Early Christianity: A Study -The Gnostics

Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06592a.htm

Jewish Encyclopedia
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=280&letter=G&search=...

Smadewell's:
Paul - Against Porot-Gnostic Archons: Rabbinic or Hellenistic Astrology?
http://z11.invisionfree.com/Yeshua_Quest/index.php?showtopic=46

The Nag Hammadi Library
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhlalpha.html

The Gospel of Philip
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gop.html

The Apocalypse of Peter- May have influenced Dante's Inferno
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/apopet.html

The Gnostic Bible- By Willis Barnstone

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Wisdom Literature
Gospel of Thomas
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom.html

Sethian
Who were they?
http://jdt.unl.edu/lithist.html

The Three steles of Seth
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/steles.html

Valentinian Literature
Who were they?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/valentinus/index.html

The Gospel of Philip
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gop.html

Syrian Literature

Who were they?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/hymnpearl.htm

The Song of the Pearl
http://www.gnosis.org/library/hymnpearl.htm

Hermetic Literature
Who were they?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/hermet.htm

The Prayer of Thanksgiving
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/prat.html


Mandaean Literature
Who were they?
http://www.mandaeanworld.com/mandaeanworld1.html

The Ginza
http://www.gnosis.org/library/ginzarba.htm

Manichaean Literature
Who were they?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/manis.htm

Writings on Mani- Note the integration of Buddhist Ideas.
http://essenes.net/mythos.html

Islamic Gnostic Literature
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/islamlit.htm
http://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/islamic_gnosis_wisdom/

Some texts
http://www.gnosis.org/sufi.mystica.html

Cathar

Who were they?
http://www.languedoc-france.info/120101_beliefs.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathar

Cathar Texts
http://www.gnosis.org/library/cathtx.htm

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[Maarilat]

Sure, there are parallels between eastern religious ideas and Gnostics, but I was wondering whether there is anything concrete connecting them? Any record of association or exchanges of note?

[wayman29]

@Maarilat - Scythianus

[naaszan]

Hi, your video was interesting to watch. You certainly did seem to put a lot of research into it. If anyone would like to find out more about modern gnosticism, there's a modern day gnostic teacher who has articles, audio talks and videos available for free on his website about different aspects of gnosticism as well as discussions on ancient gnostic texts. If you'd like to check it out, the site is belzebuub*com.

[wayman29]

@naaszan Thanks for the recommendation!

[yorubablk3]

Yes, i've studied 'textual criticism' and i find it's much akin to studying ones navel,with similar results.And once again,u can get off your perpetual 'apologia' mood with me ..i'm not trying to 'attack' anything in favor of 'something'.I'm simply recounting here the findings of my research in regards to what you've posted here..

[yorubablk3]

Not so...the earliest are lost..Q..source ,or sayings doc),for example & many of the 'Pauline' letters are 2nd century forgeries.All of which are not miraculously pristinely preserved documents,but come to the modern public through the interested & biased redaction's of the 2,3 & 4th century proto orthodox & orthodox scribes and the institutions they were building and trying to sustain.

[Maarilat]

@wayman29 Ah! Good -- thank you.

[dobrinin]

Simply excellent.

[danieljliversLXXXIX]

@jazzman8844 Actually it was more like Amun, who manifested himself in the world as various gods, or neters, and particularly the sun -- which, to the Egyptian mind, wasn't the "sun," but the representation of the Primordial mound of creation. (the hierogyph for sun is even mound shaped). So to lable Egyptians as polytheists and sun worshippers is to misunderstand their entire culture.

[jazzman8844]

@martynblackburn1977..so what you are telling me is that RA, the sun god, is a misinformation?so that would mean that many gods they worshipped;Horus,isis to name a few,were all misinformations,also the many symbols eg,sun discs,etc are all made up?Then that would mean that the egyptians were not polytheistic in their beliefs.I don't have to study Egyptology to recognize similarities in the religions that worship the Sun.Its in their symbols and their main objective.

[jazzman8844]

@martynblackburn1..so what you are telling me is that RA, the sun god, is a misinformation?so that would mean that many gods they worshipped;Horus,isis to name a few,were all misinformations,also the many symbols eg,sun discs,etc are all made up?Then that would mean that the egyptians were not polytheistic in their beliefs.I don't have to study Egyptology to recognize similarities in the religions that worship the Sun.Its in their symbols and their main objective.

[martynblackburn1977]

@jazzman8844 The Egyptians never worshipped the sun; that was a misinterpretation on the part of Egyptologists in the 1800-1900s. The Egytpians worshipped one god: Osiris under various aliases. This was in accordance with the abundance of life since the one true god was the first cause and the divine spark in both death and life, in things dead and living. The most high God was one god in Egypt, all other gods were just manifestations.