The nag hammadi library also known as the chenoboskion manuscripts and the gnostic gospels is a collection of early christian and gnostic texts discovered near the upper egyptian town of nag. The gnostic store provides worldwide access to the publications of glorian publishing, a nonprofit organization. Listen to your favorite audio books online absolutely free. The gnostic gospels modern library 100 best nonfiction books.
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Acrobat reader is a free product that can be downloaded by clicking the banner below. Gnosticism was a contemporary of early christianity, and its demise can be traced to christianitys efforts to silence its teachings. Listen to gnostic gospels audiobook by elaine pagels. Selected audio lectures from past gnostic society programs. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the national book award and the national book critics circle award, the gnostic gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence over the past two. Catalog of free audiobooks, that are available in the public domain. Book of enoch for android free download and software. Author and noted scholar elaine pagels suggests that christianity could have developed quite differently if gnostic texts had become part of the christian canon. As opposed to the gospel of john, which asserted that jesus was an eternally existing aspect of god who came to earth to save humankind, the secret gospel of thomas agrees that jesus was in some sense divine, but says that a streak of divinity can be found in all. We at the gnostic apostolic church have felt for many years that there is a great need for a study of the. The sole surviving remnant is in southwestern iran. These lectures are free to download thanks to the generosity of instructors who gave them and the donations that keep this nonprofit website online. If you wish to download the files for offline reading click the diskette icon on left of the top bar of the open pdf.
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