à l’encontre des efforts des chrétiens à respecter les exigences du monothéisme par rapport à l’idée d’un « autre Dieu ». À leur opposé se situent les gnostiques qui proposent une multiplication des entités issues du premier principe. Ainsi, la conception plotinienne du principe transcendant, après lequel viennent les hypostases ayant rang de principes, répond aux interrogations de ses nombreux adversairesIn Treatise 33 (II 9), Plotinus stands against the “Gnostics”: those who consider the demiurge and the cosmos to be evil. His criticisms are preceded by an introduction summarizing the Plotinian doctrine of the supreme principle – the One. In the first chapter of Treatise 33, based on the theses of his opponents, Plotinus constructs a series of propositions concerning the first realities - their number, their nature and their activities. He denounces the errors of each proposition as leading to the construction of a universe of defective, ignorant and helpless intelligibles. This thesis deals with the place of the metaphysics of Plotinus in his anti-Gnostic polemics. The arguments constituting these polemics are constructed to fit within the principal conceptions of the first principle - not only those proposed by the main philosophical schools, but especially those designed within different currents of Gnosticism and of Christianity. Plotinus is interested in these new doctrines emerging on the margins of the established philosophical schools. The object of our attention is the relationship between Plotinus and Christianity. The metaphysical perspective enables us to examine all the doctrinal currents of primitive Christianity. Part of Plotinian criticism may go against the efforts of Christian writers to respect the demands of monotheism in relation to the idea of "another God". At their opposite are the Gnostics, who propose multiplication of entities derived from the first principle, the Pleroma. Thus, the Plotinian conception of the supreme principle, after which come the hypostases having the rank of principles, answers the questions posed by his adversaries
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Randolph, Ellen P. "Gnosticism, Transformation, and the Role of the Feminine in the Gnostic Mass of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.)." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1686.
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The Gnostic Mass of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.) suggests a heterosexual gender binary in which the female Priestess seated on the altar as the sexual and fertile image of the divine feminine is directed by the male Priest’s activity, desire and speech. The apparent contradiction between the empowered individual and the polarized gender role was examined by comparing the ritual symbolism of the feminine with the interpretations of four Priestesses and three Priests (three pairs plus one). Findings suggest that the Priestess’ role in the Gnostic Mass is associated with channeling, receptivity, womb, cup, and fertility, while the Priest’s role is associated with enthusiasm, activity, phallus, lance, and virility. Despite this strong gender duality, the Priestesses asserted that their role was personally and spiritually empowering, and they maintained heterosexual and polarized gendered roles are necessary in a transformative ritual which ultimately reveals the godlike unified individual.
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Laissaoui, Patrick. "Plotin et les gnostiques." Thesis, Paris 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA040209.
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Cette étude se propose de rendre compte du conflit qui opposa Plotin aux Gnostiques. Uneintroduction met en scène les protagonistes et décrit les circonstances de leur l’affrontement.Une première partie étudie la forme de cette polémique exceptionnelle dans les traités dePlotin, la rapproche de celle des hérésiologues chrétiens à l’encontre de ces mêmesGnostiques et fait l’hypothèse qu’elle ne fut pas ignorée de Plotin. Les parties suivantesprésentent la philosophie de Plotin pour l’opposer à la doctrine gnostique dans les domainescosmologique, théologique et anthropologique. Elles présentent et étudient, en chacun de cesdomaines, les critiques de fond que Plotin adresse aux thèses de l’adversaire, lui reprochant deméconnaître la nature des réalités dont il traite, de tenir des discours dépourvus de logique, dene proposer aucune méthode pour réaliser ses objectifs (le salut). Les critiques de Plotin àl’encontre des Gnostiques constituent une défense du platonisme et de la philosophie elle-même,ainsi que de toutes les valeurs sur lesquelles se fonde toute la pensée de PlotinThis study accounts for the conflict between Plotinus and the Gnostics. The introductionportrays the protagonists, and describes the circumstances of their confrontation. The first partstudies the form of this exceptional controversy in the treaties of Plotinus, draws a parallelwith the controversy between the Christian Heresiologists and the Gnostics, and hypothesizesthat the later was not unknown to Plotinus. The subsequent parts explain the philosophy ofPlotinus and contrast it with the Gnostic doctrine in the cosmological, theological andanthropological domains. They present and analyse, in each of these areas, the fundamentalcritiques that Plotinus addresses to his opponents, accusing them of misunderstanding thenature of the realities that they deal with, of making speeches devoid of logic, and ofproposing no method to achieve their aims (salvation). The critiques of Plotinus against theGnostics constitute a defense of Platonism and of philosophy itself, and also of all the valuesthat underlie the thought of Plotinus
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Presley, Stephen O. "Humanity in the second century Irenaeus and the Gnostics on creation in the image of God in Genesis 1:26-27 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1112.
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Thorpe, Brian. "Discerning the contemporary gnostic spirit in the novels of Robertson Davies." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75993.
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This dissertation is intended to demonstrate the presence of a contemporary gnostic spirit in the novels of Robertson Davies.The dominance of Protestant puritanism in English Canadian culture is a frequent theme in the literature of the nation. In his writing, Robertson Davies counters the repressive dynamics of a society shaped by puritanism with an appeal to an alternate vision. This vision, which places greater value on self-knowledge, bears a strong affinity to the precepts of the ancient gnostics.
Davies' critique of an English Canadian context which appears to place higher value on morality than on spiritual adventures can be compared to the gnostic rejection of the material world in favour of knowledge of the inner self in relation to the divine.
The commitment to gnosis as a means of escape from a repressive environment to one of spiritual freedom is another mark of the connection between Davies' novels and the gnostic spirit.
The presence of revealer figures who initiate their hearers into the way of gnosis is found in both the writings of the ancient gnostics and in the novels of Robertson Davies.
Davies' treatment of the concepts of dualism, the nature of evil and human destiny bears a closer relationship to the ideas found in gnostic literature than to the doctrines of Judeo-Christian orthodoxy.
Finally, Davies' emphasis on the importance of the individual in the quest for self-knowledge reflects a gnostic suspicion of communal values.
The identification of the relationship between Davies' writing and the spirit of gnosticism provides a good case study of the way in which theological notions influence and are influenced by a particular cultural context.
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Gunterberg, Sophia. "Gud sade,”Människan har blivit en av oss,med kunskap om gott och ont.” : En jämförelse mellan Augustinus böckeroch texter ur Nag Hammadi Corpus." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, Övrig skolnära forskning, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31142.
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Fowler, Kimberley A. "From the Apocryphon of John to Thomas the Contender : Nag Hammadi Codex II in its fourth-century context." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/from-the-apocryphon-of-john-to-thomas-the-contender-nag-hammadi-codex-ii-in-its-fourthcentury-context(64f9c61d-f3d3-4934-b08c-6730b3281fbb).html.
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Scholarship to date on the Nag Hammadi Codices has been predominantly concerned with establishing the compositional history and doctrinal affiliations of each tractate within the collection. Much less attention has been paid to the library as a fourth-century collection of texts, which must have been understood by the compiler/s of the codices as having ideological coherence, and overarching messages. The present thesis is first and foremost an attempt to address this deficiency. Due to the site of the codices’ discovery in the Egyptian desert being in close proximity to the Pachomian monastery at Phbow, the suggestion was made that perhaps these monks were once the owners of the collection, forced to purge their monastery of these texts due to the increasing concern of the Alexandrian Church over the circulation of what it viewed to be ‘heretical’ religious documents. This ‘Pachomian connection’ was substantiated mainly by the apparent promotion of ascetic practice and a value placed on knowledge both in the Pachomian movement and many of the tractates from Nag Hammadi, as well as the presence of some monastic documents in the waste paper used to strengthen the covers of the codices. None are sufficient to conclude a relationship between the two. Moreover, scholarly conception of the Nag Hammadi Library as a representative of ‘Gnosticism,’ which since the critiques of this category by the likes of Williams (1996) and King (2004) has been something of a taboo term, meant that inquiry into connections with Pachomian monastic literature was too invested in searching for so-called ‘Gnostic’ overlap. On the contrary, this work argues that in order to gain a better understanding of why the Nag Hammadi texts were collected and collated in the way that they were, and how and why they might have been utilised by Christian inhabitants of the Egyptian desert, they must be viewed primarily as a fourth-century Christian collection. The thesis attempts to offer a fresh perspective on the question of monastic usage by viewing the Nag Hammadi texts simply as part of the Egyptian Christian landscape, rather than as a ‘heretical’ invasion of it. In order to conduct a controlled and sufficiently detailed analysis, this thesis examines one sub-collection of the Nag Hammadi Library – Codex II, alongside contemporaneous Pachomian monastic literature, and suggests agreement on various centralised issues. Building on the suggestions of Michael Williams (1996) and James Robinson (2004), that meaningful order can be detected in the arrangement of the Nag Hammadi Codices, the thesis contends that Nag Hammadi Codex II develops certain key themes through the particular sequencing of its tractates. Each of these, it is argued, would have been attractive to a fourth-century Pachomian monastic readership. Firstly, asceticism must be moderated so as not to lose sight of its spiritual value amidst competitive arrogance. Secondly, one’s duty to share and encourage the promulgation of spiritual truths among one’s brethren is of vital importance. Thirdly, identification as an ‘elite’ spiritually superior individual is in no way predetermined, as older definitions of ‘Gnosticism’ have suggested, but based entirely on one’s conscious choice to leave behind worldly pursuits.
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Gaston, Thomas Edmund. "Why three? : an exploration of the origins of the doctrine of the Trinity with reference to Platonism and Gnosticism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:962e735e-6c6a-437a-a57b-8a00160f9bd7.
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In this thesis I explore the emergence of the Christian triad with reference to two contemporary movements: Middle Platonism and Gnosticism. The earliest Christian writer to enumerate the three constituents of what would become the Christian Trinity is Justin. In addition to his three extant works, Justin’s triadology can be diagnosed from those he directly influenced – Tatian and Athenagoras – who I have (somewhat artificially) grouped under the heading the “school of Justin”. The ontological triad adopted by these Christian thinkers is compared with the triads of Middle Platonism and Gnosticism, both in terms of their structure and in terms of the function and ontological status of the individual constituents of these triads. In this thesis I propose that a liturgical triad of primitive Christianity, the trine baptismal formula, was conflated by the “school of Justin” with the ontological triad of Middle Platonism, resulting in three referents of the baptismal formula being embued with new functions and ontological status. Whilst emerging as a hierarchical triad, the logic of Platonic ontology when combined with Christian tradition required the sharp distinction between God, as Being, and all other things resulting in a Christian triad that was also a unity. This new triad became fixed as a central tenet of Christianity. I find no plausible connection between any known Gnostic triad and the triad of the “school of Justin”. There is some interaction between Gnostic and Platonic thought during this period. It is possible that the Triple-Powered One pre-empted the Being-Mind-Life triad of Neoplatonism.
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Elley, Benjamin. "The New Gnostics: The Semiotics of the Hipster." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9175.
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This thesis forms a sociological investigation of the ‘hipster’ subculture that has grown in importance in recent years. Using the methodology of semiotic analysis, it examines the trends and themes shown by the images that hipsters post on the microblogging website Tumblr, as well as analysing hipster journalism, texts and companies. This communication is conceptualised with reference to Jean Baudrillard’s theory of hyperreality in order to show that hipsters communicate in a way that distorts the perception of real space and results in the abstraction of the meaning of ideas like “global” and “local”. It also explores the importance of secret knowledge in a community that manages to be both secretive and extremely open, comparing this example with the historical case of the Beat Generation, who hipsters have adopted as their progenitors, and discusses how their influence drives the hipster to view the world as a literary text to be re-read and re-interpreted.
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Landmann, Victor Nogueira. "A obra “Um Curso em Milagres”: o ressurgir do movimento gnóstico na contemporaneidade." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20231.
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The present dissertation presents the book “A Course in Miracles”, first published in 1976 by the Foundation for Inner Peace, in the United States. An academic study on this book is justified considering its worldwide impact, two and a half million copies of this book having been sold to the present date. The hypothesis of this dissertation is that “A Course in Miracles” could be regarded as a gnostic work, when considered the fundamental similarities between the religious movement of the beginning of the Christian era and this book. Aiming at demonstrating the common points between both, Hans Jonas and Kurt Rudolph are resorted to, as theoretical reference regarding gnosticism, and Kenneth Wapnick, as reference to the analysis of “A Course in Miracles”
A presente dissertação apresenta a obra “Um Curso em Milagres”, publicada pela primeira vez em 1976 pela Foundation for Inner Peace (Fundação para a Paz Interior) nos Estados Unidos. Justifica-se um estudo sobre essa obra visto seu impacto global, tendo sido vendidos mais de 2 milhões e meio de cópias, com traduções para mais de doze línguas. A hipótese com a qual se trabalha é a de que “Um Curso em Milagres” poderia classificar-se como um livro gnóstico, considerando-se semelhanças fundamentais entre o movimento do início da Era Cristã e esta obra. Com o intuito de se demonstrar os pontos em comum entre ambos, são utilizados os autores Kurt Rudolph e Hans Jonas, como referencial teórico para o gnosticismo, e Kenneth Wapnick, como referencial para a análise da obra “Um Curso em Milagres”