Scholar Elaine Pagels explores these documents and their implications. From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels Vintage Books, New York: 1979 pp. xiii-xxiii In December 1945 an Arab peasant made ...

The term gnosticism is often used as a sort of umbrella term to cover the people that the leaders of the church don't like. It covers probably a huge variety of points of view. And yet there is a ...

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Gnosticism as a theological position developed not long after the time of the New Testament as Christianity began to spread ...

And the proof that this so-called simulation hypothesis is correct may be hiding in plain sight in the Bible. Professor Vopson told MailOnline: 'The bible itself tells us that we are in a ...

“The reason Gnostics denied that God became fully man in the incarnation is that they held a low view of matter in general and flesh in particular. For Gnostics, matter and flesh were not products of ...

Whether you know your Scriptures chapter and verse or you rarely take a peek at the Good Book, these Bible facts will surprise you. Though the word Bible comes from the Greek word biblios ...

This chapter is part of a book that is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core Few academic studies have acknowledged esotericism and Gnosticism in African American religion. The Nation of ...

A number of Gnostic texts were found in the Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi over 70 years ago. In this gallery, you'll get to ...