The history, texts, and teachings of Gnosticism — explained clearly, sourced accurately, without the fluff.
An ancient religious tradition, flourishing in the 2nd–4th centuries AD, which taught that the material world was created by a flawed lesser god — not the true God — and that salvation comes through direct spiritual knowledge (gnosis) of one's divine origin, not through faith or ritual.
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