Old Testament ideas with gnostic philosophy, rejecting all of Paul’s letters and accepting only parts of Matthew and Mark from the New Testament writings. This higher ‘knowledge’ did away with the characteristic Christian revelation, centred on the person of Jesus, under the guise of reinterpreting the message from a more advanced intellectual standpoint. It was actually a philosophy of life which had no foundation in the investigation of historical facts, such as the birth and resurrection of Christ.
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