“What is the gospel of Philip?”……Similar to the gospel of Thomas, the gospel of Philip is a collection of sayings, supposedly of Jesus. The gospel of Philip focuses a great deal on the "sacrament of marriage" as a "sacred mystery." The gospel of Philip does not claim to have been written by Jesus' disciple Philip. […]
“What is Christian Gnosticism?”……There is actually no such thing as Christian Gnosticism, because true Christianity and Gnosticism are mutually exclusive systems of belief. The principles of Gnosticism contradict what it means to be a Christian. Therefore, while some forms of Gnosticism may claim to be Christian, they are in fact decidedly non-Christian.……Gnosticism was perhaps the […]
The Apocryphon of John Collection…(The Secret Revelation of John – The Secret Book of John) Gnosis Archive Library Bookstore Index Web Lectures Ecclesia Gnostica Gnostic Society …“I have come to teach you about what is, and what was, and what will be…in order for you to understand the invisible world, and the world that is […]
“What is the Nag Hammadi library?”……Nag Hammadi is a town in northern Egypt where a collection of ancient writings was discovered in 1945. The collection of writings has since been titled the Nag Hammadi library, or the Nag Hammadi scrolls, or the Nag Hammadi codices. The vast majority of the scrolls in the Nag Hammadi […]
Is abundant health and wealth a mark of divine favor ├ö├ç├┤ even a reward from God? Answer: No. However, poverty is not a blessed condition either. The problem with a line of teaching which implies that God wants to pour out material blessings in our lives, if only we will let Him, is that it […]