Some of the earliest extant Christian writing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library
Of that collection, I’m especially fond of the Gospel of Thomas. Seems like a distillation of (H/h)is message to us without all the magisterium built up around it later by men. I copied and pasted it as a thread the other day:
https://communities.win/c/Manna/p/17teNpu1o2/the-gospel-of-thomas/c
Highly relavent to the conversation is also the exact nature of the jewish sect, the Essenes. Debatably, they were a proto-Christian jewish-gnostic messianic sect, who debatably produced the cultural milieu in which Christ was brought up, but most certainly did so for John the Baptist, who is referred to as Jesus’ cousin, indicating the increased potential for similar early influences.
Some of the earliest extant Christian writing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library
Of that collection, I’m especially fond of the Gospel of Thomas. Seems like a distillation of (H/h)is message to us without all the magisterium built up around it later by men. I copied and pasted it as a thread the other day:
https://communities.win/c/Manna/p/17teNpu1o2/the-gospel-of-thomas/c
Highly relavent to the conversation is also the exact nature of the jewish sect, the Essenes. Debatably, they were a proto-Christian jewish-gnostic messianic sect, who debatably produced the cultural milieu in which Christ was brought up, but most certainly did so for John the Baptist, who is referred to as Jesus’ cousin, indicating the increased potential for similar early influences.
Some of the earliest extant Christian writing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library
Of that collection, I’m especially fond of the Gospel of Thomas. Seems like a distillation of (H/h)is message to us without all the magisterium built up around it later by men. I copied and pasted it as a thread the other day:
https://communities.win/c/Manna/p/17teNpu1o2/the-gospel-of-thomas/c