The Gnostic Adoption of John's Gospel and Its Canonization by the Church Catholic

The severest threat to early Christianity was the Gnostic religion, the roots of which were probably in Iran. By the late second century there was a full-blown Gnostic Christianity in Rome and Alexandria, making its appeal chiefly to intellectuals. Accounts of its teaching found in the writings of S...

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Main Author: Sloyan, Gerard Stephen 1919-2020 (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 1996
In: Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 1996, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 125-132
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