dude. im pretty sure gnosticism was/is a sect of christianity. the roman catholic church did a very good job of supressing them though. infact, there was different brand of christianity on every street corner back then, but the catholics had this thing about executing people that didn't agree with them. the cathars are an example of a christian sect that got wiped out by the catholic church. mostly about politics (meaning the cathars humility and piety made the pope look bad) but then again, what wasn't about politics with them back then.
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