What was the Gnostic position on monotheism? Define the term “Demiurge” in your answer to this last question.
The Gnostics believed there were not one, but many gods that together created what they called the "divine realm". Depending on the Gnostic sect, the number of gods ranged from 30 to as many as 365. God as we understand, was the inherently evil creator of the material world in which we live; a "demiurge" according to Gnostics.
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