Exactly what would have happened if (one branch of) Gnosticism would have survived and outcompeted Christianity in those early centuries?
I mean, how much would it change Europe and the rest of the world?
Would it result into an age of enlightenment for Europe?
Or would there simply be another Dark Age, but then with a different religion that's grown dogmatic and intolerant?
I mean, how much would it change Europe and the rest of the world?
Would it result into an age of enlightenment for Europe?
Or would there simply be another Dark Age, but then with a different religion that's grown dogmatic and intolerant?