The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics: An Introduction to the Gnostic Coptic Manuscripts Discovered at Chenoboskion |
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... Christ to her assistance . Thus the Christ came down towards his sister the dew of light . Such , in outline , is the myth of salvation ; which rises to its most dramatic climax at the incarnation of the Christ in the man Jesus . The ...
... Christ to her assistance . Thus the Christ came down towards his sister the dew of light . Such , in outline , is the myth of salvation ; which rises to its most dramatic climax at the incarnation of the Christ in the man Jesus . The ...
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... Christ . . . Come , Mother of the seven dwellings . ! " and above all , the admirable Hymn of the Soul , " When I was a little child in the palace of my Father , " where the quest of the wonderful Pearl , guarded by a dragon in the land ...
... Christ . . . Come , Mother of the seven dwellings . ! " and above all , the admirable Hymn of the Soul , " When I was a little child in the palace of my Father , " where the quest of the wonderful Pearl , guarded by a dragon in the land ...
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... Christ as redeemer , 217 Jesus Christ came to the earth at age of seven , 232 man's luminous nature alien ( = allo- geneous ) , 158n . mystical union , 224n . on Adam , 214 , 218n . on baptism of Jesus Christ , 113n . on Eve , 214n . on ...
... Christ as redeemer , 217 Jesus Christ came to the earth at age of seven , 232 man's luminous nature alien ( = allo- geneous ) , 158n . mystical union , 224n . on Adam , 214 , 218n . on baptism of Jesus Christ , 113n . on Eve , 214n . on ...
Contents
ITS EARLIEST KNOWN | 1 |
Plotinus on Gnosticism | 110 |
THE STORY OF A DISCOVERY | 116 |
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