Glossary: Mo-My

Monarchianism

A Christian heresy which taught that God is a single entity and that Jesus was a pure man, born of a virgin, who was adopted by God.

Monotheism

The worship of one God in whom the fullness of all things dwell. Nag Hammadi: A location in Egypt in which Gnostic writings were discovered, including the Gospel of Thomas.

Mystery religion

This term is most often used to refer to a group of religions in ancient Greece and Rome which existed in competition with the official state religions. Some consider the primitive Christian movement to have been a mystery religion.

Mysticism

The belief and practice of a third form of knowledge -- one which is beyond sense knowledge and knowledge by inference.

Myth

A story that is not literally true, which portrays fundamental spiritual and religious truths. They do not represent reality, but contain much wisdom.