The primtive congregation or ecclesia  was a community possesed by the Holy Spirit, and still should be.... has nothing to do with state controlled religion or profiterring ever... As a carreer, sorry, not a profession but way of life.it;s servitude filled/truth/knowledge with love for the lost may that be so with all of us..

Epígnosis refers to exact, complete, thorough, accurate, experiential knowledge, not just abstract, intellectual, head knowledge of God or even facts about Him. Epígnosis always describes moral and religious knowledge in the NT and especially refers to full and comprehensive knowledge of God’s will that rests on the knowledge of God and of Christ found today in His Word.

I would like to add to t  2 Corinth 3 tells us of the Holy Spirit not just a people of print but real life indwelling presence of God in us, long before they had paper and  they had his presence, maybe we have all paper and no presence? just kidding,,, I think man is afraid of t faith because it crosses over the measurable external things we prove by  to see  how we do, is where God loves the impossible for us, and things we not show and see and control, the knowledge here is not gnosis based,  wisdom it;s derived by the wakening power of God . TAKE CARE..