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To: TBP

Perhaps...but most of the writings are not Canon and should not be treated as such.

They are very much related to Gnosticism, and therefore, interesting in an historic sense, but not as doctrine.

Even the Dead Sea Scrolls also have texts that are either Apocalyptic in nature, or didactic, or even “Community Rules”, which are ALL fascinating, but are not the same as Scripture.

My comment was based upon the OP, which touts these as a “New” discovery.


11 posted on 12/05/2017 11:28:05 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: left that other site

Hey, these texts were written by Joel Osteen so you know it’s legit!


22 posted on 12/05/2017 11:44:00 AM PST by henkster
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To: left that other site

Yes, Nag Hamadi seems to have contained a general library, not solely things they considered valid. Scholars still find it useful to study odd assertions, partly to develop arguments against them.

I heard once that Gnosticism was not so much an “ism” (too many contradictions) as spiritual fiction publishing craze among bored ancient Egyptians. What do you think?


56 posted on 12/05/2017 2:05:45 PM PST by Bethaneidh
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