Gnosticism and the Early Church

Chapters 2-4 of "the Definitive Treatment of Universalism" — Reviewing "The Devil's Redemption" by Michael McClymond (Part 3)

[This article is part of a multi-installment review of Michael McClymond’s “New History and Interpretation of Christian Universalism,” titled The Devil’s Redemption.]

In chapters two, three, and four, McClymond discusses figures, groups, and topics related to the patristic (i.e., early church) period—a field in which he is, by his own admission, a “nonsp…