Review article
Gnosticism and Neopelagianism – an Obstacle to Holiness or a Source of Confusion?
Mikolaj Martinjak
orcid.org/0000-0002-3982-5304
; Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The terms »Gnosticism« and »Pelagianism« are known to theologians, historians, religious scholars, philosophers, and other scholars of the humanities. As individual terms we may hear them from time to time in colloquial speech, especially the derivative »agnosticism« or »agnostic«. Until the apostolic exhortations of Pope Francis, these two nominations were related to Church heresies from the beginning of the Church teachings. The article, in the historical context of this heresy, places the Pope’s speech on Gnosticism and Pelagianism, which he begins in his apostolic exhortation »Evangelii Gaudium« and extends it in the apostolic exhortation »Gaudete et exsultate«. After a brief account of the classical use of these terms and the problems associated with them, as well as the pope’s interpretation of these terms, the article answers the question of whether these terms are truly a »barrier« to the path of holiness or a source of confusion.
Keywords
Christian Anthropology; Church Heresies; Evangelii Gaudium; Gaudete et exsultate; Gnosticism; Pelagianism; Pope Francis
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228404
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Publication date:
25.11.2019.
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