غنوصية: الفرق بين النسختين

يعتقد بعض الغنوصيين أن المسيح هو تجسيد للواحد الأحد آتى إلى الكون المادي ليدل البشر على الغنوصية.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roukema|first=Riemer|title=Jesus, Gnosis and Dogma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AfcRBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|date=18 February 2010|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-0-567-61585-5|page=53|chapter=Jesus′ Origin and Identity – Theodotus &#91;of Byzantium&#93;|quote=The Saviour, jesus Christ, who from the fullness (the ''pleroma'') of the Father descended on earth, is identified with the Logos, but initially not entirely with the Only Begotten Son. In john 1:14 is written, after all, that his glory was ''as'' of the Only Begotten, from which is concluded that his glory must be distinguished from this (7, 3b). When the Logos or Saviour descended, Sophia, according to Theodotus, provided a piece of flesh (''sarkion''), namely a carnal body, also called ‘spiritual seed’ (1, 1).}}</ref><ref name="nhlintro">{{cite web|last1=Hoeller|first1=Stephan A.|authorlink1=Stephan A. Hoeller|title=The Gnostic World View: A Brief Summary of Gnosticism|url=http://www.gnosis.org/gnintro.htm|website=www.gnosis.org|publisher=The Gnostic Society|accessdate=15 May 2017| مسار الأرشيف = https://web.archive.org/web/20190524092252/http://gnosis.org/gnintro.htm | تاريخ الأرشيف = 24 مايو 2019 }}</ref>  بينما رفضوا أخرون فكرة تجسيد الرب في المسيح واعتبروا المسيح كبشري استطاع للوصول إلى الغنوصية وعلم مريديه نفس الطريقة. بينما يعتبر المندائيون المسيح كمسيح زائف لأنه شوه التعاليم التى علمها إياه يوحنا المعمدان.<ref name="macuch">{{cite book|last=Macuch|first=Rudolf|title=Handbook of Classical and Modern Mandaic|publisher=De Gruyter & Co.|location=Berlin|year=1965|pages=61 fn. 105}}</ref>