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February 5, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Faith and Symbol

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MHMihai HIMCINSCHI1 Decembrie 1918 University

Key Points

  • The aim is to examine how religious symbols, particularly in Gnosticism, illuminate human understanding of faith and destiny.
  • Analyzed religious symbols through hermeneutic approaches.
  • Explored the role of Gnosticism in shaping beliefs about destiny.
  • Investigated the communicative power of biblical symbolism.
  • Found that religious symbols serve as links to transcendental truths.
  • Identified Gnosticism as a significant framework for understanding esoteric beliefs.
  • Demonstrated that biblical symbolism maintains its relevance across generations.

Abstract

The hermeneutics of religious symbols leads us to the discovery, and then to the silent contemplation, of the theophanic representations that the Imaginary receives as manifestations of an infinite Transcendence. Gnosis aims to abolish the bipolarities and dualisms that mark humanity and its history. Among all religions, Gnosticism is the most frequently used symbol through which man projects himself and his destiny onto the screen of a soteriological and eschatological time. Biblical symbolism initially presents itself because it serves a monotheistic faith that is already firm or needs strengthening. This very particular use of symbolic language allows the Bible, despite its incomparable richness of expression, to remain intelligible throughout generations. The message of the symbol consists in its epiphanic character of figurative presence, yet very real, of the transcendent.

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Mihai HIMCINSCHI (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6984358ff1d9ada3c1fb47a4https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18466620
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