Well, given that the word GNOSTIC refers to "special knowledge" not available to everyone except through the route of the faith that pretty much seems like the textbook definition of a Mystery Religion which is called a mystery religion because the adherents weren't able to access special knowledge unless they followed the path of the faith.
"As an esoteric (and often elitist) religion
Gnosticism is connected to polytheistic mystery religions "
"Ironically, Gnosticism, which was a mystery cult in the Classical sense of presenting the initiate with secret and publicly unavailable information about its doctrines and practices"
In my last essay, I took aim at Pelagianism, a heresy from Late Antiquity, which Pope Francis has frequently targeted in its perceived modern forms in his teaching. In this essay I will discuss Gnosticism, the other major heresy whose
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