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Collection Index:

Nag Hammadi Library
Classic Gnostic Scriptures
Valentinus & His Tradition
GRS Mead Collection
Patristic Polemical Works
Christian Apocrypha
Corpus Hermeticum
Manichaean Writings
Mandaean Writings
Cathar Writings
Alchemical Writings
Modern Gnostic Texts
Dead Sea Scrolls


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Christian Apocrypha and Early Christian Literature

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Archive Notes

A wide range of texts -- some showing Gnostic tendancy or influence -- survived within the Christian tradition outside of the New Testiment canon. This section of the library offers a large collection of these documents. Note that texts discovered in the Nag Hammadi collection are listed in the Nag Hammadi Library section, and are not included here.  Texts of a primarily Gnostic character are cataloged in the Gnostic Scriptures and Fragments section of the Library

Although this is a fairly comprehensive catalog of texts, several additional documents not presented here can be found at the Wesley Center Online Noncanonical Homepage or in the collection of the early Christian writings at New Advent -- both are excellent resources.

Apocryphal ActsActs of Philip and Peter in Phrygia, MS in Sahidic Coptic on vellum, Egypt, 9th c. Schøyen Collection

 

Apocalyptic Texts

 

Apocryphal GospelsGospel of Bartholomew, MS in Sahidic Coptic on vellum, Egypt, 9th c. Schøyen Collection

 

Other Early Christian Writings

 

 

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