Your posts about Gnosticism reminded me of a recent conversation among internet Christians about the Nicene Creed. Many in that discourse concluded that the Creed lacked value in the modern day since it lacked discussion of the relationship with God and man. I disagreed, but it occurs to me that the Creed itself puts us on guard against Gnosticism and other systems, because the prescriptive doctrinal statements sideline them immediately, which in turn protects us from second order theological implications in those systems.
Your posts about Gnosticism reminded me of a recent conversation among internet Christians about the Nicene Creed. Many in that discourse concluded that the Creed lacked value in the modern day since it lacked discussion of the relationship with God and man. I disagreed, but it occurs to me that the Creed itself puts us on guard against Gnosticism and other systems, because the prescriptive doctrinal statements sideline them immediately, which in turn protects us from second order theological implications in those systems.