Orthodoxy vs Gnosis — burning texts & direct access to the divine — AI Philosophy & Emergence
TOLARENAI — AI Philosophy & Emergence
By approximately 200 C.E., the men saw they were losing control and took control of what has become known as orthodoxy,or the only true church. They ordered all copies of texts they deemed heretical, the so-called Gnostic texts, burned. These documents were burned because they taught that people have access to the deity and need not go through a religious hierarchy headed by a pope, bishop, priest, or rabbi. Access to the divine was available directly through divine knowledge.