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The works in this collection are heretical—a heretical counterpart of the holy Scriptures of Christianity and Judaism (which Gnostics also read). But despite their highly unorthodox character, these works shed great light on the theology, atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. The Gnostic movement did not simply share in the culture to which early...

18 It answered and said to me, The matters that have arisen in your mind are important ones: 20 indeed, it is difficult to disclose them to any but those who belong to the immovable race,g upon whom the spirit of life will descend and dwell with power.h 25 *They will attain salvation and become perfect. 26 And they will become worthy of greatnesses. 26 And there they will become purified of every imperfection and of the anxieties of wickedness: 29 *being anxious for nothing except incorruptibility
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