What are Gnostics?

Answer 1

Gnosticism was a major, early branch of Christianity, in which the believers, or Gnostics, sought to 'know' the truth about God, not just to have blind faith. Gnostics were generally vegetarians, believing that there is more 'light' in vegetables, particularly melons. Many Gnostics schools taught that the angry and punitive God of the Old Testament could not have been the God of love portrayed in the New Testament. The early Gnostic schools no longer exist, but some believe that the Rosicrucians still follow some of the early Gnostic principles.

Answer 2

To quote the American Heritage Dictionary, the definition of 'gnostic' is:

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1. gnostic Of, relating to, or possessing intellectual or spiritual knowledge.

2. Of or relating to Gnosticism.

n. A believer in Gnosticism.

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The origins of the word are found in the Greek 'gnosis'which refers to the spiritual knowledge of an enlightened human being.

It is from a focus on gnosis that the religious movement known as Gnosticism hails; the followers of which are called Gnostics.

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