Esoteric Christianity
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Esoteric Christianity is an approach to Christianity which features "secret traditions" that require an initiation to learn or understand.
The term esoteric was coined in the 17th century and derives from the Greek ἐσωτερικός (esôterikos, "inner").
These spiritual currents share some common features, such as heterodox or heretical Christian theology; the canonical gospels, various apocalyptic literature, and some New Testament apocrypha as sacred texts; and disciplina arcani, a supposed oral tradition from the Twelve Apostles containing esoteric teachings of Jesus the Christ.
Esoteric Christianity was closely related to gnosticism, and survives in a few modern churches.
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See also
- Anthroposophy
- Book of the 24 Philosophers
- Charismatic Christianity
- Christianity and Theosophy
- Christian Kabbalah
- Christian meditation
- Christian mysticism
- Christian mythology
- Christian theosophy
- Christian views on astrology
- Christian views on magic
- Entire sanctification
- Esoteric astrology
- Gnosticism
- Hermetica
- Manichaeism
- Martinism
- Origins of Christianity
- Rosicrucianism
- The Esoteric Character of the Gospels
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