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Author : Charles William King
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and Medieval written by Charles William King and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles William King
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (111 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains written by Charles William King and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gnostics and their Remains, by English lapidarist, classicist, and writer Charles William King, was originally published in 1887. This work by King, is an attempt to collate a picture of gnosticism from the known sources of the time: early Christian writers, the Pistis Sophia, and the jumble of images and cryptic inscriptions on Roman-era gems and amulets. Despite the patchy sources, King managed to assemble a picture of the Gnostics which is still cited today as authoritative. Showing that rather than being one monolithic group, the Gnostics had diverse beliefs. Some thought Jesus was a man, others believed he was a god, and some believed that he became a god after he was baptized. Some believed in Good and Evil, others were non-dualistic. The vast majority had widely-varying complex system of mediators between the ultimate deity and humanity. Which, prima facie, looks polytheistic, but was in fact an attempt to solve the problem of how a perfect God could create an imperfect world. Many of these intermediary Aeons, later becoming the demons and angels of Medieval and Renaissance magic.
Author : C. W. King
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (391 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains written by C. W. King and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-19th century, eighty years before the chance discovery of a treasure trove of Gnostic manuscripts in a dump in Egypt, C.W. King collected what was known about the Gnostics in this book. At that time there were only three sources of information on Gnosticism: polemics against them by early Christian writers, the Pistis Sophia, and a jumble of confusing images and cryptic inscriptions on Roman-era gems and amulets.In spite of all of the missing jigsaw pieces, King managed to assemble a picture of the Gnostics which is still cited today as authoritative. Rather than one monolithic group, the Gnostics had very diverse beliefs. Some thought that Jesus was a man, while others thought that he was a God, and some believed that he became a God only after he was baptized. Some believed in a struggle between good and evil, others were non-dualistic. Most had widely-varying intricate systems of intermediaries between the ultimate deity and humanity. On the face of it, this looks polytheistic, but instead was an attempt to solve the problem of how a perfect God could create an imperfect world. Many of these Aeons later became the demons and angels of Medieval and Renaissance magic.King seeks links to Gnostic symbols and beliefs far afield, from India, to the Templars, Rosicrucians and Illuminati. He discusses Mithra and Serapis worship, and gives many examples of Roman and Greek magical spells and talismans. He discusses the fudged birthdate of Jesus, Masons' marks, and Simon Magus. The book is a fascinating tour of hidden knowledge
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Author : Charles William KING
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Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and Mediæval. [With Plates.] written by Charles William KING and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles William King
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Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains written by Charles William King and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles William King
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230211435
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (114 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains; Ancient and Mediaeval written by Charles William King and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... That nothing upon the subject of Gnosticism should have hitherto been attempted in our language except by Dr. Walsh in his very meagre sketch (long since out of print), seemed to me a sufficient excuse for my undertaking the same task upon a more comprehensive scale, as well as upon different principles. Dr. Walsh's performance, entitled 'An Essay on Coins, Medals, and Gems, as illustrating the progress of Christianity in the Early Ages, ' is little more than an abridgment of some popular Church History for the period oomprehended within its scope, illustrated from the very scanty store of monuments at his command; whilst his explanations are, like the source supplying them, based upon grounds altogether fallacious, and, even to the beginner, obviously unsatisfactory. Taking for granted, upon the bare word of their opponents, that the various Teachers of the Gnosis were mere heretics, that is, perverters of the regular ( ) Christian doctrine which they had at first embraced as a divine revelation, he, like his guides, did not trouble himself any further to investigate the true origin of their systems, but was content with roughly sketching their most prominent features; whilst in explaining their extant productions, he refers all, however diverse in nature, to the same school, and interprets them according to his own preconoeived and baseless views of their character. On such a plan as this, neither the doctrines nor the monuments they have bequeathed to us in such profusion are susceptible of even a plausible explanation, much less of one capable of satisfying an unprejudiced and inquiring mind. The method, therefore, of treating the subject which I have followed in the present work is to begin by reviewing the great religious systems of..
Author : Charles William King
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780469441309
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (413 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and Medieval written by Charles William King and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Charles William King
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Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and Mediaeval written by Charles William King and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles William King
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Total Pages : 466 pages
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Download or read book The Gnostics and their remains, ancient and mediæval written by Charles William King and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. W. King
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331564013
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains written by C. W. King and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gnostics and Their Remains: Ancient and Mediaeval A still greater cause of outcry against the book was my presuming to lay presumptuous hands upon the Sacred Ark of Masonry, and Openly express my Opinion that the Free and Accepted of these times have no more real connexion with the ancient Craft, out of whose terms and forms, like fig-leaves, they have stitched together aprons, wherewith to cover the real nakedness of their pretension, than the Italian Carbonari of Murat's day had with the trade of charcoal burners, whose baskets were borrowed for the President's throne. King Hiram's skull gnashed his teeth with rage within the cista mystica and one valiant young Levite of the course of Abia, proceeds thus logically to confute all my assertions Athelstan built a church he could not build without masons; argal, Athelstan was the founder of Masonry in England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : C. M. King
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ISBN 13 : 9781856520539
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Gnostics and Their Remains written by C. M. King and published by . This book was released on 1991-09-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles King
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ISBN 13 : 9781522814566
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains written by Charles King and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles King was a 19th century scholar who wrote several works about the ancient world, including this one.
Author : C. W. King
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497878211
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (782 download)
Download or read book Gnostics and Their Remains Ancient and Mediaeval written by C. W. King and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.
Author : Elaine Pagels
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588364178
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book The Gnostic Gospels written by Elaine Pagels and published by Random House. This book was released on 2004-06-29 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence over the past two decades. It is now widely recognized as one of the most brilliant and accessible histories of early Christian spirituality published in our time. In 1945 an Egyptian peasant unearthed what proved to be the Gnostic Gospels, thirteen papyrus volumes that expounded a radically different view of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ from that of the New Testament. In this spellbinding book, renowned religious scholar Elaine Pagels elucidates the mysteries and meanings of these sacred texts both in the world of the first Christians and in the context of Christianity today. With insight and passion, Pagels explores a remarkable range of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of “Christianities” emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. Some Christians questioned the need for clergy and church doctrine, and taught that the divine could be discovered through spiritual search. Many others, like Buddhists and Hindus, sought enlightenment—and access to God—within. Such explorations raised questions: Was the resurrection to be understood symbolically and not literally? Was God to be envisioned only in masculine form, or feminine as well? Was martyrdom a necessary—or worthy—expression of faith? These early Christians dared to ask questions that orthodox Christians later suppressed—and their explorations led to profoundly different visions of Jesus and his message. Brilliant, provocative, and stunning in its implications, The Gnostic Gospels is a radical, eloquent reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith.
Author : CHARLES WILLIAM. KING
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ISBN 13 : 9781033475300
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (753 download)
Download or read book GNOSTICS written by CHARLES WILLIAM. KING and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. W. King
Publisher : Alpha Edition
ISBN 13 : 9789353893125
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (931 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and Mediaeval written by C. W. King and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2019-09-28 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Author : Tobias Churton
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780760704783
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)
Download or read book The Gnostics written by Tobias Churton and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek word 'gnosis' means knowledge; the Gnostics themselves used it to refer to the spiritual knowledge they believed would redeem them from what they regarded as the inherent evil of the material universe. As a mystical alternative tradition within Christianity, Gnosticism suffered the hostility of the official church and, as a result, remains largely unknown or misunderstood to this day.
