Bread of Last
>Ever read anything from the Nag Hammadi Library?
Every bit of it.
Very informative and interdasting to read how the Holy Spirit's gift of tongues spread into the very wealthy and educated Ptolemaic regions of the empire. The barbrians egged on by Rome, who burned down the library of Alexandria most certainly faced consequences.
I was also always fascinated by Apostle Thomas.
The main thrust of the Gnostics isn't something nefarious. It simply claims we can know God through prayer and study and do not need a preistly class to get there. Preists are fine, but they are not gatekeepers.
St. Benedict was a secret Gnostic, as was St. Thomas Aquinas. Gnosticism is an idea, and they're hard to kill.