Prayer of the Apostle Paul — The Prayer of the Apostle Paul was the first manuscript from the Jung Codex (Codex I) of the Nag Hammadi Library. It seems to have been added to the codex after the longer tractates had been copied. Although the text, like the rest of the codices … Wikipedia
Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass — Aleister Crowley wrote The Gnostic Mass technically called Liber XV or Book 15 in 1913 while travelling in Moscow. In many ways it is similar in structure to the Mass of the Eastern Orthodox Church. However, the comparison ends there, as the… … Wikipedia
The Church — The Church † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… … Catholic encyclopedia
The Pope — The Pope † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633). The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below … Catholic encyclopedia
The Blessed Trinity — The Blessed Trinity † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Trinity This article is divided as follows: I. Dogma of the Trinity; II. Proof of the Doctrine from Scripture; III. Proof of the Doctrine from Tradition;… … Catholic encyclopedia
The Sacrament of Penance — The Sacrament of Penance † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… … Catholic encyclopedia
Gnostic texts — Gnosticism used a number of religious texts that are preserved, in part or whole, in ancient manuscripts or are lost but mentioned critically in Patristic writings.Gnostic textsFull or fragmentaryThese texts exist in surviving manuscripts. *Acts… … Wikipedia
List of gnostic terms — The following is a list of vocabulary that many books on gnosticism will assume the reader is familiar withee also* Gnosticism#Important terms and concepts * A Glossary of Gnostic Terms at [http://gnosticq.com GnosticQ.com ] References*Elaine… … Wikipedia
The Bible and history — Part of a series on The Bible … Wikipedia
Paul, Acts of — ▪ apocryphal work one of the earliest of a series of pseudepigraphal (noncanonical) New Testament writings known collectively as the Apocryphal Acts. Probably written about AD 160–180, the Acts of Paul is an account of the Apostle Paul s… … Universalium
