Any good books against the gnosties?

[A_Theist]

I guess the title says it all. So if anyone knows of a good defence against the gnostic religion today, let me know.

Thanks,
Paul:poke:

[Socrates]

A_Theist's sig line:"From an infallible God to an infallible book (to an infallible reader of the book?) is a gigantic step."Rubbish to the first. It's only because that Hartshorne half-head doesn't believe in an omnipotent God. As for the second, that's why we should use the grammatical-historical hermeneutic. But process theology (or meatworks theology) is a dead end.

[Patroclus]

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[Entropic Gnosis]

I am not sure how usefull most of these books are quite frankly, haveing only started my study of Gnosticism about 3 months ago and i have been reading things like the Nag Hamadi and the appologists who railed against the gnostics but this web site has some information as well as some books recomended

http://www.gnosis.org/welcome.html

hopefully something there may help

[A_Theist]

http://www.gnosis.org/welcome.html

Thanks for that link. My problem is that I was asking for info against gnosticism, not for it. This site seems to support gnostic teachings.

[Entropic Gnosis]

*ah i failed to read the topic properly . . . . and now tries to save face but failes*

true it is pro-gnostic but I have always seen that the best way to debate against something is to have a through knowledge of the proponets of that system.

For ancient Gnosticism i recomend Irenaeus he did a lot of writing against the gnostics.

[Patroclus]

Iraneus, St. Paul and St. John--John's works can be seen as treatises against the gnostic heresy of docetism.

[A_Theist]

Thanks!:smile:

[CT292]

Any good books against the gnosties

Try Dr. Peter Jones's The Gnostic Empire Strikes Back (http://www.discerningreader.com/gnosemstrikb.html).

See also the articles: The New Gnostics and the Wisdom of Irenaeus (http://www.gospelcom.net/ivpress/groothuis/gnosticirenaeus.htm)

Strange Fire: The Rise of Gnosticism in the Church (http://www.ncinter.net/~ejt/gnostic1.htm).

Colin

[Patroclus]

Thanks Colin.