Early Christian mystical groups were called Gnostics, meaning those who know, because of their spiritual knowledge.
It is the story of how we, as spiritua. "Pistis Sophis" was the most important Gnostic work until the discovery and publication of "The Nag Hammadi Library." It remains an important milestone in Gnostic research and should be part of any serious study.
Their teachers were persecuted and most documents destroyed because the Church desired a uniform set of beliefs to operate under.
Early Christian mystical groups were called Gnostics, meaning those who know, because of their spiritual knowledge