Another thing that gnostics worried about was the relationship between the divine element and the human element in Jesus, and in some cases they seem to have made a similar sort of distinction ...

The term “gnostikoi” (from a root word meaning “knowledge-supplying”) was first used by Irenaeus of Lyons to describe a ...

They are linked to John the Baptist from the New Testament, who baptised Jesus. Gnostic ideas also influenced Manichaeism, a dualistic faith rooted in the struggle between good and evil ...