It was in 1945 or 1946 that a group of Egyptian peasants, digging on the site of an early Christian cemetery near the village of Nag-Hammadi ... from the second to the eighth centuries a.d., and which ...
The people whom they called gnostics would have called themselves Christian. And they were Christians of very diverse viewpoints. I mean, we think today Christianity looks diverse. If you look ...
Clement of Alexandria: A Study in Christian Platonism and Gnosticism, by Salvatore R. C. Lilla. Oxford University Press. 234 pp. £3.50. Gervase Mathew O.P.
King is Professor of New Testament Studies and the History of Ancient Christianity at Harvard University in the Divinity School. She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism, ancient ...
Most commonly, Christian writers cited the Rule to defend the apostolic faith, often against different groups of Gnostic Christians. Irenaeus referred to the “canon of truth” several times ...
Across 2,000 years, Christianity has grown from a tiny community of disciples gathered around a village miracle-worker, Jesus of Nazareth, to a world religion counting over two billion members.
An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Christianity is currently the world's largest religion with over 2 billion followers. Beginning with the son of a Jewish carpenter ...