As is obvious from this idea, the Gnostics believe the self and the divine to be identical. Gnostics also don't believe in the ultimate superiority of Jesus. They see Jesus as a teacher of sorts, and once one has fully benefited from what they can learn from him, they are on his level. The first chapter brings the first major division to be discussed between Gnosticism and Orthodox Christianity, the idea of Christ and the Resurrection...
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The Gnostics believed that the belief in the literal resurrection of Jesus Christ was idiotic, so they believed that the Orthodox Christians had their belief all wrong. In their eyes they "mistook a spiritual truth for an actual event" (13). They believe that all the visions of Jesus after he was crucified were spiritual, seen in dreams or trance-like states by the people who claimed to see them...
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