A Valentinian Interpretation of Baptism and Eucharist — and Its Critique of “Orthodox” Sacramental Theology and Practice*

The question of how different gnostic Christians interpreted and practiced sacraments — so long limited to the sparse references in the anti-gnostic writers — is being reexamined in the light of recently available gnostic documents. Yet one source long available — the fragments of Heracleon that Ori...

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Main Author: Pagels, Elaine H. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1972]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1972, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 153-169
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