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The 24 pages that link to Gnosticism, each with the reason it gives.

• Early ChristianityCompared with: Groups called Gnostic offered rival accounts of creation, salvation, and Jesus.

• NeoplatonismCompared with: Some Gnostic accounts treat the material cosmos as a failure, unlike Plotinus’s ordered emanation.

• HermeticismCompared with: Both value revelatory knowledge, but Hermetic texts often regard the cosmos as a divine creation.

• Christian mysticismCompared with: The comparison clarifies how Christian mystics differ from movements labeled Gnostic despite shared interest in spiritual knowledge.

• Gospel of ThomasCompared with: Thomas has been called Gnostic, but that label's fit and usefulness are disputed.

• Creation ex nihiloCompared with: Some Gnostic accounts challenged the goodness or authorship of the material creation affirmed by the doctrine.

• Marcion of SinopeCompared with: Ancient writers sometimes grouped Marcion with Gnostics, though his movement differed from many groups under that label.

• MarcionismCompared with: Both challenged simple identifications of the creator with the highest God, but Marcionism was not simply Gnosticism.

• Hermes TrismegistusCompared with: Some Hermetic texts share themes with ancient Gnostic writings, but the traditions are not identical.

• Mystery religionCompared with: Its revelatory teachings can resemble esotericism, but it is not simply another mystery cult.

• Clement of AlexandriaCompared with: Clement defended Christian knowledge while disputing teachings he considered incompatible with the church’s faith.

• DiscordianismCompared with: Discordianism borrows the allure of secret knowledge while undermining solemn claims to it.