• The Thought of Norea is a Sethian Gnostic text. It is the second of three treatises in Codex IX of the Nag Hammadi library texts, taking up pages 27–29...
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  • daughter of Adam and Eve and sister of Seth. She sets fire to Noah's Ark and receives a divine revelation from the Luminary Eleleth. In Thought of Norea, she...
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  • to build an ark, which Norea asks to board. When Noah refuses to let her on the ark, she burns it. The archons try to rape Norea, who asks for help and...
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  • Philip Codex IX: Melchizedek The Thought of Norea The Testimony of truth Codex X: Marsanes Codex XI: The Interpretation of Knowledge A Valentinian Exposition...
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  • Sethianism (category Denial of the crucifixion of Jesus)
     180) The Thought of Norea The Trimorphic Protennoia (Codex XIII) The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit (also known as the Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians)...
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  • considered to be a combination of two sources: an exegesis on Genesis and a revelation dialogue known as the Apocalypse of Norea. Hans-Martin Schenke proposes...
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    produces from his thought a feminine divine entity or principle named Barbelo. She is described as "the first thought", and the "image" of the Monad. While...
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  • withdraw from Norea, and Eleleth informs Norea about her true origin and the origin of the world. Angels in Judaism Hierarchy of angels List of angels in...
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  • Trimorphic Protennoia or Three Forms of First Thought is a Sethian Gnostic text from the New Testament apocrypha. The only surviving copy comes from the...
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  • said: "Come (you) from things unseen unto the end of those that are seen, and the very emanation of Thought shall reveal unto you how faith in they which...
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  • Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, also known as the Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians, is a Sethian Gnostic text found in Codices III and IV of the Nag...
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    identify the levels of initiation in Gnosticism, although what exactly the bridal chamber represented in gnostic thought is a matter of debate: The Lord...
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  • of sin. They are both the knowledge of their inquiry and the finding of those who seek them, the command of those who ask of them, and the power of powers...
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    author of this document; the author remains unknown. Because of its discovery with the Nag Hammadi library, and the cryptic nature, it was widely thought the...
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    Apocryphon of James, also called the Secret Book of James or the Apocryphal Epistle of James, is a Gnostic epistle. It is the second tractate in Codex I of the...
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  • "King of kings." The text discusses the attributes of the First Man, who is known as "Faith." He is described as having a unique mind and thought that...
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  • of Adam is a Sethian Gnostic apocalyptic writing. It is the fifth tractate in Codex V of the Nag Hammadi library, transcribed in Coptic. The date of the...
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    target: CITEREFKhosroev2016 (help) Khosroev 1991, p. 92. "Preface to the Thought of Noria (IХ,2)". Gnosticizm.com. 2001. Retrieved 2018-07-19. Bock, Darrell...
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    from his blind thought the bond of flesh that encircles him. James asks Jesus how he can reach Him-who-is, given that the powers and hosts of the archons...
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    filled with a Holy Spirit and is joyful, laughing at the lack of perception of those who thought they could kill him. This Jesus is seen as the intellectual...
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  • The Book of Thomas the Contender or The Book of Thomas is a Gnostic revelation dialogue. It is the seventh tractate in Codex II of the Nag Hammadi library...
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  • develop strength of mind and soul and to fight against negative emotions. Silvanus emphasizes the importance of guarding one's thoughts and using reason...
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  • of Plotinus in Rome. Common Gnostic thought is especially prominent through the text's discussion on the power of sacred knowledge, which can allow readers...
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    Theaetetus. However, the first book of the Republic, which shares many features with earlier dialogues, is thought to have originally been written as a...
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  • the third silence of Mentality and the second undivided activity in the First Thought. Youel reveals to Allogenes the existence of a powerful being that...
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  • related to Sentences of Sextus. The Sentences of Sextus, also called the Sayings of Sextus, is a Hellenistic Pythagorean collection of maxims which was popular...
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    the similarity of the work to others thought to be by Valentinus and his followers has made many scholars agree. But the followers of Valentinus, putting...
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  • The Dialogue of the Saviour is a Gnostic Christian writing. It is the fifth tractate in Codex III of Nag Hammadi library. The only existing copy, written...
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    The Acts of Peter and the Twelve or the Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles is a Christian text from about the 4th century. It is the first treatise...
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  • The Three Steles of Seth is a Sethian Gnostic text. It is the fifth tractate in Codex VII of the Nag Hammadi library. The writing is in Coptic and takes...
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