Gnostic是什么意思

Gnostic

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Gnostic (n.): 1580s, "believer in a mystical religious doctrine of spiritual knowledge," from Late Latin Gnosticus "a Gnostic," from Late Greek Gnostikos, noun use of adjective gnostikos "knowing, able to discern, good at knowing," from gnostos "known, to be known," from gignoskein "to learn, to come to know" (see gnostic (adj.)). Applied to various early Christian sects that claimed direct personal knowledge beyond the Gospel or the Church hierarchy; they appeared in the first century A.D., flourished in the second, and were stamped out by the 6th.
gnostic (adj.): "relating to knowledge," especially mystical or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things, 1650s, from Greek gnostikos "knowing, good at knowing, able to discern," from gnostos "known, perceived, understood," earlier gnotos, from gignoskein "learn to know, come to know, perceive; discern, distinguish; observe, form a judgment," from PIE *gi-gno-sko-, reduplicated and suffixed form of root *gno- "to know" (see know (v.)).

1. In Gnostic tradition, Sophia plays a very active role in our world.: 在諾斯替派的傳統(tǒng), 索菲婭在我們這個世界扮演一個非常積極的角色.

2. In Gnostic lore, Sophia was the mother of all angels.: 在諾斯替教的傳說中, 蘇菲亞是天使之母.

5. The neo - platonic Gnostic school of Alexandria became its centre in the first centuries A . D .: 亞歷山大的新柏拉圖諾斯替學(xué)院在公元最初幾個世紀(jì)成為諾斯替教的中心.