Infiltrating the Church - Gnosticism and Arianism

I N F I L T R A T I N G

T H E  C  H  U  R  C  H

 

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Revelation 22:13

Both Gnosticism and Arianism posed/pose a serious threat to the Unity of the Church.

A revival of ancient Gnosticism, both pagan and “Christian” in contemporary times,

 is also referred to as the New Age or the Age of Aquarius.

Within the framework of this new worldview, we are witnessing a rediscovery of Gnosis.

The discovery and publication of certain ancient Gnostic texts like the Nag Hammadi Codices, play a significant role in this revival.

Consequently, the canon and the creeds of Scripture are now being questioned 

or openly rejected based on this controversial Scripture.

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The Nicene Creed

Nicene Creed

WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD

THE FATHER

THE ALMIGHTY

MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

OF ALL THAT IS

SEEN AND UNSEEN

WE BELIEVE IN ONE LORD

ETERNALLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER

GOD FROM GOD

LIGHT FROM LIGHT

TRUE GOD FROM TRUE GOD

Nicaea

The Nicene Creed played a major and decisive role in preserving and maintaining

the Unity of the Church on the basis of the Truth of Scripture.

This age-old creed is just as relevant and important today in proclaiming 

and confessing the true faith and preserving the true unity of the church.

Gnosticism was/is an attempt to combine or form

integration/transfusion of Christianity with heathen elements,

neoplatonic philosophy, mythology, dualism, astrology, etc

 (Bavinck, 1906:112)

The main heresy of Gnosticism and Arianism is denying the divinity of Christ.

The base arguments originate with the Alexandrian priest Arius

(circa 250–circa 336)

Arianism maintains that the son of God was created by the Father and 

Christ was therefore neither coeternal nor consubstantial.

JESUS SAID

I AM THE ALPHA AND OMEGA

THE BEGINNING AND THE END

THE FIRST AND THE LAST

 

Revelation 22:13

S O U R C E S

Trinitarian Universalism

Unitarianism

A Brief History of Arianism

Arianism and its Influence Today

Christian Apologetics and the Research Ministry say Arianism, which developed from Alexandria, Egypt is equated with the false “Bibles” of today.

John 1:1 and the deity of Jesus or Arianism

The Holy Spirit Filling in the Abiding Doctrine of Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ - The Beginning And The End - Revelation Art