Gnosticism
Church and Gnosis
By F. Crawford BurkittCategories: F. Crawford Burkitt, Gnosticism
Church and Gnosis – A Study of Christian Thought and Speculation in the Second Century Francis Crawford Burkitt (1864-1935) was a prominent theologian and biblical scholar. Originally published in 1932, this book contains the substance of five lectures delivered by Burkitt during October 1931 at Union Theological Seminary, New York, as the Morse Lectures for [...]
The Book of Enoch the Prophet
By R.H. CharlesThe Book of Enoch, written during the second century B.C.E., is one of the most important non-canonical apocryphal works, and probably had a huge influence on early Christian, particularly Gnostic, beliefs. Filled with hallucinatory visions of heaven and hell, angels and devils, Enoch introduced concepts such as fallen angels, the appearance of a Messiah, Resurrection, [...]