Template:Short description Template:More references Template:Missing information Template:Gnosticism Sarkic (Greek σάρξ, flesh or hylic, from the Greek ὕλη, stuff, or matter) in Gnosticism describes the lowest level of human nature—the fleshly, instinctive level. This is not the notion of body as opposed to thought; rather the sarkic level is said to be the lowest level of thought.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
ConceptsEdit
The concept of sarkic is used along with pneuma, which refers to spirit or soul, to describe the duality of Christ<ref>Engberg-Pedersen, Troels (2017). John and Philosophy: A New Reading of the Fourth Gospel. Oxford University Press. Template:ISBN.Template:Verify source</ref> and also the Christian Church.<ref>Locher, Gottfried (2004). Sign of the Advent: A Study in Protestant Ecclesiology. Academic Press Fribourg. p. 152. Template:ISBN. Template:Verify source</ref> Furthermore, such duality is used to explain the paradox of the identities of Adam and Eve.<ref>Template:Cite book Template:Verify source</ref>
There are thinkers such as Maximus the Confessor who associate sarkic (fleshly) with the somatic dimension (bodily)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> of human nature, the area where redemption must occur.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> There are, however, instances when they are considered near equivalent.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> But these states needed to be transcended to achieve a form of existence characterized by a heightened communion with God.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Sarkic is also used in Christian terms such as Paul's description of Abraham's children as sarkic children who have the pneuma of Christ.<ref>Template:Cite book Template:Verify source</ref> In his classification of humanity in his attempt to address the so-called "gentile problem", he labeled all as sarkic: sarkic Jews who have Christ's pneuma; sarkic Jews who lack Christ's pneuma; sarkic gentiles who have Christ's pneuma; and, sarkic gentiles who lack Christ's pneuma.<ref>Template:Cite book Template:Verify source</ref>
Paul also linked sarkic to the concept of hamartia, with the former serving as the force of the latter, capable of overcoming individual action and will.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Popular cultureEdit
Sarkicism is a religion documented in SCP Foundation entries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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