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The Nag Hammadi manuscript of the Apocryphon of John, discovered in 1945

The Apocryphon of John, also called the Secret Book of John or the Secret Revelation of John, is a 2nd-century Sethian Gnostic Christian pseudepigraphical text attributed to John the Apostle. It is one of the texts addressed by Irenaeus in his Against Heresies, placing its composition before 180 AD. It is presented as describing Jesus appearing and giving secret knowledge (gnosis) to his disciple John. The author describes it as having occurred after Jesus had "gone back to the place from which he came".

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Apocryphon of John

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The Apocryphon of John, also called the Secret Book of John or the Secret Revelation of John, is a 2nd-century Sethian Gnostic Christian pseudepigraphical...

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Apocryphon

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Hammadi library Apocryphon of John (Secret Book of John), in the Nag Hammadi library Apocryphon of Ezekiel (Secret Book of Ezekiel) Apocryphon of the Ten Tribes...

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Apocryphon of James

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The Apocryphon of James, also called the Secret Book of James or the Apocryphal Epistle of James, is a Gnostic epistle. It is the second tractate in Codex...

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Gospel of Mary

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activities of Jesus during his adult life". The Berlin Codex, also known as the Akhmim Codex, also contains the Apocryphon of John, the Sophia of Jesus Christ...

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Gnosticism

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Gnostic texts, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Apocryphon of John. Elaine Pagels has noted the influence of sources from Hellenistic Judaism, Zoroastrianism...

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Five Seals

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of the Five Seals and the Mandaean baptismal ritual of masbuta. Tractates in the Nag Hammadi library that mention the Five Seals include: Apocryphon of...

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Sethianism

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famously contained in the Apocryphon of John, which describes an Unknown God. Many of the Sethian concepts derived from a fusion of Platonic or Neoplatonic...

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List of Gnostic texts

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Carl Reinhardt): Apocryphon of John an epitome of the Acts of Peter The Wisdom of Jesus Christ Unknown origin: The Secret Gospel of Mark The Hermetica...

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Genesis Apocryphon

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The Genesis Apocryphon (1Q20), also called the Tales of the Patriarchs or the Apocalypse of Lamech and labeled 1QapGen, is one of the original seven Dead...

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Pistis Sophia

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of one of the Psalms or Odes of Solomon. Unlike other versions of the Gnostic myth, such as the Apocryphon of John, here Pistis Sophia is a being of the...

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Gospel of John

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The Gospel of John (Ancient Greek: Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, romanized: Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels in the New...

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Astaphaios

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Origin of the World, he is one of the three sons of Yaldabaoth, with the other two being Yao and Eloai. In the Apocryphon of John, he is the third of the...

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Hypostasis of the Archons

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alongside the Apocryphon of John, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, On the Origin of the World, the Exegesis on the Soul, and the Book of Thomas the...

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Sophia of Jesus Christ

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also contains the Gospel of Mary, the Apocryphon of John, and a summary of the Act of Peter). More famously, the Sophia of Jesus Christ is also among...

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History of Joseph the Carpenter

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The History of Joseph the Carpenter (Historia Josephi Fabri Lignari) is a compilation of traditions concerning Mary (mother of Jesus), Joseph, and the...

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Nag Hammadi library

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gone so far that they entitle their recent composition the Gospel of Truth Turner, John D. (7 July 1992). Gnosticism and Platonism: The Platonizing Sethian...

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Johannine literature

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many modern scholars. Apocryphon of John Second Apocalypse of John Bruce et al. 2012, The Johannine Letters: I, II, and III John Moloney & Harrington 1998...

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Gospel of Philip

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" He who has knowledge of the truth is a free man, but the free man does not sin, for "He who sins is the slave of sin" (John 8:34). Truth is the mother...

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Abel

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the Apocryphon of John, a work belonging to Sethian Gnosticism, Abel is the offspring of Yaldaboath and Eve, who is placed over the elements of water...

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New Testament apocrypha

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(singular apocryphon) are a number of writings by early Christians that give accounts of Jesus and his teachings, the nature of God, or the teachings of his...

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Gospel of James

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of Zacharias, father of John the Baptist Mary is presented as an extraordinary child destined for great things from the moment of her conception. Her parents...

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Yaldabaoth

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writings of Gnostic literature, most of which have been discovered in the Nag Hammadi library. In the Apocryphon of John, "Yaldabaoth" is the first of three...

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Allogenes

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Hermeticum or Hermetica, Apocryphon of John, Trimorphic Protennoia, Epistle of Eugnostos, the Sophia of Jesus Christ and the NHC Gospel of the Egyptians. Porphyry...

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Demiurge

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"fool". In the Apocryphon of John, Yaldabaoth is also known as both Sakla and Samael. The angelic name "Ariel" (Hebrew: 'the lion of God') has also been...

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Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit

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mentioned in Zostrianos. Gnostic Gospels List of Gospels Monad (Gnosticism) New Testament apocrypha John D. Turner: "Since the late 1940s it has become...

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