gnosticism

And let's for funnies say that Christianity merged with Hermeticism like what happened in our timeline. No ASB so no gnomes turning everything into gold There were plenty of religions competing at the time. -Mithraism -Christianity and Manicheaism (these were the two major ones) -Gnosticism...

Before I get into the details of the question, let me set out the scenario. At some point in the 3rd Century, Persia converts to Christianity in a "Light shines East" style scenario, where Christianity is largely merged with Zoroastrianism and Ahura Mazda is conflated with the Christian God. The...

Similar to this post about religions that take Christianity, and combined it with the local culture to make a new religion, this is based on gnosticism. What would be an interesting religion or mythology that would be interesting if it was subverted and such a way, that the good guys are the...

I'm sure just about everybody knows about the "Big Four" Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam. Of the four, Gnosticism was probably the one that came closest to fading into obscurity. What if it had? How might history have been altered if Gnosticism had fallen from...

As per the title. What would it have taken for Valentinianism to have become the dominant Christian sect? What would a Valentinianism that became the dominant form of Christianity look like? Also, Valentinus was apparently a candidate for Pope at one point. Could he have become Pope, and if so...

Straightforward. What would the consequences be should the Gnostic interpretation become the dominant one?