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ANCIENT SACRED WORKS OF THE CHRISTIANS
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SIMON MAGNUS & OTHER INSPIRED WORKS
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BEFORE I HAD THIS SITE, SEVERAL
INSPIRIED WORKS ENDED UP ANOTHER OF MY SITES. RATHER THAN, AT THIS TIME, MOVE
THEM HERE, I HAVE PROVIDED LINKS
The Acts of Thomas bears some similarity to the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, the twin of Christ. The version her pasted unfortunately is from a Catholic website. It is in a not as friendly format as that found in The Other Bible, Willis Barnstone, Editor, and
has lost some of its Gnostic features (one of which I have restored and indicated).
The most obvious Gnostic feature that distinguishes the Acts of Thomas from the other four apocryphal Praxeis
(Acts) is its heavenly Redeemer myth. The faithful on earth are alien to
their world but are intimate with the Redeemer, the physician, the man of light, who works to save light-souls from the darkness.
The beauty Son of the Bride {which I restored and set out) introduces the Father of Truth, the Mother of Wisdom (Sophia, highest
of deities), and the Living Spirit, thus giving us the Gnostic trinity. [Edited by JK from Barnstone's introduction]
The Acts of Thomas
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The Acts of Thomas is the only complete version we have of the five romances of the apostles.
The acts show how the apostles divided the world into five parts, Judas Thomas the twin was selected to go to India. This belief of division and conversion of the various peoples of the world persists
to this day among some of those of Christian faith.
The Acts of Thomas bears some similarity to the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas,
the twin of Christ. The most obvious Gnostic feature that distinguishes the Acts
of Thomas from the other four apocryphal Praxeis (Acts) is its heavenly Redeemer myth. The faithful on earth are alien to their world but are intimate with the Redeemer, who is the physician
and the man of light. The beauty Son of the Bride {which I restored and set out) introduces the Father of Truth, the Mother
of Wisdom (Sophia, highest of deities), and the Living Spirit, thus giving us the Gnostic trinity.
The Acts of Thomas
A delightful longer work on Simon Magnus, whom the church father credited with being the father of heresy and the
found of Gnosticism. He is mentioned in the New Testament in Acts. In this work he is held to be a pseudo-Messiah. With
all the fervor of faith, his name is here blackened.
Simon Magnus, first half
Simon Magnus, the second half
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