Index of Gnostic Teachings
The
Baptismal Ceremony of the Gospel of the Egyptians
This is from The Gnostic Bible
There is a lot of misinformation the author present on Gnosticism. The Gnostic Bible p.1
In Justin’s Book of Baruch god is known as “good” and Priapos (a Greco-Roman phallic god). The Gnostic Bible p.4
Mention of the demiurge The Gnostic Bible p.5
The Nag Hammadi scrolls were found December 1945. The Gnostic Bible p.10
Gnosticism is “an anti-cosmic protest movement” The Gnostic Bible p.13
Tertullian wrote: “shame on Marcion’s eraser.” The Gnostic Bible p.18
The author provides a rationale for not-too-honest translations of texts. The point is to make the text sing or come alive, not be true to what the original said. The Gnostic Bible p.22
Sir Thomas More was against Tyndale. The Gnostic Bible p.25
Gnosticism’s highest goal is seeking Wisdom, not God. The Gnostic Bible p.38
Thomas’ Jesus was neither the Christ nor the Messiah. The Gnostic Bible p.38
The Gospel of Thomas (12) says that heaven and earth came into being for the sake of James (Yaakov). The Gnostic Bible p.47 (But how can that be, if the material world is bad and was made a bad god? Did the Gospel of Thomas writer forget his Gnostic presupposition and contradict himself here?)
The Gospel of Thomas (31) says that a doctor does not heal those who know the doctor. Apparently those who know the Gnostic Jesus are not healed by him! The Gnostic Bible p.53
The Gospel of Thomas says 24 Jewish prophets spoke of Jesus. How can this be, if the Old Testament God is bad? The Gnostic Bible p.57
In The Gospel of Thomas (57) Jesus mentions they have to bear the cross like he did. The Gnostic Bible p.57
In the Gospel of Thomas (100) Jesus said to give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, give to God what is God’s, and “give me mine.” The Gnostic Bible p.67
Achamoth was a lower form of wisdom. The Gnostic Bible p.114
(Hippolytus mentions this book)
In Justin’s Book of Baruch the creator, Elohim, is not evil, but he is bumbling, neglectful, and abandons his wife Edem [Eden]. The Gnostic Bible p.119
In Justin’s Book of Baruch there 12 twelve good (paternal) angels, and 12 evil (maternal) angels. One maternal angel named Naas is actually a male. The “Good” had Elohim send three prophets, a Jew, a Greek, and a Christian. So he sent Moses and Hercules. Hercules defeated twelve maternal angels with his twelve labors, but Omphale seduced him and imprisoned him, so his work was for naught. Moses likewise failed. So the third prophet sent was Jesus. The Gnostic Bible p.122
Justin’s Book of Baruch says that Jesus was crucified and spiritually rose from the dead. The Gnostic Bible p.123
Sex with boys is transgression in Justin’s Book of Baruch. The Gnostic Bible p.129-130
(2nd century of earlier?)
There are four manuscripts of The Secret Book of John preserved today. The Gnostic Bible p.135
Yaldabaoth was produced by Sophia’s growth, with no male. Yaldabaoth has the body of a snake and the head of a lion. It is he that created the world. The Secret Book of John. The Gnostic Bible p.146
Elohim has the face of a bear. Yahweh has the face of a cat. One is just and one is unjust. Yahweh owns fire and wind. Elohim owns water and earth. One is called Cain, the other Abel. The Secret Book of John. The Gnostic Bible p.160
Torture and eternal punishment, with no repentance, are for those who had no knowledge. The Secret Book of John. The Gnostic Bible p.162
The first rule later regretted the evil he caused. So he sent a deluge to wipe everything out. However, the enlightened one warned Noah who warned others. The Secret Book of John. The Gnostic Bible p.163
(before 350 C.E.)
The Reality of the Rulers was written sometime before 350 C.E. The Demiurge Samael arrogantly asserts he is the one true god. The Gnostic Bible p.166
Zoe, virgin daughter of Sophia (wisdom) will battle and punish the creator himself. The Reality of Rulers. The Gnostic Bible p.167
The dark rulers pursued and tried to rape Eve. However, the only raped a form of her. The snake, called the instructor, urge Eve to eat the fruit and gain knowledge. The Reality of Rulers. The Gnostic Bible p.167
Norea/Orea, Eve’s virgin daughter, asks Noah to enter the ark too. Noah refuses, so she blows on it and burns it down. Noah had to build a second ark. The Reality of Rulers. The Gnostic Bible p.173
Mention of the seventh heaven. The Reality of Rulers. The Gnostic Bible p.176
(1st or 2nd century C.E.)
The Revelation of Adam was written in the first or second century C.E. The Gnostic Bible p.178.
The Revelation of Adam called the Demiurge Sakla, which means fool in Aramaic. The Revelation of Adam. The Gnostic Bible p.183
Mention of the mystic name for the holy seed: Yesseus Mazareus Yessedekeus. The Revelation of Adam. The Gnostic Gospels p.188.
(ca.200 C.E.)
Three Forms of First Thought was in its present form about 200 C.E. The Gnostic Bible p.189
The pagan Porphyry was against Gnostics who used this and the Vision of the Foreigner. The Gnostic Bible p.212.
(Nag Hammadi Codex 8,1 p.130,14 to 132.5)
The Sermon of Zostrianos is only about a page and mentions the holy offspring to Seth. The Gnostic Bible p.216
“Flee from the madness and the fetter of femaleness and choose the salvation of maleness.” The Sermon of Zostrianos The Gnostic Bible p.216
The Sermon of Zostrianos says “The good father has sent you the savior”. The Gnostic Bible p.217
(Nag Hammadi Codex 4,2 p.75,24 to 80,15)
Seth established what is holy and the baptism that surpasses the heavens…” The Baptismal Ceremony of the Gospel of the Egyptians The Gnostic Bible p.219.
(Nag Hammadi Codex 6,2 p.13,1 to 21,32)
Thunder is a metaphor for the perfect mind. The Gnostic Bible p.224
The Book of Thunder is full of deliberate contradictions/paradoxes. “I am the whore and holy. I am the wife and the virgin.” Thunder The Gnostic Bible p.226
(Nag Hammadi Codex 8,2 p.132,10 to 140,27)
“So would it be agreeable to you, our brother, to come according to the orders of our god Jesus? The Letter to Philip The Gnostic Bible p.234
“Now Peter opened his mouth and said to his students, ‘When our lord Jesus was in the body, he revealed everything to us. He came down. … And he was filled with holy spirit and spoke in this way: ‘Our luminary Jesus came down and was crucified. He wore a crown of thorns, was clothed in a purple robe, crucified upon a cross, and buried in a tomb. And he rose from the dead. My brothers, Jesus is a stranger to this suffering. But we are the ones who have suffered through the mother’s [Eve/Sophia’s] transgression.” The Letter to Philip The Gnostic Bible p.238
Mention of the lord Jesus being the child of the father’s immeasurable glory. The Letter to Philip The Gnostic Bible p.238
Valentinian Gnostic churches could have women leaders. The Gnostic Bible p.240
(Nag Hammadi Codex I p.16,31 to 42.24)
The “Father” is called “the father of truth” not the creator. The Gospel of Truth. The Gnostic Bible p.242,243
In The Gospel of Truth error is a feminine deity. The Gnostic Bible p.242.
Jesus made the goddess error powerless, so she had Jesus nailed to a tree. Jesus became a fruit of the knowledge of the father. He did not destroy those who ate of it, but caused them to be joyful because of this discovery. The Gospel of Truth. The Gnostic Bible p.243
Jesus knew that his death meant life for many. The Gospel of Truth. The Gnostic Bible p.244
In The Gospel of Truth, the death of Jesus revealed the truth of the father, not save from sin. The Gnostic Bible p.245
“Thus the word [Jesus] of the father goes forth into all.” The Gospel of Truth. The Gnostic Bible p.246
Dishes are often broken when moving. Nonetheless, the householder rejoices, because they get replaced with perfect dishes. The Gospel of Truth. The Gnostic Bible p.247
“The son [Jesus] appeared, informing them of the father.” The Gospel of Truth. The Gnostic Bible p.250
(Nag Hammadi Codex 2,3 p.51,29 to 86.19)
The Valentinian Gnostic Gospel of Philip has no narrative, just pithy sayings. For example, “A gentile doesn’t die, never having been alive to die.” The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.259
“Only one name is not uttered in the world: the name the father gave the son.” The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.261
“Some say the holy spirit inseminated Mary. They are wrong and don’t know what they are saying. When did a woman every get a woman pregnant? Mary is a virgin and no powers dirtied her.” The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.263
“Three Marys walked with the lord: His mother,his sister, and Mary of Magdala [Mary Magdalene], his companion.” The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.267.
“The companion is Mary of Magdala. Jesus loved her more than his students. He kissed her often on her face, more than all his students, and they said, ‘Why do you love her more than us?’ The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.273
“Think of sex. Is possesses deep power, though its image is filthy.” The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.275
“Truth didn’t come into the world naked but in types and images.” The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.277
“The messengers called this power ‘the right and left.’ You are not longer a Christian but Christ.” The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.277
The Gospel of Philip says that the world came into being through error. Both the world and its maker were not incorruptible. The Gnostic Bible p.286
“A horse sires a horse, a human gives birth to a human, a god engenders a god.” The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.287
The Gospel of Philip claims they were Christians. The Gnostic Bible p.287
The Gospel of Philip claims that Abraham being circumcised showed that it is right to destroy the flesh. The Gnostic Bible p.259
Allusion to the ark, which will be the salvation of people when the flood goes over them. The Gospel of Philip The Gnostic Bible p.297
(Quote from Epiphanius of
Ptolemy was a disciple of Valentinian and succeeded him after 160 A.D. He wrote an allegorical exegesis of the Gospel of John. Orthodox Christians distinguished between the parts of the Torah they were to follow and the parts that passed away. Ptolemy said that the Torah had three parts by three authors: the pure law of the Ten Commandments, Moses’ additions, and additions by the elders. The Gnostic Bible p.299-300.
The three parts of the Law of God are purge not mixed with evil which Jesus came not to destroy but to complete, legislation interwoven with inferiority and injustice, which Jesus came to destroy, and the third part is exemplary and symbolic, an image of the “spiritual and transcendent, which the savior transferred from perceptible and phenomenal to the spiritual and invisible.” Ptolemy’s Letter to Flora. The Gnostic Bible p.303
Mention that Jesus taught not to resist one who is evil, but if anyone hits you turn the other cheek. Ptolemy’s Letter to Flora. The Gnostic Bible p.305
The Law is by the demiurge. Ptolemy’s Letter to Flora. The Gnostic Bible p.305
(Origen’s Commentary of John corrects errors in Herakleon’s)
The demiourge was a lesser god. Herakleon’s Commentary on John. The Gnostic Bible p.308
Herakleon’s Commentary on John mentions that John the Baptist said he was not the Christ, nor a prophet, nor Elijah. Herakleon’s Commentary on John. The Gnostic Bible p.310
(Nag Hammadi Codex 1,4 p.43,25 to 50.18)
The Lord revealed himself to be the son of God. The Treatise on the Resurrection. The Gnostic Bible p.327-328
“The savior swallowed death. The Treatise on the Resurrection. The Gnostic Bible p.328