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Gnosticism
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  • Henry More
    gnosticism
    / Adversus haereses

    …is a perfect human named Adamas—a divine prototype of the earthly Adam of Genesis. Adamas is united with a consort, Perfect Knowledge (gnosis). The teaching thus provides a mythic account of how plurality (of divine attributes) originated from unity and how true humanity is also divine. The last divine entity…

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    …is a perfect human named Adamas—a divine prototype of the earthly Adam of Genesis. Adamas is united with a consort, Perfect Knowledge (gnosis). The teaching thus provides a mythic account of how plurality (of divine attributes) originated from unity and how true humanity is also divine. The last divine entity…

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  • Henry More
    gnosticism
    / Apocryphon of John

    …dwelling place of the spiritual Adamas, his son Seth, and the race or offspring of Seth.

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    …dwelling place of the spiritual Adamas, his son Seth, and the race or offspring of Seth.

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