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Nag Hammadi is one of the treasure troves of early Christian writing.


9 posted on 12/05/2017 11:23:13 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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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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Nag Hammadi is one of the treasure troves of early Christian writing.

Gnostics are not Christians.
31 posted on 12/05/2017 12:22:34 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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