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The Gospel of Thomas is a non-canonical [1] sayings gospel.It was discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945 among a group of books known as the Nag Hammadi library. ...
The Gospel of Thomas, it is often claimed, has some gnostic elements but lacks the full gnostic cosmology. However, even the description of these elements as "gnostic" is based mainly upon the presupposition that the text as a whole is a "gnostic" gospel, and this idea itself is based upon little other than the fact that it was found along with ...
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is an apocryphal gospel about the childhood of Jesus.The scholarly consensus dates it to the mid-to-late second century, with the oldest extant fragmentary manuscript dating to the fourth or fifth century, and the earliest complete manuscript being the Codex Sabaiticus from the 11th century.
Heracleon, Fragments from his Commentary on the Gospel of John, mentioned in Origen (Commentary on the Gospel of John) Naassene Fragment mentioned in Hippolytus (Ref. 5.7.2–9). Ophite Diagrams mentioned in Celsus and Origen; Ptolemy's Commentary on the Gospel of John Prologue, mentioned in Irenaeus. [2] Ptolemy's Letter to Flora, mentioned in ...
Additionally, the form of mysticism present in the Gospel of Thomas lacks several elements typically associated with Gnosticism. [16] [17] [18] The Gospel of Thomas suggests that living a physical life is important, which seems to go against some Gnostic beliefs. Paterson Brown used this idea to argue that the Gospel of Thomas is not a Gnostic ...
Nag Hammadi Codex II (designated by siglum CG II) is a papyrus codex with a collection of early Christian Gnostic texts in Coptic (Sahidic dialect). [1] The manuscript has survived in nearly perfect condition. The codex is dated to the 4th century. It is the only complete manuscript from antiquity with the text of the Gospel of Thomas. [2]
The Book of Thomas the Contender [1] [2] or The Book of Thomas [3] [4] is a Gnostic revelation dialogue. [5] It is the seventh tractate in Codex II of the Nag Hammadi library. [1] The tractate is a Coptic translation of a Greek original, [1] likely composed in Syria during the early 200s AD.
Thomas is martyred (background) by order of an Indian monarch (foreground). The Acts of Thomas connects Thomas the apostle's Indian ministry with two kings. [4] According to one of the legends in the Acts, Thomas was at first reluctant to accept this mission, but the Lord appeared to him in a night vision and said, “Fear not, Thomas.