Gnosticism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Dualism and monism=== {{See also|Nontrinitarianism}} Gnostic systems postulate a [[Dualistic cosmology|dualism]] between God and the world,{{sfn|Jonas|1963|p=42}} varying from the "radical dualist" systems of [[Manichaeism]] to the "mitigated dualism" of classic gnostic movements. Radical dualism, or absolute dualism, posits two co-equal divine forces, while in ''mitigated dualism'' one of the two principles is in some way inferior to the other. In ''qualified monism'' the second entity may be divine or semi-divine. Valentinian Gnosticism is a form of [[monism]], expressed in terms previously used in a dualistic manner.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Edwards|first=M. J.|title=Gnostics and Valentinians in the Church Fathers|date=1989|url=https://academic.oup.com/jts/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/jts/40.1.26|journal=The Journal of Theological Studies|language=en|volume=40|issue=1|pages=41|doi=10.1093/jts/40.1.26|issn=0022-5185}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page