Question: Look up the word ‘antinomianism” (if you don’t already know it). Gnostics are often antinomian. Why does this make sense in view of their beliefs?
Answer: It makes sense for the Gnostics to be antinomian because they believe that the Old Testament God who created moral law was vengeful, righteous, and even evil. They felt that they were not beings of this real but of a divine realm, from whence the Christ who entered Jesus's body came to teach them "gnosis" or knowledge needed to escape the realm of this evil God. This gnosis could be translated as the grace that frees Christians from moral law.
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