The Pastorals considered that Gnosticism was a false teaching because they were establishing a true Christianity. Because Gnosticism proclaimed knowledge, promoted myths and genealogies and taught a realized eschatology it was an opponent to the true Christianity that the Pastorals were working on. They thought that Gnosticism engaged in “profane chatter”, and the genealogies promoted… Continue reading →
1 Timothy is thought to be a letter that was directed to early Christian Gnostics as a way of devaluing their beliefs and promoting early Christian values. This letter, specifically, focuses on the living standards and social interaction of a “good” Christian community; such qualities included: how people were to pray, behave toward elderly, widows,… Continue reading →
In the pastoral letters, the focus is put on a specific Christian movement called gnosticism. It is very evident in the letters that the writer does not agree with these people and what they do, so 1 Timothy can be seen as written to the Christian gnostics to tell them what living a Christian life… Continue reading →
