SPECIAL TOPIC: SIN UNTO DEATH (1 John)
spirit left before his death on the cross (cf. 1 John 5:6-8)
(2) "Docetic" Gnostics taught that Jesus was a divine spirit, not a true human being (cf. 1 John 1:1-3)
(3) Gnosticism revealed in the writings of the second century reflected two
different views about the human body
(a) since salvation was a truth revealed to the mind, the human body
was irrelevant to the spiritual realm.
Therefore, whatever it desired it could have. These are often referred to as antinomian or libertine Gnostics.
(b) the other group concluded that since the body was inherently evil (i.e. Greek thought), any bodily
desire should be shunned. These are called "Ascetic" Gnostics.
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