Gnosticism是什么意思？

Gnosticism

英[ˈnɔstisiz(ə)m] 美[ˈnɑstɪˌsɪzəm]

• n. 诺斯替教（初期基督教的一派，尊重某种灵的直觉，含有西亚、东亚哲学，曾被视为邪教）；

例句

• This tradition informs the treatment of Satan in some forms of Christian gnosticism. 在基督教诺斯替派的一些形式里面,这种传统是论及到撒旦.
• Ouroboros is associated with Alchemy -- Gnosticism and Hermeticism. 大毒蛇与炼金术 —— 诺斯替主义和赫姆提卡主义连结在一起.
• Gnosticism was denounced by the Christian theologians Irenaeus, Hippolytus, and Tertullian. 诺斯替教揭露了基督教神学家爱任纽, 希波吕托斯, 并良.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches