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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Music
ISBN :
Presents an illustrated parable which relates the trials of the king's son who seeks a serpent's treasure.
Author : Johan Ferreira
Publisher :
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 49,37 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Gnostic literature
ISBN : 9780957748330
Author : Saint Ephraem (Syrus)
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Music
ISBN : 0813227356
Ephrem is known for a theology that relies heavily on symbol and for a keen awareness of Jewish exegetical traditions. Yet he is also our earliest source for the reception of Nicaea among Syriac-speaking Christians. It is in his eighty-seven Hymns on Faith - the longest extant piece of early Syriac literature - that he develops his arguments against subordinationist christologies most fully. These hymns, most likely delivered orally and compiled after the author's death, were composed in Nisibis and Edessa between the 350s ans 373. They reveal an author conversant with Christological debates further to the west, but responding in a uniquely Syriac idiom. As such, they form an essential source for reconstructing the development of pro-Nicene thought in the eastern Mediterranean.
Author : Harold W. Attridge
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,5 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Acts of Thomas
ISBN : 9781598150216
When modern European missionaries arrived in India in the eighteenth century, they were astonished to discover Christian communities that traced their origins back to Thomas. How and when did Christianity spread eastwards? The earliest answer can be found in the pages of The Acts of Thomas. The Acts of Thomas is one of five surviving apocryphal acts along with Andrew, John, Peter, and Paul that recount the adventures of the apostles as they carried the Christian message to the far reaches of their world. The well-known Hymn of the Pearl, widely regarded as an allegory of the soul on its journey, from God and back to God, is found in its pages. (http://www.amazon.com/Acts-Thomas-Early-Christian-Apocrypha/dp/1598150219)
Author : John R. Crowley
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,58 MB
Release : 1962
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Author : Willis Barnstone
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 45,79 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1590301994
The most comprehensive collection of gnostic literature ever published, this volume is the result of a unique collaboration between a renowned poet-translator and a leading scholar of early Christian texts.
Author : Pamela Lyndon Travers
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Page : pages
File Size : 43,94 MB
Release : 1979*
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Author : Hans Jonas
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,58 MB
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0807058009
The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity
Author : Susan E. Myers
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 21,27 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161494727
Susan E. Myers concentrates on two prayers, strikingly similar in style and content, found in the third-century Acts of Thomas. Each prayer is located in the context of Christian initiation and each is addressed to a feminine deity who is asked to "come" to be present in the ritual. The prayers appeal to the feminine Spirit, who is called "Mother," "fellowship of the male," and "dove," among other titles. The author examines these prayers in their historical, literary, and liturgical contexts, challenging some of the prevailing assumptions about Syriac-speaking Christianity in general, and the Acts of Thomas in particular.
Author : Lori Driggs
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,81 MB
Release : 2022-10-29
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