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Essay Galaxy - Gnosticism
Gnosticism
In December 1945, Gnostic books containing many secrets of the early Christian religion was found near the town of Nag Hammadi in upper Egypt. Undisturbed since their concealment almost two thousand years ago, these manuscripts from Gnosticism rank in importance with the Dead Sea Scrolls. The first extensive translation into English did not appear until 1977. These writings changed the world's understanding of the doctrines of the early church immediately after the death of Christ and shed some light on Gnosticism. The following are some of the secrets revealed from this amazing discovery.When writing about Gnosticism it is very difficult to present an objective view of this system of belief or its participants. The reason for this is that there are very few exhibits of first hand copies of their writings. These writings were burned by the orthodox Christians from t....
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