gnostic

Literally, "one who knows." Every religion has its gnostics, but Gnostic with a capital G almost always refers to Christian Gnostics. Beliefs vary widely, but essentially they value personal revelation and mysticism over dogma. Gnostics believe absolute religious truth can be known but it is only revealed towards enlightened humans, and the Gnostics purported to teach secrets that orthodox Christianity did not know. Hence, most Gnostic gospels are titled "The Secret Book of insert name."

The more extreme Gnostic theologians theorized that the Earth was created by an imperfect creator, called the Demiruge, who had "spun off" from a higher Father but does not realize it. Jesus was sent by the Father to show humanity the truth. The Cainites went one step further; they believed the Demiurge was evil, and they worshiped as saints all who stood against him in the Bible - Cain, Judas, etc.

The gnostics were mostly eliminated by Irenaeus and the orthodox movement, but they have seen a resurgence in the 20th century, as more gnostic gospels are discovered and translated.

by odesseyandoracle October 6, 2003

gnostophobia

fear of knowledge, or fear of knowing something. lack of curiosity or ability to learn anything.

their son's self-diagnosed gnostophobia was cited as the reason he frequented bars instead of the library.

by bestclioever September 12, 2009

gnossos

gnossos papadopolis - mythical cool cat from the novel by Richard Farina "been down so long looks like up to me"

'dood did you see that cool post by gnossos"?

by gnossos September 11, 2006

Gnostic

One who has knowledge of the spiritual.

Our comparative religions professor is also a gnostic.

by Language Lover June 26, 2017

Gnosis

Gnosis is the first hand experience of what people have commonly called God.

Instead of believing in God because she was told about God, Jane felt the presence of God and had a visionary experience of God called Gnosis.

by fred ressler April 8, 2017

gnfsew

gnfsew boosts people’s ego and self esteem with their kind words and compliments, such as “YOU LOOK REALLY PRETTY TODAY” or “SO BEAUTIFUL” etc, they are a really nice person and deserve everything. <3

person1: “do you know who gnfsew is?”
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by cyb3rciph3r September 3, 2021

gnfswso

if you aren't mutuals with gnfswso you are no longer cool

"im not mutuals with gnfswso"
" bye "

by q7ck1tysl0ver September 4, 2021