Quests for Salvation in New Testament Times
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Yet he was aware of the pressure brought to bear on Christianity by the wisdom of this world. He confessed that he lacked "excel- ^".. Cy of speech or of wisdom, "^** but professed to have a revealed ^ sdom, a wisdom in a mystery which was not of this world. The wisdom which the Christian might have was the gift of the Spirit, as was the gift of healing.^^ But it is in the Johannine literature that the earliest and most pronounced reaction to speculative thought is to be clearly seen. At the ti...me of the writing of the Gospel of John, the Gnostic heresies had not rent the church, though Gnosticism was present in the world. The fantastic beliefs which the Gnostics brought forth were created by an earnest desire to find salvation. Apparently no very elaborate schemes were evolved until near the time of the heresies within the church. Gnosticism being syncretistic, readily appropriated such elements of the Christian message as could be used to strengthen their position. Starting with the desire for salvation, the Gnostics evolved a pictorial IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES 147 dualism, as contrasted with the logical dualism of Stoicism and other philosophies.
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Yet he was aware of the pressure brought to bear on Christianity by the wisdom of this world. He confessed that he lacked "excel- ^".. Cy of speech or of wisdom, "^** but professed to have a revealed ^ sdom, a wisdom in a mystery which was not of this world. The wisdom which the Christian might have was the gift of the Spirit, as was the gift of healing.^^ But it is in the Johannine literature that the earliest and most pronounced reaction to speculative thought is to be clearly seen. At the ti...me of the writing of the Gospel of John, the Gnostic heresies had not rent the church, though Gnosticism was present in the world. The fantastic beliefs which the Gnostics brought forth were created by an earnest desire to find salvation. Apparently no very elaborate schemes were evolved until near the time of the heresies within the church. Gnosticism being syncretistic, readily appropriated such elements of the Christian message as could be used to strengthen their position. Starting with the desire for salvation, the Gnostics evolved a pictorial IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES 147 dualism, as contrasted with the logical dualism of Stoicism and other philosophies.
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