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Giovanni Filoramo (born 18 May 1945) is an Italian scholar of gnosticism. A professor of History of Christianity at the University of Turin and he has published a number of books. [1]

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Gnosticism is a modern name for a variety of ancient religious ideas and systems, originating in Jewish-Christian milieux in the first and second century AD. These systems believed that the material world is created by an emanation or 'works' of a lower god (demiurge), trapping the divine spark within the human body. This divine spark could be liberated by gnosis, spiritual knowledge acquired through direct experience. Some of the core teachings include the following:

  1. All matter is evil, and the non-material, spirit-realm is good.
  2. There is an unknowable God, who gave rise to many lesser spirit beings called Aeons.
  3. The creator of the (material) universe is not the supreme god, but an inferior spirit.
  4. Gnosticism does not deal with "sin," only ignorance.
  5. To achieve salvation, one needs gnosis (knowledge).

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  1. Hoeller, Stephan A. "The Gnostic World View: A Brief Summary of Gnosticism". The Gnosis Archive. Retrieved January 15, 2009.