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11th February 2018, 04:14 AM
for those who care to know about early christianity
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Estimated Range of Dating: 120-180 A.D.
Frederik Wisse writes (The Nag Hammadi Library in English, p. 104):
The Apocryphon of John is an important work of mythological Gnosticism. Using the framework of a revelation delivered by the resurrected Christ to John the son of Zebedee, this tractate offers a remarkably clear description of the creation, fall, and salvation of humanity; the mythological description is developed largely in terms of the early chapters of Genesis. Reports of the church fathers indicate that some of them were familiar with the contents of The Apocryphon of John: the teachings of certain Gnostics described by Irenaeus are very similar to the cosmological teachings of the present tractate. Though Irenaeus apparently did not know The Apocryphon of John in its present form, it is certain that the main teachings of the tractate existed before 185 C.E., the date of Irenaeus' work Against Heresies. The Apocryphon of John was still used in the eighth century by the Audians of Mesopotamia.
The Secret Book of John is considered by sholars to be the locus classicus for the Gnostic mythological system and is the subject of Logan's book Gnostic Truth and Christian Heresy.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/apocryphonjohn.html
AND
EXCELLENT/LONG
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/apocjn-davies.html
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Estimated Range of Dating: 120-180 A.D.
Frederik Wisse writes (The Nag Hammadi Library in English, p. 104):
The Apocryphon of John is an important work of mythological Gnosticism. Using the framework of a revelation delivered by the resurrected Christ to John the son of Zebedee, this tractate offers a remarkably clear description of the creation, fall, and salvation of humanity; the mythological description is developed largely in terms of the early chapters of Genesis. Reports of the church fathers indicate that some of them were familiar with the contents of The Apocryphon of John: the teachings of certain Gnostics described by Irenaeus are very similar to the cosmological teachings of the present tractate. Though Irenaeus apparently did not know The Apocryphon of John in its present form, it is certain that the main teachings of the tractate existed before 185 C.E., the date of Irenaeus' work Against Heresies. The Apocryphon of John was still used in the eighth century by the Audians of Mesopotamia.
The Secret Book of John is considered by sholars to be the locus classicus for the Gnostic mythological system and is the subject of Logan's book Gnostic Truth and Christian Heresy.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/apocryphonjohn.html
AND
EXCELLENT/LONG
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/apocjn-davies.html