The Valentinian Temple

Author : Matthew Twigg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000568684

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The Valentinian Temple by Matthew Twigg Pdf

Is the Nag Hammadi Apocalypse of Paul a Valentinian text? Many would say no, few would say yes. The Valentinian Temple brings together all the available evidence to produce a systematic argument in favour of the Apocalypse of Paul’s Valentinian origins. From Valentinus himself to the Gospel of Truth and the Gospel of Philip, this book traces one of the most neglected trajectories in Valentinian Christianity, namely the pursuit of mystical experiences oriented around a heavenly temple. Starting with the divine Name in the fragments of Valentinus, the development of a high-priestly Christology is uncovered across a range of primary sources, culminating in the Gospel of Philip’s temple-based rituals of initiation. The Valentinian Temple argues that it is against this intellectual background that the Apocalypse of Paul ought to be understood. This book will be of interest to experts and students in Gnosticism, Valentinianism, early Christianity, Coptic and biblical literature, and Pauline studies.

Author : Archbishop Joseph Pamplany
Publisher : Alpha Publications
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Crossing the Temple by Archbishop Joseph Pamplany Pdf

This study is intended to unearth the salient Jewish features of AM which is the most ancient form of the anaphora still in use.

Author : Heidi Wendt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190267155

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At the Temple Gates by Heidi Wendt Pdf

In his sixth satire, Juvenal speculates about how Roman wives busy themselves while their husbands are away, namely, by entertaining a revolving door of exotic visitors who include a eunuch of the eastern goddess Bellona, an impersonator of Egyptian Anubis, a Judean priestess, and Chaldean astrologers. From these self-proclaimed religious specialists women solicit services ranging from dream interpretation to the coercion of lovers. Juvenal's catalogue suggests the popularity of such "freelance" experts at the turn of the second century and their familiarity to his audience, whom he could expect to get the joke. Heidi Wendt investigates the backdrop of this enthusiasm for the religion of freelance experts by examining their rise during the first two centuries of the Roman Empire. Unlike civic priests and temple personnel, freelance experts had to generate their own authority and legitimacy, often through demonstrations of skill and learning in the streets, in marketplaces, and at the temple gates, among other locations in the Roman world. Wendt argues that these professionals participated in a highly competitive form of religious activity that intersected with multiple areas of specialty, particularly philosophy and medicine. Over the course of the imperial period freelance experts grew increasingly influential, more diverse with respect to their skills and methods, and more assorted in the ethnic coding of their practices. Wendt argues that this context engendered many of the innovative forms of religion that flourished in the second and third centuries, including phenomena linked with Persian Mithras, the Egyptian gods, and the Judean Christ. The evidence for freelance experts in religion is abundant, but scholars of ancient Mediterranean religion have only recently begun to appreciate their impact on the empire's changing religious landscape. At the Temple Gates integrates studies of Judaism, Christianity, mystery cults, astrology, magic, and philosophy to paint a colorful portrait of religious expertise in early Rome.

Author : Boniface Ramsey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781134815050

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Ambrose by Boniface Ramsey Pdf

Ambrose presents a comprehensive and invaluable introduction to the life and works of the saint.

Author : Einar Thomassen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004148024

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The Spiritual Seed by Einar Thomassen Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive study of the doctrines and history of "Valentinianism," making full use of the documents from Nag Hammadi as well as the reports of the Church Fathers.

Author : Stanley Lawrence Greenslade
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1956-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664241549

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Early Latin Theology by Stanley Lawrence Greenslade Pdf

This collection of representative works in early Latin theology includes works by Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose, and Jerome. Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.

Author : Edward Reaugh Smith
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780880108270

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The Temple Sleep of the Rich Young Ruler by Edward Reaugh Smith Pdf

Who wrote the Gospel of John? The author identifies himself only as "the disciple whom Jesus loved," and Christian tradition tells us that this disciple was the apostle John. However, during the past century, scholars have increasingly come to doubt that attribution. In 1902, Rudolf Steiner wrote that the author of the Gospel of John was in fact Lazarus. Steiner's position stemmed from his insight that Lazarus's encounter with death involved far more than people realized --an initiation into higher spiritual realities that uniquely qualified him to write this gospel. Edward Smith takes up this argument and shows that subsequent research has tended to favor Lazarus for reasons grounded in John's Gospel itself. More important, Smith shows that subsequent discoveries at Nag Hammadi and Mar Saba corroborate Steiner's reasoning about the nature of the raising of Lazarus, pointing to Lazarus as "the rich young ruler" of Mark's Gospel.

Author : Oskar Skarsaune
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830828449

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In the Shadow of the Temple by Oskar Skarsaune Pdf

Oskar Skarsaune gives us a new look into the development of the early church and its practice by showing us the evidence of interaction between the early Christians and rabbinic Judaism. He offers numerous fascinating episodes and glimpses into this untold story.

Author : Carey C. Newman,James R. Davila,Gladys S. Lewis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004113614

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The Jewish Roots of Christological Monotheism by Carey C. Newman,James R. Davila,Gladys S. Lewis Pdf

This volume investigates the Jewish cultural matrix that gave rise to the veneration of Jesus in the early Christianity. Specifically, this study examines Christian origins, the context of Jewish monotheism, Jewish divine mediator figures and the Christian practice of worshipping Jesus.

Author : Mihail Neamțu,Bogdan Tătaru-Cazaban
Publisher : Zeta Books
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN : 9789731997261

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Memory, Humanity, and Meaning by Mihail Neamțu,Bogdan Tătaru-Cazaban Pdf

Author : Sozomen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Church history
ISBN : UOM:39015046411099

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The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen, Comprising a History of the Church, from A.D.324 to A.D.440 by Sozomen Pdf

Author : Joseph Milner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Church history
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081778391

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The History of the Church of Christ by Joseph Milner Pdf

Author : Sozomen,Aeterna Press
Publisher : Aeterna Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A History of the Church in Nine Books by Sozomen,Aeterna Press Pdf

Little more than cursory allusions to Sozomen occur in the works of contemporary writers; and the materials for a memoir of his life are therefore at best but few and scanty. We should, in fact, be destitute of almost all knowledge as to his birth, education, mode of life and private history, had not some information on these points been furnished by himself. In the work before us, the only one which has caused his name to be handed down to posterity, he draws aside the curtain which would otherwise have concealed his origin and parentage, and makes known to us a portion of his family history. Aeterna Press

Author : Hermias Sozomenus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600099583

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Ecclesiastical history. A history of the Church in nine books, from A.D. 324 to A.D. 440. A new tr., with a mem. of the author by Hermias Sozomenus Pdf

Author : Andrew Philip Smith
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780289915

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John the Baptist and the Last Gnostics by Andrew Philip Smith Pdf

Are there still Gnostics and can their roots be chased back to John the Baptist? Among the casualties of the western intervention in Iraq and the recent activities of ISIS are the Mandeans of Southern Iraq. These peace-loving people are now fleeing to the west . They are the last Gnostics, the only surviving remnant of the ancient sects who taught the direct knowledge of God, created their own gospels and myths and were persecuted as heretical by the church in the second and third centuries. The Mandeans place weekly river baptisms at the centre of their religious life and the primary exemplar of their religion is none other than John the Baptist. What is the real history of this mysterious and long lived sect? Can the Mandean peoples really be traced back to the first century? And who was John the Baptist? This book follows the history of the Mandeans from their present plight back through their earliest encounters with the West, their place in Islamic counties, their possible influence on the Templars, back to their origins as a first century baptismal sect connected to John the Baptist and beyond.