Gnostic texts were burned because they were insidious lies designed to swindle believers into an insane cult that forbade marriage and taught that the material world was evil.
The material world IS evil because it has been corrupted. All of the affairs of the material world are what pull us from God and are meant to put us to work for empire and Satan’s ends. This is why monks and hermits turn their back on worldly life. The material world corrupts. This is why zionists bombard us with materialism.
The Catholic church has always served empire and used to forbid laity from even reading the bible. The people who claimed gnostics were dangerous thought it was dangerous people read the bible to verify what they imposed on people. And then they forbid marriage for their clergy lolololol. Because you cannot both “serve God” and have a family? But they’re not batshit?
As if the Catholics were not also and insane cult who got to write the history and fool people like yourself.
You don't know what you're talking about. The Bible does reject the material world. But it doesn't say it's evil. The Gnostics believed in the concept of asceticism, where you reject comforts to become "more spiritual". Yeah, it's a bunch of hippie cult mumbo jumbo. They forbade marriage, sex of any kind even between married people, and forbid consumption of foods like meat.
The Gnostics that specifically forbade meat consumption were called Encratites, specifically rebuked by Paul in 1 Timothy 4. Jesus Himself ate fish often and the Bible is littered with meat consumption in both testaments. In fact, the Bible directly encourages consumption of many different kinds of foods to do this in memory of Jesus or even for the hell of it to enjoy yourself like Ecclesiastes. This is one of many examples of Gnostic beliefs flatly bring rejected by true Christian teachings. Gnostics literally believed that humans are trapped in evil bodies and the only way to free themselves was to use their fuckin idiotic "secret" knowledge. That sounds pretty damn insane. They also denied the bodily resurrection of Jesus because it would contradict their insane beliefs.
"used to forbid laity from even reading the bible"
No they fucking didn't. Bibles weren't even available widespread until the invention of the printing press in the 1450s and even then the prot reformation is right around the corner. Before that, Bibles were rare and like gold thus only used by priests, but even then the Latin Vulgate could be read by basically anyone. Unauthorized translations were also forbidden because people would sneak their own beliefs in there Gnostic style. The church did encourage people only to read the Bible with an authority to guide them, so, HYPOTHETICALLY, you don't end up with people falling for Gnostic nonsense or creating 30,000 Christian churches and counting. The scriptures warn about this schism in the church and personal interpretation, not only in Paul's letters (1 Corinthians 1) but also Peter's (2 Peter 1:20).
"Because you cannot both “serve God” and have a family? But they’re not batshit?"
That literally comes from the Bible homie. 1 Corinthians 7. Marriage is literally one of the sacraments in the Catholic church for non priests/nuns/bishops/monks. Even deacons can be married.
Put aside your hatred of Catholics for 5 fuckin seconds and actually do some real research on what Gnostics believed, they were nuts and their beliefs contradicted Jesus's teachings.
Sauce for the claim?
Gnostic texts were burned because they were insidious lies designed to swindle believers into an insane cult that forbade marriage and taught that the material world was evil.
The material world IS evil because it has been corrupted. All of the affairs of the material world are what pull us from God and are meant to put us to work for empire and Satan’s ends. This is why monks and hermits turn their back on worldly life. The material world corrupts. This is why zionists bombard us with materialism.
The Catholic church has always served empire and used to forbid laity from even reading the bible. The people who claimed gnostics were dangerous thought it was dangerous people read the bible to verify what they imposed on people. And then they forbid marriage for their clergy lolololol. Because you cannot both “serve God” and have a family? But they’re not batshit?
As if the Catholics were not also and insane cult who got to write the history and fool people like yourself.
You don't know what you're talking about. The Bible does reject the material world. But it doesn't say it's evil. The Gnostics believed in the concept of asceticism, where you reject comforts to become "more spiritual". Yeah, it's a bunch of hippie cult mumbo jumbo. They forbade marriage, sex of any kind even between married people, and forbid consumption of foods like meat.
The Gnostics that specifically forbade meat consumption were called Encratites, specifically rebuked by Paul in 1 Timothy 4. Jesus Himself ate fish often and the Bible is littered with meat consumption in both testaments. In fact, the Bible directly encourages consumption of many different kinds of foods to do this in memory of Jesus or even for the hell of it to enjoy yourself like Ecclesiastes. This is one of many examples of Gnostic beliefs flatly bring rejected by true Christian teachings. Gnostics literally believed that humans are trapped in evil bodies and the only way to free themselves was to use their fuckin idiotic "secret" knowledge. That sounds pretty damn insane. They also denied the bodily resurrection of Jesus because it would contradict their insane beliefs.
"used to forbid laity from even reading the bible"
No they fucking didn't. Bibles weren't even available widespread until the invention of the printing press in the 1450s and even then the prot reformation is right around the corner. Before that, Bibles were rare and like gold thus only used by priests, but even then the Latin Vulgate could be read by basically anyone. Unauthorized translations were also forbidden because people would sneak their own beliefs in there Gnostic style. The church did encourage people only to read the Bible with an authority to guide them, so, HYPOTHETICALLY, you don't end up with people falling for Gnostic nonsense or creating 30,000 Christian churches and counting. The scriptures warn about this schism in the church and personal interpretation, not only in Paul's letters (1 Corinthians 1) but also Peter's (2 Peter 1:20).
"Because you cannot both “serve God” and have a family? But they’re not batshit?"
That literally comes from the Bible homie. 1 Corinthians 7. Marriage is literally one of the sacraments in the Catholic church for non priests/nuns/bishops/monks. Even deacons can be married.
Put aside your hatred of Catholics for 5 fuckin seconds and actually do some real research on what Gnostics believed, they were nuts and their beliefs contradicted Jesus's teachings.
Nice essay. It’d be a shame if I actually read all that gobbledygook.
Classy.
Enjoy your ignorance since you can't be bothered to learn.
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