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Republic by Plato – The original is not Gnostic, but the Nag Hammadi library version is heavily modified with then-current Gnostic concepts. The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth – a Hermetic treatise; The Prayer of Thanksgiving (with a hand-written note) – a Hermetic prayer; Asclepius 21–29 – another Hermetic treatise; Codex VII: The ...
A lecturer and writer of books and articles about Gnosticism and Jungian psychology, Hoeller is also Regionary Bishop of Ecclesia Gnostica. [2]Hoeller was ordained to the priesthood in the American Catholic Church by Bishop Lowell P. Wadle in 1958, [citation needed] and consecrated bishop by Richard Duc de Palatine on April 9, 1967. [3]
"Fragment G", which Clement of Alexandria (Stromateis 6.52.3-4) related to "On Friends", asserts that there is shared matter between Gnostic Christian material, and material found in "publicly available books"; which is the result of "the law that is written in the [human] heart". Layton relates this to GTr 19.34 − when Jesus taught, "in ...
The Gnostikos (Greek: Γνωστικός, meaning The Knower or The Gnostic) is a 4th-century work by the early Christian monk Evagrius Ponticus. The Gnostikos is a brief treatise consisting of 50 chapters, which contain exhortations for experienced monks. [1] There are manuscripts of the Gnostikos in Greek (original), Syriac, and Armenian. [2]
The codices had been buried around 400 AD. [9] The writing is a Coptic translation of a Greek original. [9] Authorship of the original Testimony of Truth text is estimated to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD, near Alexandria. [10] The beginning of the text (pages 29–45) is the best preserved section, whereas the rest of the text is ...
The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, also known as the Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians, [1] [2] is a Sethian Gnostic text found in Codices III and IV of the Nag Hammadi library. The text describes the origin of three powers: the Father, the Mother, and the Son, who came forth from the great invisible Spirit.
The Treatise on the Resurrection is an ancient Gnostic or quasi-Gnostic Christian text which was found at Nag Hammadi, Egypt.It is also sometimes referred to as "The Letter to Rheginos" because it is a letter responding to questions about the resurrection posed by Rheginos, who may have been a non-Gnostic Christian.
[94] [149] [41] [a] In this retelling, Noah represents Jews and non-Gnostic Christians. Sabaoth opposes the evil Yaldabaoth, but he and Noah do not recognize the Gnostic salvation offered by Norea. [153] [150] Although Sabaoth is enthroned in heaven, he is still ultimately below the cosmic veil [154] and Gnostics are not subject to his rule. [155]