Across
- 4. in Jewish thinking this had to be right
- 7. in Scripture Simon Magus wanted Christianity to give him this kind of power
- 8. Montanists did not believe in this
- 10. Spirit Montanists held themselves superior to the Church believing they had this direct inspiration (2 words)
- 12. a rational, intellectual study of religious matters
- 14. because the secret knowledge was given only to a few, Gnosticism had an element of this
- 15. comes from the Greek word meaning “knowledge”
- 17. Marcionism professed belief only in the writings of this saint
- 19. Marcionism forbade the eating of this
- 21. believed that the second coming would be in Phrygia
- 22. In Gnosticism Jesus’ body was a costume or one of these
- 23. a corruption of Christian dogmas
Down
- 1. Marcionism accepted a “butchered” version of this Gospel
- 2. new Christian thought was interested in this of God
- 3. in Jewish thinking the questions asked
- 5. most of the early heresies involved the nature of Him
- 6. new Greek thinking questions
- 9. sought to rid the Church of all things Jewish
- 11. this apologist became a Montanist
- 13. the creator of the material world and evil
- 16. a Simon who founded Gnosticism
- 18. extreme self-denial and austerity
- 20. this world was evil