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1. www.gnosis.org › naghamm › apocjn-daviesThe Secret Book of John - Gnosis

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   The Secret Book of John is a complex developmental mythology that has been made more complicated because, over the years, versions of it have been “improved” by several levels of scribal alteration. One set of levels is the evident addition of rather lengthy texts (a list of magical names, a dialogue on the soul, a providence hymn) to an ...

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2. gnosticismexplained.org › the-secret-book-of-johnThe Secret Book of John - Gnosticism Explained

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   The Secret Book of John holds that knowledge of the origins of the universe and the human condition is essential for spiritual salvation, and so recounts those origins with the intent of thereby facilitating the salvation of its readers. [6] Christ appears in a vision to his distraught apostle John and reveals the secrets about the cosmos and ...

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   v. t. e. The Apocryphon of John, also called the Secret Book of John or the Secret Revelation of John, is a 2nd-century Sethian Gnostic Christian pseudepigraphical text attributed to John the Apostle. It is one of the texts addressed by Irenaeus in his Against Heresies, placing its composition before 180 AD.

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   The most important tractate of the Sethian version of Gnosticism is the Apocryphon (“Secret Book”) of John. 1 Versions of it are included in three of the Nag Hammadi codices (as well as in the Berlin Codex). In the Apocryphon of John, the risen Christ reveals secrets to his disciple John, son of Zebedee. A basic and somewhat elaborate myth ...

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   Dec 14, 2012 · The Secret Book of John is the most significant and influential text of the ancient Gnostic religion. Part of the library of books found in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945, this central myth of Gnosticism tells the story of how God fell from perfect Oneness to imprisonment in the material world, and how by knowing our divine nature and our divine ...

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6. www.gnosis.org › naghamm › SBJExcerpt from the Introduction - The Secret Book of John, by ...

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   The Secret Book of John is the most significant and influential text of the ancient Gnostic religion. Written in Greek during the early second century CE by an unknown author, the Secret Book of John became the source of a host of other Gnostic texts, myths, and cosmic systems. In Greek its title is Apocryphon Johannis and it is known in ...

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   Why is the Secret Book of John important?

   • The Secret Book of John is the most significant and influential text of the ancient Gnostic religion. Written in Greek during the early second century CE by an unknown author, the Secret Book of John became the source of a host of other Gnostic texts, myths, and cosmic systems.

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   Is the Secret Book of John difficult to read?

   • This translation is presented in The Gnostic Society Library by exclusive permission of the author. All rights including right of electronic reproduction are reserved by the author. It has always seemed to me that the Secret Book of John evolved to be more difficult to read than it originally was.

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   Who wrote The Secret Book of John?

   • Written in Greek during the early second century CE by an unknown author, the Secret Book of John became the source of a host of other Gnostic texts, myths, and cosmic systems. In Greek its title is Apocryphon Johannis and it is known in scholarship as the Apocryphon of John. The word apocryphon means "secret" or "hidden."

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   Does the Secret Book of John have a biographical narrative?

   • The Secret Book of John has no biographical narrative apart from its opening lines. Nevertheless, because it is a message about the nature of God and Christ and Salvation it is a "gospel," although certainly not one that Paul would have approved.

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   How many copies of the Secret Book of John are there?

   • Four copies of the Secret Book of John have been discovered in modern times. Three come from the Nag Hammadi Library, and the fourth comes from the so-called Berlin Codex. All are Coptic translations, even though the Secret Book of John was originally written in Greek.

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   Is the Secret Book of John a Jewish Book?

   • The Secret Book of John tells the story of the devolution of God from perfect Oneness to imprisonment in the material world. If you look at some of its sections it is Christian, in others it is a version of Platonic philosophy, frequently it is a book of Jewish commentary on Moses's Torah.

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   Books. The Secret Book of John: The Gnostic Gospel Annotated & Explained. SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2005 - Religion - 166 pages. This ancient Gnostic text can be a companion for your own spiritual quest. The Secret Book of John is the most significant and influential text of the ancient Gnostic religion. Part of the library of books found in ...