As a Progressive Christian and Gnostic sympathizer, how much of orthodox doctrine can I affirm? Here is what I agree with. I believe that the Holy Scriptures are inspired by God. I believe that God created all things through the Logos and the Holy Spirit. I believe in the Holy Trinity, that God is both…
Category: Theology
Theology – what we believe.
Misogyny in the Gospel of Thomas?
Simon Peter said to them, “Mary should leave us, for females are not worthy of life.” Jesus said, “Look, I shall guide her to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter heaven’s kingdom.” (GThom 114). If you read…
Defining Gnosticism
Before we talk about Gnosticism, we must define it. But defining Gnosticism has become one of the leading problems in the field. Whole books have been dedicated to the subject (See books by Karen L. King and Michael Allen Williams). The problem is that Western scholars see religion as something dealing with beliefs. So, naturally,…
The First Creed
This is the oldest creed of Christianity. It is recorded in the first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians (15:3-8). For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the [Jewish] scriptures And that he was buried and that…
Old Roman Creed
I believe in God the Father almighty. And in Christ Jesus, His only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Holy Spirit from the Virgin Mary, who under Pontius Pilate was crucified and buried, on the third day rose from the dead, ascended into the heavens, he sits at the right hand of the…