Those who have gone astray, whom the spirit begets, usually go astray also because of the spirit. Gospel of the apostle philip, a personal disciple of jesus christ, was found by archaeologists in 1945 in egypt. Rather, a lesser god, or demiurge as he is sometimes called, fashioned the world in ignorance. Isenberg writes the nag hammadi library in english, p. The universe, as presently constituted, is not good, nor was it created by an allgood god. Not all scholars agree that the entire library should be considered gnostic. Original translation of this text was prepared by members of the coptic gnostic library project of the institute for antiquity and christianity, claremont graduate school. The text is not related to the canonical gospels and is not accepted as canonical by the christian church. Paula mekdeci, unity renaissance x gnostic gospels. The apocryphal gospel of philip was written in the middle of the second century. Gnosticism and the gnostic jesus christian research. That is why and how the gnostic gospels were created. For he who created it wanted to create it imperishable and immortal. A complete translation of the gospel of mary aeon byte.
The gospel of philip, from the nag hammadi library. Each saying or verse has to be compared against canonical versus classical gnostic mythotheology. The greek acts of philip acta philippi is an unorthodox episodic apocryphal book of acts from the midtolate fourth century, originally in fifteen separate acta, that gives an accounting of the miraculous acts performed by the apostle philip, with overtones of the heroic romance. Because of the contents, the eccentric arrangement, and the literary types exhibited, it is likely that the gospel of philip is a collection of excerpts mainly from a christian gnostic sacramental catechesis. It contains very important information imparted to philip by jesus christ. Bound into the same volume with it is the gospel of philip, which attributes to jesus acts and sayings quite different from those in the new testament. Johns fourth gospel the socalled spiritual gospel and if johns is the spiritual gospel the gospel of philip is both the cosmic and the earthly gospel and nothing can beat it except having some extra literature attached. Cosmology and fate in gnosticism and graecoroman antiquity. It is written in the coptic language and is dated to approximately the 4th century ad the gospel of philip is a gnostic gospel, presenting a gnostic viewpoint of jesus and his teachings. The translator of this work believed it was a collection of excerpts mainly from a christian gnostic sacramental catechesis. The gospel of thomas, the gospel of philip, and the gospel of truth, found in the nag hammadi library, present various mystic gnostic ideas as if coming from jesus. This site includes the entire nag hammadi library, as well as a large collection of other primary gnostic scriptures and documents. The connotation of a gospel is that it presents the life of jesus as a teacher, preacher, and healer similar. Although this gospel may at first appear similar to the gospel of thomas, it is not a sayings gospel, but a collection.
The gospel of by philip by vladimir antonov was first published in 2008. The untold story of jesus richard mekdeci, lutrichard is a licensed unity teacher and the music director at unity renaissance. Theology thursday philips gnostic gospel sharper iron. Download the gnostic gospels by elaine pagels pdf book download pdf ebook. The gospel of philip is a complex piece of gnostic literature which is probably become my favorite gospel, even beating st. Name of writer, number pages in ebook and size are given in our post. The gnostic gospels by elaine pagels pdf book download. The discovery of the nag hammadi library in southern egypt in 1945 represented a major discovery of gnostic gospels. The gospel of philip says that the world came about through a mistake.
A lost, secret vision of jesus earl richard loyola university yamauchi lecture october 17, 1993 the recent discovery and current interest in the gospel of thomas have elicited considerable popular and scholarly attention, a phenomenon which shows no indication of coming to an end. Those who came from the truth are as they were initially. This table of contents is linked to each chapter, just click a heading and go. The gospel of philip is best known for its portrayal of the physical relationship shared by jesus and his most beloved disciple, mary of magdala.
The gospel of philip, original translation by marvin meyer, from the nag hammadi codices. This gospel does exist, but it belongs to a particular current of thought, the gnostic current, which spread at the time in the mediterranean basin, especially in alexandria. The gospel of thomass 114 sayings of jesus biblical. The gnostics fraudulently attached the names of famous christians to their writings, such as the gospel of thomas, the gospel of philip, the gospel of mary, etc. We at the gnostic apostolic church have felt for many years that there is a great need for a study of the principles on which the gnostic tradition is built. The gnostic society library the nag hammadi library the gospel of philip translated by wesley w.
The gnostic bibleedited by willis barnstone and marvin meyer. The gospel of philip, female voice, audio book youtube. Gospel of philip, the gospel of peter, the gospel of mary, and so on. On reading each of the translations separately, i realized that each often augmented the understanding of the other, and both helped in. This gospel is notable for its esoteric and mythological nature as it describes a gnostic salvation history. In neither gospel is there much trace of arrangement. It concerns the highest meditative techniques that allow spiritual warriors to come to the abode of godthefather, which philip calls the bridal chamber. Gnostic esoteric ritual first degree liturgical agenda. Two gnostic gospels therefore in discussing both thomas and philip we must first of all look at the books themselves and try to appreciate what it is that their authors are trying to say.
While there are a few verses in the gospel of philip that resemble the four biblical gospels, a reading of the gospel of philip will reveal many irreconcilable. The gospel of philip is a text that reveals some connections with early christian writings of the gnostic traditions. A hebrew makes a hebrew, and such a person is called a proselyte. The recently discovered gospel of judas is also counted among the gnostic gospels. The gnostic gospels of philip, mary magdalene, and thomas lumpkin, joseph b. Jesus, mary magdalene, and the gnosis of sacred union jeanyves leloup, joseph rowe, jacob needleman on. Pdf sophia and magdalene in the gnostic gospel of philip.
The gospel of the egyptians 6 the gospel of the egyptians, while perhaps not as interesting as the texts mentioned earlier, is actually the work that most closely resembles the canonical gospels. Although this gospel may at first appear similar to the gospel of thomas, it is not a sayings gospel, but a collection of gnostic teachings. A collection of gnostic teachings and reflections, a gnostic anthology. The gospel of philip belongs to the same collection of. This gospel focus on the relationship between jesus and magdalene. The gospel of philip is one of the gnostic gospels, a text of new testament apocrypha, dated to around the 3rd century but lost in medieval times until an egyptian man rediscovered it by accident, buried in a cave near nag hammadi, in 1945. For all those readers curious to read the actual texts of the gnostic gospels, here is the definitive collection of all the gnostic gospels and gospellike texts. The apocryphon of john the gospel of thomas a sayings gospel the gospel of philip the hypostasis of the archons on the origin of the world the exegesis on. Because it ran counter to the direction of the church, which condemned the works of the flesh, philips gospel was suppressed and lost until rediscovered at nag hammadi in 1947.
The gospel of philip richard mekdeci, lut, unity renaissance x 6. The gnostic gospels of philip, mary magdalene, and thomas book. The coptic gnostic library project was funded by unesco, the national endowment for the humanities, and other institutions. In black is the patterson brown translation, and in the color brown is the welsey w. Below are the two excellent english translations of the gospel of philip. But were they even written by their purported authors. The gospel of philip the nag hammadi library marvin. With a mystical flourish the gospel of philip recommends that rather than be. Besides the gospel of thomas and the gospel of philip, the find included the gospel of. It exists in two coptic translations, a subachmimic rendition surviving almost in full in the first codex the jung codex and a sahidic in fragments in the twelfth. Check here and also read some short description about the gnostic gospels by elaine pagels pdf book download. The text of the gospel of thomas from the scholars version translation published in the complete gospels prologue these are the secret sayings that the living jesus spoke and didymos judas thomas recorded. Mary magdalenes gnosis is displayed in full in the gospel of mary. Gospel of philip print details written by unknown category.
The top three heresies in the gnostic gospels the new. The book presents a full and competent translation of the gospel written by apostle philip a personal disciple of jesus christ, who attained divinity thanks to helping from jesus. The gospel of by philip download english pdf holy books. Thus, by one and the same breath, the fire blazes and is put out. The gospel of philip is a valentinian gnostic text dating from sometime during the 3rd century. A note about the gospel of philip unlike other gnostic books, the gospel of philip lacks many classical gnostic ideas. Grant the gospel of truth is one of the gnostic texts from the new testament apocrypha found in the nag hammadi codices nhc. This site includes the entire nag hammadi library, as well as a large collection of other primary gnostic. Two gnostic gospels society of biblical literature. The gnostic gospels are dated about 110 to 300 years after christ, and no credible scholar believes any of. The gospel of philip, translated by willis barnstone the gospel of philip is one of the gnostic gospels, a text of new testament apocrypha, dated to around the 3rd century but lost in modern times.
A more complete version of this gospel can be found in the berlin codex, originally discovered in the late 19 th century in upper egypt. For example there is no clearly evil demiurge, nor, a lesser and evil old testament god. The gospel of philip, the kiss of jesus to mary magdalene. They have done their best to make our task difficult. Lambdin these are the secret sayings which the living jesus spoke and which didymos judas thomas wrote down. For the study of gnosticism and the apocryphal gospels this has been an exciting year. Through the holy spirit binah in daath we are indeed begotten again born. More precisely, we could consider the christology of seth because the gospel of judas calls sethnot jesus. It explains the significance of sacramental rites of initiation. The gospel of philip is one of the gnostic gospels, a text of new testament apocrypha, dated. And, the resurrection is real in the flesh or at least, resurrection flesh. The philip gospel, part of the nag hammadi codex, is most famous for the. The gnostic gospels of philip, mary magdalene, and thomas.