Gnosticism: Where It Comes From, What It Teaches, and How Christians Should Resp... Gnosticism is not a specific heretical movement in church history but rather a loose collection of different religious beliefs. Gnosis is the Greek word for “knowledge,” and Gnostics claimed...

What is Textus Receptus? Textus Receptus means "received text." It is the name given to the Greek New Testament published by Erasmus. The name first appeared in an advertising blurb in the 1630s in a different Gr...

What Is (And Isn't) Heresy? Traditionally, a heretic is someone who has compromised an essential doctrine and lost sight of who God really is, usually by oversimplification. Literally, heresy means “choice” — that is, ...