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==Development: forms of Protestantism as Gnostic Christianity==

==Development: forms of Protestantism as Gnostic Christianity==

:[[Relativism|Relativist]] interpreters emphasize that "the true value of the Gospel" lies primarily in its profound psychological and emotional impact, in '''''the telling of the story''''', without the necessity of it being factually and historically true, as a powerful means of causing spiritual transformation through personal identification with "the struggle and triumph of the mythical Jesus invented by Paul and the Gospel writers and the developed tradition of Christianity" ([[Subjectivism]], [[Mysticism]], [[Gnosticism]], [[Humanism]], [[Christian socialism]]). <br> Compare [[Historical-grammatical method (Literal hermeneutic)]].

[[Relativism|Relativist]] interpreters emphasize that "the true value of the Gospel" lies primarily in its profound psychological and emotional impact, in '''''the telling of the story''''', without the necessity of it being factually and historically true, as a powerful means of causing spiritual transformation through personal identification with "the struggle and triumph of the mythical Jesus invented by Paul and the Gospel writers and the developed tradition of Christianity" ([[Subjectivism]], [[Mysticism]], [[Gnosticism]], [[Humanism]], [[Christian socialism]]). <br> Compare [[Historical-grammatical method (Literal hermeneutic)]].

:''See especially the following article'' <br> —[https://www.theaquilareport.com/gnosticism-vs-christianity/ '''Gnosticism vs. Christianity:''' Six contrasts between the teachings of Gnosticism and the Christian faith, Written by Peter M. Dietsch - The Aquila Report (theaquilareport.com)]  

''See especially the following article'' <br> —[https://www.theaquilareport.com/gnosticism-vs-christianity/ '''Gnosticism vs. Christianity:''' Six contrasts between the teachings of Gnosticism and the Christian faith, Written by Peter M. Dietsch - The Aquila Report (theaquilareport.com)]  

::—Peter M. Dietsch is pastor of Providence PCA (''[[Presbyterian Church in America]]'') in Midland, Texas. He summarizes '''''Against the Protestant Gnostics''''', by Philip J. Lee, concerning the Gnostic disdain of the [[sacrament]]s and disdain of the doctrine of the [[Last Judgment|physical resurrection of the body]], in which Lee shows that Gnostic tendencies  

:—Peter M. Dietsch is pastor of Providence PCA (''[[Presbyterian Church in America]]'') in Midland, Texas. He summarizes '''''Against the Protestant Gnostics''''', by Philip J. Lee, concerning the Gnostic disdain of the [[sacrament]]s and disdain of the doctrine of the [[Last Judgment|physical resurrection of the body]], in which Lee shows that Gnostic tendencies toward a disdain for authority and the physical nature of things, with the hope of a bodiless spiritual-only salvation forever in heaven after death, through a direct "personal relation with Christ" (as a cosmic spiritual entity) and "knowing Jesus" by the "chosen elect", are being taught alongside Christian orthodoxy, and how these teachings of Gnosticism have wormed their way into Christian teachings, particularly in North American Protestantism. <br> In refutation Peter Dietsch says, "''In both the Old and New Testaments, the knowledge of God is not self-discoverable. God has revealed Himself in and through a community (His people, the Church), therefore He may be known only through that community.''"

:::toward a disdain for authority and the physical nature of things, with the hope of a bodiless spiritual-only salvation forever in heaven after death, through a direct "personal relation with Christ" (as a cosmic spiritual entity) and "knowing Jesus" by the "chosen elect",  

::are being taught alongside Christian orthodoxy, and how these teachings of Gnosticism have wormed their way into Christian teachings, particularly in North American Protestantism. <br> In refutation Peter Dietsch says, "''In both the Old and New Testaments, the knowledge of God is not self-discoverable. God has revealed Himself in and through a community (His people, the Church), therefore He may be known only through that community.''"

==Development: Faith and Doctors==

==Development: Faith and Doctors==