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In Our Time: Religion

Gnosticism

May 2, 2013
42:06

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  • Gnostics sought secret knowledge to escape the physical world and connect with the spiritual realm.
  • Gnostic texts challenged orthodox Christianity, expanding views on wisdom, salvation, and women's roles.

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Origins of the Nag Hammadi Library

In 1945, an Egyptian farmer stumbled upon the Nag Hammadi Library, a cache of religious texts dating back to the third or fourth century A.D. These texts, found in earthenware jars, revealed insights into Gnosticism, a belief system prevalent in the second century A.D. Gnostics aimed to attain secret knowledge that would free them from the evil physical world, allowing them to reconnect with a transcendent spiritual realm.

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