In a recent column, we considered the philosophy of Stoicism. This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very different.

But well over 40 of them were completely unknown until the discovery in Upper Egypt of the Gnostic library containing the Gospel of Thomas and 43 other apocryphal writings. What has the study of ...

Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, covering major issues and developments around the world. He won the National Press Club award for political ...

In a recent column, we considered the philosophy of Stoicism. This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very different.

Today Feb 02, 2025 prayer times Essene are Fajr Time 6:25 AM, Dhuhr Time 12:57 PM, Asr Time 3:12 PM, Maghrib Time 5:37 PM & Isha Time 7:24 PM. Today's namaz timings Essene are based on the Islamic ...

The Nag Hammadi texts were discovered near Nag Hammadi in Egypt. They are gnostic works that present a worldview that denies the divinity of Christ and the goodness of creation. In 1945 a startling ...

In 2023 Marvel has released a gnostic christian allegory. No not on Disney+, or in a comic, because the comic has been out since 1972. Its Guardians and the Galaxy volume 3 which is based on a 1972 ...

An examination of the contested category known as 'gnosticism,' the texts found at Nag Hammadi, and the challenges posed by this material to our expectations as we attempt to understand developments ...

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