Gnosticism also, says Bultmann ... the Gospel of Thomas confirms the trustworthiness of the Bible. “We may now have an independent Gospel tradition which … in the broad outlines of both ...

Scholar Elaine Pagels explores these documents and their implications. From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels Vintage Books, New York: 1979 pp. xiii-xxiii In December 1945 an Arab peasant made ...

Christian Gnosticism The theologian Valentinus was instrumental in developing Christian Gnosticism. He established his own school of thought in Alexandria , though scholars now view this as an ...