LI-Gnosis ingenye yezenzakalo ezithakazelisa kakhulu emlandweni wemibono. Yavela ngaphansi koMbuso WaseRoma Ophakeme (ikhulu lokuqala nelesi-XNUMX), isikhathi esihle nesingenakuphumula, esabona nokukhula kobuKristu. AmaGnostic, amaBasilides, uValentin, uMarcion, ashumayela izimfundiso eziyinqaba ezethula njengolwazi oluyimfihlo (gnosis) uJesu Kristu ayeyoludlulisela kulabo abasondelene naye. UbuKristu Befilosofi noma inkohliso eyisibabule? Ukuhlakanipha okuphezulu noma i-charlatanism? Inkolo sui generis noma isifo infantile yobuKristu? Inkulumo yokugcina yefilosofi yamaGreki noma ukulindela ubukhona? I-Vector yamathonya amaJuda noma ngokuphambene nokwenqaba ubuJuda? I-Gnosis igcina ingxenye yemfihlakalo yayo. Yazalelwa eMpumalanga (eSiriya, eGibhithe), yasakazwa eRoma, yalahlwa oFata beBandla (Saint Irenaeus, Tertullian), ingase ifinyelele umvuthwandaba wayo emingceleni yoMbuso WasePheresiya noMani (ikhulu lesi-XNUMX) imfundiso yakhe, I-Manichaeism, yasakazeka yaze yafika eShayina futhi yayingase ikhuthaze ubuBuddha.
Kusukela ukuphela kwamaCathars (ngekhulu le-14), isithombe sokugcina se-gnosis yaseYurophu, siphila ngamasiko okuthwasa (i-Freemasonry, Theosophy), imigqa yamakhosi angokomoya athi akhona futhi asabalalisa amathonya ezincwadini, ikakhulukazi ezothando, umculo, ifilosofi. Ngokulahla kwalo okwangempela umhlaba wangempela noma isifiso salo sokukhulula ingqondo ezinkingeni zesimo senyama, indlela yokucabanga yamaGnostic igcwele isiko lesimanje ngezindlela eziningi. Esihlokweni esiyinkimbinkimbi nesinempikiswano, umbhali wethula, ngokombono womlando, ukuhlanganiswa okucacile, okunempilo nokulinganiselayo.