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Ecclesia Gnostica (Latin: The Church of Gnosis) is an open sacramental [citation needed] neo-Gnostic church based in the United States. It has ordained clergy and conducts regular sacramental services, including two weekly Masses (Celebration of the Holy Eucharist), as well as monthly and seasonal services in accordance with the liturgical calendar.
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.), or the Gnostic Catholic Church, is a Gnostic church organization. It is the ecclesiastical arm of Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), an international fraternal initiatory organization devoted to promulgating the Law of Thelema .
Statue of Sophia in an Ecclesia Gnostica chapel in Los Angeles, California. Gnosticism in modern times (or Neo-Gnosticism) includes a variety of contemporary religious movements, stemming from Gnostic ideas and systems from ancient Roman society. Gnosticism is an ancient name for a variety of religious ideas and systems, originating in Jewish ...
A lecturer and writer of books and articles about Gnosticism and Jungian psychology, Hoeller is also Regionary Bishop of Ecclesia Gnostica. [2]Hoeller was ordained to the priesthood in the American Catholic Church by Bishop Lowell P. Wadle in 1958, [citation needed] and consecrated bishop by Richard Duc de Palatine on April 9, 1967. [3]
Ecclesia Gnostica; Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica; Ecclesia Pistis Sophia; Gnostic Church of France; Johannite Church; Neo-Luciferian Church; See also. Gnosticism in ...
A Gnostic Mass is a liturgical Mass administered by a Gnostic church.There are several such churches, each with its own version of the Mass. Some of them are: Ecclesia Gnostica celebrates a traditional Gnostic Mass called the Gnostic Holy Eucharist.
It is the central rite of Ordo Templi Orientis and its ecclesiastical arm, Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica. The ceremony calls for five officers: a Priest, a Priestess, a Deacon, and two adult acolytes, called "the Children".
The Église Gnostique Catholique Apostolique (E.G.C.A.), in Latin Ecclesia Gnostica Apostolica Catholica (not to be confused with Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica), or known as the Gnostic Catholic Apostolic Church of North America, which operates in New York, claims the heritage of Église gnostique de France. [5]