Gnostics believed that spiritual things are good and that all matter is evil. Reasoning that all flesh is evil, they rejected marriage and procreation, claiming that Satan originated these.
ज्ञानवाद, या धार्मिक आणि तत्त्वज्ञानी व विश्‍वासू जनांच्या मनांना भ्रष्ट करणाऱ्‍या चळवळीला तेव्हा वेग आला होता.