Secret Quest: The Path of the Christian Gnostics

I don't think it's hard to see correlations between modern gnosis and ancient or medieval mystery groups/religions. The common goal has been enlightenment and knowledge, opposed to the mainstream agenda of belief and control of the masses.

Same now as it was then. Except today it's more clearly explained than ever.

Jon.

http://www.gnosticweb.com

It is a sad commentary on these times that a right wing cult like the "Gnostic Movement" can warp history in such a distorted manner attempting to co-op the medieval and modern 'cathars' to serve its narrow purposes.

The term "Cathars" derives from the Greek word Katheroi and means "Pure Ones". They were a gnostic Christian sect that arose in the 11th century, an offshoot of a small surviving European gnostic community that emigrated to the Albigensian region in the south of France.The medieval Cathar movement flourished in the 12th century A.D. throughout Europe until its virtual extermination at the hands of the Inquisition in 1245.

There are an ever increasing number of historians and other academics engaged in serious Cathar studies. Interestingly, to date, the deeper they have dug, the more they have vindicated Cathar claims to represent a survival of the Earliest Christian Church.

Thank you!

Brad Hoffstetter
Communications Division
Assembly of good Christians
http://www.cathar.net

Legitimate scholarly references may be found here:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

This video is so straightforward and easy to understand. I learned a lot from it, particularly about how traditional Christianity was established. It is also great to hear about the Gnostic approach, straight from modern Gnostics - it helps to clear up some confusion.

Great documentry on gnosticim by the gnostics themselves. :)

Impressive presentation.

Great if this was common knowledge. Or even taught in schools! A pity how we are brought up to believe in things a certain way.

thanks for posting

There's so much to this that you just never really hear about. I'm glad to see this information available like this... Very informative video - thanks!

It tells you exactly what happened to the Christian Gnostics.

Very interesting explained in a very informative way, makes me look at these things in a different way, thanks

I really enjoyed watching this video.

littlespark, thanks for your comment.

Great documentary, very interesting to see how different Christianity was in its early stage as opposed to now.

Very intriguing, a must see.

and the truth shall set you free!
I hope we can all see the need to change at this time.

That's a good explanation, Littlespark. Thank you!
I still wonder if this process can be reversed...and people can become aware of what they are doing right now...

It's funny. It's like the same trend tends to happen with everything that's good. People figure out a way to eventually capitalize on it by defiling it until they can use it as a means to control or gain in some way. The scary thing is that they don't even have to be aware of what they are doing, as those true motives tend to mask themselves in good-sounding intentions. The early church probably just wanted to help people to find the comfort that they've found in Paul's form of Christianity. But in doing so, they defiled a lot of what Jesus actually taught and ensnared a huge amount of people into their warped version of his teachings.

Thankfully, Jesus' teachings weren't entirely lost.

It's quite interesting to know more about how come a teaching may become a religion. For me at least...

Thanks for posting it!

this is a great doco, really well done, congrats Gnosticweb!

Highly recommend it for anyone who is searching for something more than what we are constantly being told...

This is knockout stuff. There is some similar info around but not quite like this. A very well made video.

Really interesting, I'm looking forward to learn more about the story of the gnostics.

Oh so we are educated from what Paul took to the gentiles, not what was taken to the Jewish people. Those were entirely two different "projects" if you will.

This video gave me information about the times after Jesus' death and the formation of the church and the new testament.

I found it quite inspiring, although I can't believe how hush hush this information is!

I enjoyed this video very much, beautiful...

Yeah, this video was really well done, and has a lot of great, insightful info on early Christianity and Gnosticism. Thanks for sharing.

this is great - thanks for the insight and for making this message available on this video

This video was done really well. And very intriguing information.

It makes you realise how much things have been suppressed in the past, and makes me wonder how different things would have been if the message of the Gnostics was more widely known. I really recommend this video and am looking forward to seeing more parts. Thanks for the link.

Fascinating documentary - it had my attention the whole time.

This video takes a look at the history of early Christianity and it's Gnostic roots, showing how it has deviated from the original message of Jesus.

incredible - what an interesting insight into the gnostics!

Great explaination!

Great introduction into gnosticism

This is a refreshing and enlightening look into the secret history of Christianity and the origins of the Gnostics. Highly recommended.