St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

Recently someone asked me about Gnosticism and Buddhism. I offered this quick response.

Gnosticism is a general term like "humanism" or "mysticism." Many different religions have had gnostic sensibilities - a radical dualism, a suspicion of the body, an interest in secret knowledge. The church rejected gnosticism for several reasons. Gnosticism is anti materialistic and devolved into tight-knit, secretive communities.