Explain Genesis 3. What Are The Moral Consequences Of Gnosticism
GNOSIS.
1. Explain Gnosticism in the light of Genesis 3. What are the moral consequences of Gnosticism? Explain.
As we saw in class, according to the Gnostic interpretation of Genesis, the creator god of the Old Testament is a bad god because he imprisoned Adam’s and Eve’s soul in a world of misery. Through this understanding of creation, this creator god created man incapable of distinguishing between good and evil, ignorant of his origin and destination. In this way, the Gnosis believes that the creator god did not want man to know his true origin. It seems that the Gnosis believe that the creator God does not want man to realize in which spiritual situation he is in, who he is, and why he was created. In other words, this creator god wants man to remain in ignorance. …show more content…
It had influences of Manichaeism in their Paulician and Bogomil stages. Catharism claimed a creative duality (God and Satan) and preached salvation through asceticism and strict rejection of the material world, perceived by the Cathars as demonic work.
The name Cathar is believed that comes from the Greek word καθαρός (kazarós), which means pure or purified or from the German sound Ketter, which means heretic. They became a problem for society because they held that a man could not do any kind of oath. Until this period of time there was not a sense of contract by paper. What was valuable until this moment was the word given by a person to another because the medieval age was based on word and honor. By holding that man could not do any kind of oath, man was not subjected to honor the oath he had made, which caused a serious distress to a society based in such a
1. Explain Gnosticism in the light of Genesis 3. What are the moral consequences of Gnosticism? Explain.
As we saw in class, according to the Gnostic interpretation of Genesis, the creator god of the Old Testament is a bad god because he imprisoned Adam’s and Eve’s soul in a world of misery. Through this understanding of creation, this creator god created man incapable of distinguishing between good and evil, ignorant of his origin and destination. In this way, the Gnosis believes that the creator god did not want man to know his true origin. It seems that the Gnosis believe that the creator God does not want man to realize in which spiritual situation he is in, who he is, and why he was created. In other words, this creator god wants man to remain in ignorance. …show more content…
It had influences of Manichaeism in their Paulician and Bogomil stages. Catharism claimed a creative duality (God and Satan) and preached salvation through asceticism and strict rejection of the material world, perceived by the Cathars as demonic work.
The name Cathar is believed that comes from the Greek word καθαρός (kazarós), which means pure or purified or from the German sound Ketter, which means heretic. They became a problem for society because they held that a man could not do any kind of oath. Until this period of time there was not a sense of contract by paper. What was valuable until this moment was the word given by a person to another because the medieval age was based on word and honor. By holding that man could not do any kind of oath, man was not subjected to honor the oath he had made, which caused a serious distress to a society based in such a