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The Gnostic Gospels

As discussed in The Da Vinci Code Long buried and suppressed the Gnostic Gospels contain the secret writings attributed to the followers of JesusIn 1945 fifty-two papyrus texts including gospels and other secret documents were found concealed in an earthenware jar buried in the Egyptian desert These so-called Gnostic writings were Coptic translations from the original Greek dating from the time of the New Testament The material they embodied - poems quasi-philosophical descriptions of the origins of the universe myths magic and instructions for mystic practice - were later declared heretical as they offered a powerful alternative to the Orthodox Christian tradition In a book that is as exciting as it is scholarly Elaine Pagels examines these texts and the questions they pose and shows why
Gnosticism was eventually stamped out by the increasingly organised and institutionalised Orthodox Church
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As discussed in The Da Vinci Code Long buried & suppressed the Gnostic Gospels contain the secret writings attributed to the followers of Jesus In 1945 fifty-two papyrus texts including gospels & other secret documents were found concealed in an earthenware jar buried in the Egyptian desert These so-called Gnostic writings were Coptic translations from the original Greek dating from the time of the New Testament The material they embodied
- poems quasi-philosophical descriptions of the origins of the universe myths magic & instructions for mystic practice
- were later declared heretical as they offered a powerful alternative to the Orthodox Christian tradition In a book that is as exciting as it is scholarly Elaine Pagels examines these texts & the questions they pose & shows why Gnosticism was eventually stamped out by the increasingly organised & institutionalised Orthodox Church

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