Question 1

What is Gnosticism?

Accepted Answer

Gnosticism is a modern umbrella term for several ancient religious movements that placed unusual importance on gnosis, or saving knowledge. These movements differed substantially from one another, and there was no single ancient Gnostic religion.

Question 2

Who were the Carpocratians?

Accepted Answer

The Carpocratians were a 2nd-century Gnostic Christian movement founded by Carpocrates of Alexandria. His son Epiphanes wrote on justice and equality. Marcellina brought their teachings to Rome. The modern Carpocratian Church both reimagines and reconstructs this tradition from sources predating the 3rd century CE.

Question 3

What did Gnostic mean to the Carpocratians?

Accepted Answer

The followers of Marcellina called themselves Gnostics. In the Carpocratian tradition, gnosis may be understood as recognition of the Soul's origin in the realm of the unbegotten Father, its present condition under the powers that fashioned this world, and its path of liberation and return.

Question 4

What is The Loop Testament?

Accepted Answer

The Loop Testament is a collection of five interconnected Gnostic Christian texts based on a harmony of both canonical and apocryphal Scripture. It includes Morphosis, the Gospel of Eve, The Good Shepherd Child, the Mystic Gospel of Mark, and The Tachyon.

Question 5

Is the Carpocratian Church LGBTQ+ affirming?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Carpocratian Church is fully LGBTQ+ affirming. Our theology holds that all Souls are saved by faith and love—not by repentance or conformity to social categories.

Question 6

Is the Carpocratian Church a 501(c)(3) nonprofit?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Carpocratian Church of Commonality and Equality, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 33-2553053, incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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OF COMMONALITY AND EQUALITY

THE FELLOWSHIP

ON JUSTICE

DOCTRINES OF CARPOCRATES

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MARCELLINA II (SHE/HER)

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