The Gospel of Truth
Book chapter
Litwa, Matthew. (2022). The Gospel of Truth. In Found Christianities : Remaking the World of the Second Century CE pp. 149 Bloomsbury Publishing plc.
Authors | Litwa, Matthew |
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Abstract | About 180 CE, Irenaeus noted that Valentinian Christians had among them a Gospel of Truth. He supposed that if Valentinians honored a Gospel of Truth, they thought that the other gospels were false. His inference has been proved false. When the Gospel of Truth was discovered in two versions at Nag Hammadi, scholars could see firsthand how the author profoundly valued and mulled over texts from the gospels of Matthew and John. Allusions to Pauline letters, Hebrews, the book of Revelation – among other scriptures – stud the text like diamonds. In short, the author was saturated with writings that would later become part of the New Testament, and used their teaching as a basis for creative thought. |
Keywords | theology; church history; Chrisitanity; Valentinians; Irenaeus; Nag Hammadi; Gospel of Truth |
Page range | 149 |
154 | |
Year | 01 Jan 2022 |
Book title | Found Christianities : Remaking the World of the Second Century CE |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing plc |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
Series | 1st |
ISBN | 978-0-5677-0388-0 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/found-christianities-9780567703880/ |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
24 Feb 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 06 Sep 2024 |
Additional information | Copyright © M. David Litwa, 2022 |
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. |
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