Sacred Formation
The Gnostic Society of Jesus
Sacred Light Theological Seminary
Gnosis & Logos
Library
How We Practice
Gnostic Christianity joins prayer, scripture, sacramental worship, and disciplined reflection. In parish life, clergy accompany and teach while the congregation practices, discerns, and bears witness.
Pastoral care supports spiritual reflection, responsible discernment, and growth within the life of the Church. It accompanies the faithful through prayer and counsel while respecting that God alone awakens, calls, and delivers.
Together, these texts deepen our reading of scripture and recover voices, questions, and spiritual insights that were excluded, suppressed, or forgotten. Teaching is joined to prayer and practice so that gnosis is not merely discussed, but lived.
Ministry and Formation
Congregational teaching
Pastoral care
Clergy formation
Liturgical education
Leadership
Sacred Light Seminary provides church clergy formation and religious education. It does not claim secular academic accreditation.
His Eminence Cardinal William H. Thomas
in Ecclesia, Tau Basilides
Co-Founder, Cardinal and Presiding Bishop of The Holy Gnostic Church
President and Professor of Liturgical and Sacramental Theology, The Sacred Light Theological Seminary
Father General of The Gnostic Society of Jesus
Episcopal Visitor to The Monastery of Saint Thomas
M.Div., Ph.D., Ed.D., Th.D. in Ecclesia, GSJ
The Most Reverend Jody G. Bédard
in Ecclesia, Tau Didymos Pterophoros
Co-Founder and Archbishop of The Holy Gnostic Church
Socius of The Gnostic Society of Jesus
Ecclesiastical Chancellor and Dean of The Sacred Light Theological Seminary
MSN, RN, Th.D. in Ecclesia
