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On the Origin of the World, from The Nag Hammadi Library. This site includes the entire Nag Hammadi Library, as well as a large collection of other primary Gnostic scriptures and documents. ... Seeing that everybody, gods of the world and mankind, says that nothing existed prior to chaos, I, in distinction to them,
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The Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt in 1945. ... On the Origin of the World; The Apocalypse of Adam; The Paraphrase of Shem. (For an in-depth discussion of these, see the Archive commentary on Genesis and Gnosis.)
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On the Origin of the World (Nag Hammadi) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the Origin of the World is a Gnostic work dealing with creation and end times. It was found amongst the texts in the Nag Hammadi library, in Codex II, immediately following the Reality of the R...
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Nag Hammadi library - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nag Hammadi texts were written on papyrus in the form of a codex, rather than rolled into a scroll. A codex could be opened flat and written on both the front and the back of a page. A codex is the direct precursor of a modern book. ... Codex XIII ; 1 Trimorphic Protennoia ; 2 On the Origin of the World...
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The Nag Hammadi library offers a wealth of evidence of such trends in Gnosticism that claim to contain a secret teaching whilst sometimes drawing inspiration from the Old Testament. ... 10. On the Origin of the World...
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The Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt in 1945. This immensely important discovery includes a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures -- texts once thought to have been entirely destroyed during the ... On the Origin of the World...
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Seeing that everybody, gods of the world and mankind, says that nothing existed prior to chaos, I, in distinction to them, shall demonstrate that they are all mistaken, because they are not acquainted with the origin of chaos, nor with its root.
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Another Twist In The Creation Story From The Nag Hammadi Library Part II Lady Nyx This is part II of the creation story in the book titled On the Origin of the World found in the Nag Hammadi Library The seven of them (Satan and his group) came up to Adam and Eve timidly: ...
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Other Nag Hammadi writings give additional insights into the nature of second-century Gnostic Christianity, its beliefs and traditions, as well as its struggle with the orthodox church. The Gospel of Truth describes a Gnostic account of creation and the origin of evil through the fall of Sophia (wisdom).
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