Spiritual or mystical knowledge, especially the kind believed to offer salvation; deep understanding that goes beyond ordinary knowledge.
From Greek gnosis meaning 'knowledge,' from gignoskein 'to know.' In early Christianity, it referred to secret divine knowledge distinct from faith (pistis).
The Gnostics believed they had gnosis—special knowledge hidden from ordinary people—which made them dangerous to the early Church because they suggested the path to salvation was through secret wisdom, not just faith.
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