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A fascinating read from G. R. S. Mead, this book is one of the best about Gnosticism. Even though this was written before the Nag Hammadi discoveries, it explains a great deal about what we knew about the Gnostics at the turn of the twentieth century. Mead draws on information provided both by the Early Church Fathers hostile to Gnosticism, and the available corpus of actual Gnostic documents at the time.
He includes excerpts from previously untranslated manuscripts, and extensive summaries of the Pistis Sophia and the writings of the critics of Gnosticism.
This book is required reading for anyone who wants to understand Gnosticism and the development of early Christianity. Includes some nice illustrations at the beginning of the main chapters.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir
Length18 hrs 10 mins
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Publish dateJul 27, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
38The Basilidian Gnosis
2SOME ROUGH OUTLINES OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE GNOSIS
39The Valentinian Movement
3Preliminary Considerations
40Valentinus
4Greece
411. From A Letter
5Egypt
422. From A Letter
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6Philo On The Contemplative Life
433. From The Letter To Agathōpus
7Jewry
444. From A Homily
8Alexandria
455. A Few Sentences Preserved In The Controversial Matter Of Clement Following The Above Quotation, And Probably Taken From A Writing Of Valentinus
9GENERAL AND GNOSTIC CHRISTIANITY
466. From The Letter On The Community Of Friends
10The Evolution Of Catholic Christianity
477. A Very Doubtful Fragment From Eulogius Of Alexandria Writing At The End Of The Sixth Century
11The Ebionites
488. The Myth Which Valentinus Made
12The Essenes
499. From A Psalm
13The Tendencies Of Gnosticism
50Some Outlines Of Æonology
14The Literature And Sources Of Gnosticism
51Hippolytus' Account Of One Of The Variants Of The Sophia-Mythus
15THE GNOSIS ACCORDING TO ITS FOES
52The Number-Symbolism Of Marcus
16Some Gnostic Fragments Recovered From The Polemical Writings Of The Church Fathers
53Ptolemy
17The "Simonians."
54Heracleōn
18Dositheus
55Bardesanes
19"Simon Magus."
56The Hymn Of The Robe Of Glory
20Menander
57SOME TRACES OF THE GNOSIS IN THE UNCANONICAL ACTS
21Saturninus
58Foreword
22The "Ophites."
59From The Acts Of Thomas
23An Anonymous System From Irenæus
60From The Acts Of John
24An Early "Ophite" System
61From The Acts Of Andrew
25The Naasseni
62From The Travels Of Peter
26The Peratæ
63THE GNOSIS ACCORDING TO ITS FRIENDS: SOME GREEK ORIGINAL WORKS IN COPTIC TRANSLATION
27The Sethians
64The Askew And Bruce Codices
28The Docetæ
65Summary Of The Contents Of The So-Called Pistis Sophia Treatise
29Monoïmus
66Summary Of The Extracts From The Books Of The Saviour
30The So-Called Cainites
67Summary Of The Fragments Of The Book Of The Great Logos According To The Mystery
31The Carpocratians
68Selections From The Untitled Apocalypse Of The Codex Brucianus
32"Epiphanes."
69Notes On The Contents Of The Bruce And Askew Codices
33Cerinthus
70The Akhmīm Codex
34Nicolaus
71Some Forgotten Sayings
35Cerdo
72CONCLUSION
36Marcion
73Afterword
37Apelles
74Bibliographies
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