Gnosticの意味・使い方・発音

Gnostic

['nɔstik]

Gnostic (n.): 1580s, "believer in a mystical religious doctrine of spiritual knowledge," from Late Latin Gnosticus "a Gnostic," from Late Greek Gnostikos, noun use of adjective gnostikos "knowing, able to discern, good at knowing," from gnostos "known, to be known," from gignoskein "to learn, to come to know" (see gnostic (adj.)). Applied to various early Christian sects that claimed direct personal knowledge beyond the Gospel or the Church hierarchy; they appeared in the first century A.D., flourished in the second, and were stamped out by the 6th.
gnostic (adj.): "relating to knowledge," especially mystical or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things, 1650s, from Greek gnostikos "knowing, good at knowing, able to discern," from gnostos "known, perceived, understood," earlier gnotos, from gignoskein "learn to know, come to know, perceive; discern, distinguish; observe, form a judgment," from PIE *gi-gno-sko-, reduplicated and suffixed form of root *gno- "to know" (see know (v.)).

1. In Gnostic tradition，Sophia plays a very active role in our world.: はノス派の伝統であり、ソフィアは私たちの世界で非常に積極的な役割を果たしています。

2.In Gnostic lore，Sophia was the mother of all angels.: ノス代替教の伝説では、ソフィアは天使の母である。

5.The neo-platonic Gnostic school of Alexandria became its centre in the first centuries A.D.: アレクサンドリアの新プラトゥノス代替学院は、西暦最初の数世紀にノス代替教の中心となった。