Definition of Gnostic
Gnos´tic
a.
1.
Knowing
;
wise
;
shrewd
.
I
said
you
were
a
gnostic
fellow
.
- Sir W. Scott.
2.
(Eccl. Hist.)
Of
or
pertaining
to
Gnosticism
or
its
adherents
;
as
,
the
Gnostic
heresy
.
n.
1.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One
of
the
so-called
philosophers
in
the
first
ages
of
Christianity
,
who
claimed
a
true
philosophical
interpretation
of
the
Christian
religion
.
Their
system
combined
Oriental
theology
and
Greek
philosophy
with
the
doctrines
of
Christianity
.
They
held
that
all
natures
,
intelligible
,
intellectual
,
and
material
,
are
derived
from
the
Deity
by
successive
emanations
,
which
they
called
Eons
.
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