Whatarefallenangels?
AngelsarecreatedbeingsusedbyGodasmessengers,warriors,andservants.Theword"angel"comesfromtheGreekword"angelos"whichmeansmessenger.Angelsarespiritualbeingswithoutbodiesoffleshandbones,thoughtheyapparentlyhavetheabilitytoappearinhumanform(Gen.19:1-22).Angelshadmanyfunctions.TheypraisedGod(Psalm103:20),servedasmessengerstotheworld(Luke1:11-20,26-38;Luke2:9-...[
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AngelsAngelsareveryactiveintheBibleandareusedbyGodasmessengers,warriors,andservants.Theword"angel"comesfromtheGreekword"angelos"whichmeansmessenger.Angelsarespiritualbeingswithoutbodiesoffleshandbones,thoughtheyapparentlyhavetheabilitytoappearinhumanform(Gen.19:1-22).Angelshadmanyfunctions.TheypraisedGod(Psalm103:20),servedasmessengerstotheworld(Luke1:11-20,26-38;Luke2:9-14),watchedoverGod?speople...[
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对三一神讨论的想法-温故可以知新,一叶即可知秋。
温故可以知新,一叶即可知秋。最近有些网友又兴起三一神的讨论,似乎很有些新的见解,对一些没有在三一神这一最基本的基督徒共识的原理上曾经寻根追源的弟兄姊妹和墓道友来说,可能会造成一些含混。但是凡是认真读过教会史的,就不会忘记围绕这条准则两千年来发生过的多次重大斗争。三一神基本准则的建立[
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MEDITATIONSAdventSundayIntent:SeekingtheLightTHECOLLECTOThou,theHeartofSilence,theHiddenMystery,theinnerGod:thegodsadoreThee,weadoreThee,seatedwithintheShrineofourhearts.WegreetThee,Thoucreatorofbeings,ThoutheOneSelf.WeadoretheholySoulsthatcomeforthfromThee,thatshareThybeing,thatareThyself.OThouthatarthidden,yeteverywheremanifest,weworshipTheeingreetingeachGod-soulthatcomethforthfromTheeandlivethi...[
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TheGnosticCatechismbyStephanA.Hoeller
+TauStephanusICONTENTSPrefacePrayersandCreedsLessonI.OfGodAndTheUniverseLessonII.OfTheSpiritualWorldsandtheDemiurgeLessonIII.OftheHumanBeingLessonIV.OfGnosisandSalvationLessonV.OftheLordChristLessonVI.OfOurLadySophiaLessonVII.OftheHolySpiritandGraceLessonVIII.OftheChurchandtheCommunionofSaintsLessonIX.OftheSacramentsorMysteriesLessonX.OftheSacraments,Consi...[
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ECCLESIAGNOSTICAAnIntroductiontotheEcclesiaGnosticaTHELASTFEWYEARShavebroughttotheforeaconsiderablenumberoforganizationsbearingthename"Gnostic".Theprincipalreasonforthiswasthediscoveryin1945andthepublicationinfullytranslatedformin1977oftheNagHammadiLibraryofCopticGnosticscriptures--thelargestcollectionofGnosticwritingseverdiscovered.TheNagHammadiLibraryhasnotonlybroughtthename"Gnostic"intopro...[
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THEGNOSISARCHIVEJanuary5,2005GNOSISATATIMEOFDISASTERAMeditationontheEarthquake-TsunamiCatastropheofDecember26,2004OnthedayafterChristmasoflastyear,agiganticearthquakeaccompaniedbyatsunamitookthelivesofthusfarover150,000humanbeingsinanareaextendingfromIndonesiatoSomalia.Anaturalcatastropheofuniquescopevisitedhumanity,andcausesustoreflectonitspossiblemeaningandimplications.Questionsarebeingrais...[
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TheGenesisFactorbyStephanA.HoellerThefollowingarticlewaspublishedinQuest,September1997.Itispresentedherewithpermissionoftheauthor.SOMEYEARSAGO,ElaineH.Pagels,thenotedreligioushistorian,hadtheimportanceoftheBookofGenesisbroughttoherattentioninamostunusualmanner.ShewasinKhartoum,intheAfricanSudan,holdingadiscussionwiththethenforeignministerofthatcountry,whohadwrittenabookonthemythsofhispeople.Apromi...[
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TheMysteryofIniquitybyStephanA.HoellerThisessayappearedinGnosis:AJournaloftheWesternInnerTraditions,Winter1999,andisreproducedhereinTheGnosisArchivebypermissionoftheauthor.
ONJUNE10,1991,ACOVERSTORYAPPEAREDinTimemagazineonthetopicofevil.Theauthor,LanceMorrow,didnotargueforaparticularthesisanddidnotreachanyconclusions.Whathedid,however,wasinasensemoreimportant.Hebeganbystatingthreepr...[
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Goddesses,Yes
GoddessNo!TheFeminineandtheMulti-CenteredGodImagebyStephanA.HoellerInhisdelightfulneo-GnosticnovelMonsieur,LawrenceDurrellwritesthattherearefour"M's"thatcharacterizeourage:monotheism,messianism,monogamy,andmaterialism.EnlistingFreud'sscatologicalinterpretationofmoney,headdsthatalloftheseequalanother"M"-merde.1Extremeasthisstatementmaysound,itcontainsapowerfulandoftenoverlookedtru...[
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