The Nag Hammadi Scriptures – Melchizedek

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The Nag Hammadi Scriptures – Melchizedek
A partial extent. 467 lines only 188 preserved. Gnostic Sethianism. Priest of God Most High named in Genesis. Revelations given to him by angels…Heaven is simply in those times everything above the Earth. Work of Jesus Christ as prophesized by Melchizedek a high priest. Three parts. Revelation mediated 2. Liturgy [worship] performed 3. Revelatory vision. Speaks of Gamaliel [Aeon] says humanity will be given a false doctrine.
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (Book)
Set of early Christianity and Gnostics codices in a jar at the base of the Jabal al-Tarif cliffs, Nag Hammadi in Egypt around C200-C400 AD.
Originally written in Greek and translated into Coptic.
Book: The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Marvin W. Meyer (Editor), Elaine H. Pagels (Introduction), James M. Robinson (Contributor)

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