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List of Gnostic texts

Gnosticism used a number of religious texts that are preserved, in part or whole, in ancient manuscripts, or lost but mentioned critically in Patristic writings.

There is significant scholarly debate around what Gnosticism is, and therefore what qualifies as a "Gnostic text."[1]

Gnostic texts[edit]

Gnostic texts preserved before 1945[edit]

Prior to the discovery at Nag Hammadi, only the following texts were available to students of Gnosticism. Reconstructions were attempted from the records of the heresiologists, but these were necessarily coloured by the motivation behind the source accounts.

contains Pistis Sophia and some other unknown texts.

Askew Codex

5th century, contains a fragmentary Gospel of Mary, out of nineteen pages, pages 1–6 and 11–14 are missing entirely, the Apocryphon of John, The Sophia of Jesus Christ, and an epitome of the Act of Peter.

Berlin Codex

contains the first and second Books of Jeu and three fragments – an untitled text, an untitled hymn, and the text "On the Passage of the Soul Through the Archons of the Midst".

Bruce Codex

4th century, contains the Gospel of Judas, the First Apocalypse of James, the Letter of Peter to Philip, and a fragment of Allogenes.

Codex Tchacos

contains a large number of texts (for a complete list see the listing)

Nag Hammadi library

Oxyrhyncus 1

The Gnostic Society Library

– from earlychristianwritings.com

Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism