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Gnosticism
Gnosticism describes a collection of ancient religions which taught that people should shun the material world created by the demiurge and embrace the spiritual world.
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Then it happened that whenever he began to see Mari's [Mary Magdalene] passionate enthusiasm, her eyes emanating a light that amply showed how contended she was aiding so many people, Jesus could not help but be proud of his most-beloved disciple. Mari, likewise, felt indebted and grateful to Jesus as she saw her fellow sisters gradually being saved on all counts, some even going on to become some of Jesus's staunchest disciples...
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― The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78
― The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78

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Contradicting believers who warn of God’s wrath and judgment, the Gospel of Truth declares that those who really know him “do not think of him as small, or harsh, or wrathful,� as others suggest, but as a loving and gracious Father (Gospel of Truth 42:4�9). Poetic, sometimes lyrical, this gospel declares that God sent his son not only to save us from sins committed in error but to restore all beings to the divine source whence they came, “so that they may return to the Father and to the Mother,
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― Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
― Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity

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