| The distortions of the Marcionites, Gnostics, and Montanists were carefully examined under the criteria of apostolic testimony. |
| Thus the rejection of the Old Testament, in part or in whole, was one of the numerous errors of the Gnostics. |
| We can see well enough that Paul had to fight the Gnostics, the Platonists, and the ascetics on these counts. |
| But from the very start, in the conflict between Peter and Paul, between them and the Gnostics, Christ's legacy has been a site of struggle. |
| The Gnostics were another losing faction and the exact opposite, Christologically, of the Adoptionists. |
| The Gnostics of early Christendom believed in seeking personal spiritual experience. |
