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Fragments of a Faith Forgotten

76 entries · 7 sections

by G.R.S. Mead

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Introduction

Introduction Prolegomena

Some Rough Outlines of the Background of the Gnosis

Preliminary Considerations Greece Egypt Philo on the Contemplative Life Jewry Alexandria

General and Gnostic Christianity

The Evolution of Catholic Christianity The Ebionites The Essenes The Tendencies of Gnosticism The Literature and Sources of Gnosticism

The Gnosis According to its Foes

The Gnosis According to its Foes Some Gnostic Fragments Recovered from the Polemical Writings of the Church Fathers The ''Simonians''Dositheus ''Simon Magus.''Menander Saturninus The ''Ophites''An Anonymous System From Irenæus An Early ''Ophite'' System The Naasseni The Peratæ The Sethians The Docetæ Monoïmus The So-Called Cainites The Carpocratians ''Epiphanes''Cerinthus Nicolaus Cerdo Marcion Apelles The Basilidian Gnosis The Valentinian Movement Valentinus i. From a Letter ii. From a Letter iii. From the Letter to Agathōpus iv. From a Homily v. A few Sentences preserved in the Controversial Matter of Clement...vi. From the Letter on the Community of Friends vii. A very doubtful Fragment from Eulogius of Alexandria writing at the end of the Sixth Century viii. The Myth which Valentinus made ix. From a Psalm Some Outlines of Æonology Hippolytus’ account of One of the Variants of the Sophia-Mythus The Number-Symbolism of Marcus Ptolemy Heracleōn Bardesanes The Hymn of the Robe of Glory

Some Traces of the Gnosis in the Uncanonical Acts

Foreword From The Acts of Thomas From The Acts of John From The Acts of Andrew From The Travels of Peter

The Gnosis According to Its Friends

The Gnosis According to Its Friends The Askew and Bruce Codices Summary of the Contents of the So-Called Pistis Sophia Treatise Summary of the Extracts From the Books of the Saviour Summary of the Fragments of the Book of the Great Logos According to the Mystery Selections from the Untitled Apocalypse of the Codex Brucianus Notes on the Contents of the Bruce and Askew Codices The Akhmīm Codex Some Forgotten Sayings Conclusion Afterword Bibliographies