The Wisdom of the Knowing Ones: Gnosticism: The Key to Esoteric Christianity

Manly P. Hall

ISBN 10: 0893144274 / ISBN 13: 9780893144272

Published by Philosophical Research Society, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wisdom of the Knowing Ones: Gnosticism: The Key to Esoteric Christianity
• Publisher: Philosophical Research Society
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0893144274
• ISBN 13: 9780893144272
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

If any group, which shared in the Christian mystery, possessed the esoteric secrets of the early Church, it was the Gnostics. This order preserved to the end the high ethical and rational standards which confer honor upon a teaching. The Church therefore attacked Gnosticism vigorously and relentlessly, recognizing these mystical philosophers as being the most formidable adversaries to the temporal power of Christian theology.

About the Author

Manly P. Hall founded the Philosophical Research Society, a non-profit organization in 1934, dedicated to the dissemination of useful knowledge in the fields of philosophy, comparative religion, and psychology. In his long career, spanning more than seventy years of dynamic public activity, Mr. Hall delivered over 7,500 lectures in the United States and abroad, authored over 150 books and essays, and wrote countless magazine articles.