Pseudo-Gnosticism is a term used for groups which have been labelled Gnostic, either by their contemporaries or modern historians even when the accuracy of this label is questionable. Examples include some ancient groups like the Thomasines or the Bardaisanites, but more often refer to medieval sects wrongly accused of Gnosticism by other Christian authorities such as the Paulicians or according to some, the mainstream Cathars.[1][2][3]
Similar accusations occurred during the Christianisation of Ireland and the Baltic Crusade, when the Roman Catholic Church would accuse these of worshipping gods from Roman Paganism.[4]
References
edit- ^ Stoyanov, Yuri (11 August 2000). The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300082531.
- ^ Berlin, Hisel (2017). Baptist History Notebook.
- ^ Hultgren, Arland J. (2004). The parables of Jesus: a commentary. The Bible in its world (Paperback ed., 3. [Dr.] ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-6077-4.
- ^ Flechner, Roy. "CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND" (PDF).