Gnostic texts
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Gnostic texts are early Christian and pre-Christian mystical writings that emphasize secret spiritual knowledge (gnosis) about the divine, the cosmos, and the soul’s liberation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gnostic texts canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14196228 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gnostic texts Context triple: [Nag Hammadi, discoveryType, Gnostic texts]
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Die christliche Gnosis
"Die christliche Gnosis" is a seminal 19th-century theological study by Ferdinand Christian Baur that critically examines early Christian Gnosticism and its role in the development of Christian doctrine.
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Gnosticism
Gnosticism is a diverse set of early religious movements that emphasized secret spiritual knowledge (gnosis) as the path to salvation and often presented a dualistic view of the material and spiritual worlds.
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C.
Esoteric Christianity
Esoteric Christianity is a spiritual and philosophical interpretation of Christian teachings that emphasizes hidden, mystical, and symbolic meanings beyond traditional dogma.
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D.
Gnostikos
Gnostikos is a spiritual treatise by the early Christian monk Evagrius Ponticus that offers guidance for advanced contemplatives on knowledge of God and the inner life.
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E.
Kephalaia Gnostica
Kephalaia Gnostica is a collection of esoteric theological and philosophical chapters by the 5th-century Christian monk Evagrius Ponticus, exploring advanced contemplative and mystical doctrines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gnostic texts Target entity description: Gnostic texts are early Christian and pre-Christian mystical writings that emphasize secret spiritual knowledge (gnosis) about the divine, the cosmos, and the soul’s liberation.
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A.
Die christliche Gnosis
"Die christliche Gnosis" is a seminal 19th-century theological study by Ferdinand Christian Baur that critically examines early Christian Gnosticism and its role in the development of Christian doctrine.
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B.
Gnosticism
Gnosticism is a diverse set of early religious movements that emphasized secret spiritual knowledge (gnosis) as the path to salvation and often presented a dualistic view of the material and spiritual worlds.
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C.
Esoteric Christianity
Esoteric Christianity is a spiritual and philosophical interpretation of Christian teachings that emphasizes hidden, mystical, and symbolic meanings beyond traditional dogma.
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D.
Gnostikos
Gnostikos is a spiritual treatise by the early Christian monk Evagrius Ponticus that offers guidance for advanced contemplatives on knowledge of God and the inner life.
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E.
Kephalaia Gnostica
Kephalaia Gnostica is a collection of esoteric theological and philosophical chapters by the 5th-century Christian monk Evagrius Ponticus, exploring advanced contemplative and mystical doctrines.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.