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  • The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of early Christian gnostic ... ** Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter ** The Teachings of Silvanus ...
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  • by a similar name, known as the Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter. ... Another text, given the modern title the Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter ...
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  • The Muratorian fragment, also known as the Muratorian canon, is a ... The author notably omits the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistle of ...
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  • The Gospel of Mary is an ancient Christian text rediscovered by scholars ... Two Greek fragments of the Gospel of Mary were discovered (Papyrus ...
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  • The Gospel of the Hebrews is a lost Jewish Christian gospel known ... This Gospel of the Hebrews may have been used in Jewish Christian ...
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  • Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed ... The apocalyptic literature of Judaism and Christianity embraces a ...
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  • The Gospel of Thomas is an important but long lost work of the New ... biblical gospels in that the resurrection of Jesus plays no part in it, ...
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  • The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, and Cephas—original ... Peter was a Galilean fisherman assigned a leadership role by Jesus ...
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  • The Gospel of Judas, a second century Gnostic gospel, was discovered ... with the canonical Gospels. The gospel of Judas contains no references ...
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  • The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... Of the four gospels, John is the only one that presents a true christology ...
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  • Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, ... The figure of Simon appears prominently in the accounts of several ...
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  • Satan (meaning "accuser") represents the arch enemy of God ... The concept of an anthropomorpized demonic figure (or archetype) is ...
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  • The cross, found in many cultures and religions of the world, is an ... During the Roman Empire, the cross was an instrument of capital punishment ...
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  • The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά ... stories on these themes, such as the Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Parable ...
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