Example sentences for: gnostic

How can you use “gnostic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Compare that pale fable with the force of the words of Marcus, a student of the gnostic teacher Valentinus (c.

  • The so-called alectorocephalic anguipede deity portrayed on the gem (p. 174) is not the Christian three-form god but a teratomorphic concoction of Gnostic syncretistic fantasy.

  • Until I read Pagel's The Gnostic Gospels I recalled the expression the naked truth as having derived from an old Roman fable (perhaps from Horace, around 50 B.C.) about Truth and Falsehood emerging from a swim together, Falsehood stealing Truth's clothers.

  • From now on, I go with the derivation from Marcus, student of Valentinus the Gnostic.


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