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Tag: Gnosticism

Posted on July 13, 2025July 13, 2025

The Battle Against Gnosticism

Photo of snail among roses speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œThe Battle Against Gnosticismโ€
A reflection on Colossians 1:15-20
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

Greek words in this couplet:

pneuma: spirit
soma: body, flesh
pleroma: fullness, completion


He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation.

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