Is the gnostic texts a doctrine of demons or is it something Constantine of Rome never wanted to include in the cannon of alternative reasons? Let's discuss. Please subscribe comment and follow my page on gnostic and biblical research on Facebook called "Ancient Church of Yeshua Melchizedic".

Including quotes and summaries of the "lost gospels" and "banned books". Never again be caught off guard or confounded by references to the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Peter, the Gospel of Mary, or the Gospel of Judas.

The Christian Conspiracy: The Orthodox Suppression of Original Gnostic Christianity, by Ralph Macchio, Part Two.
(chapters 6 - 10)
This book chronicles the replacement of an original Christianity which was diverse and Gnostic in character by an orthodox pseudo-theology defined by a narrow set of doctrines quite different in scope and spirit. If it shatters any image, it is the myth that there was an "original" Christianity, somewhat in the image of modern fundamentalism, where all held to the four Gospels, the concept of Jesus as God, His death for our sins, the resurrection of the body at the last day, etc. Rather it lifts the curtain on a profoundly different "original" Christianity--a rich set of doctrines in the Gnostic tradition defined across many sects existing at Christianity's very earliest beginnings including even the communities and teachings of St. Paul and the Nazorean community at Jerusalem, and including doctrines of reincarnation, the origins of evil in a class of beings called "archons," the preexistence of souls, the divine spark in each, therefore the divinity of each--all befitting the universalist character Jesus in fact had. And it chronicles the grim, often political and ultimately violent destruction of this diversity and these doctrines by the end of the fourth century, their replacement by a stark orthodoxy of distorted and narrowed dogmas, the destruction or suppression of the many gospels by an arbitrary and edited canon of four, and the concomitant establishment of a power structure set in a hierarchy which moved increasingly to the denial of freedom of belief and its final alliance with the power of the state.

Contents:

VI. The Emergence of Orthodoxy

The Misuse of the Old Testament-Clement of Rome
Ignatius of Antioch
The Power Politics of Orthodoxy
The Emergence of Creed
Ignatius Attacks Sectarian Christian Communities
Marcion-Marcion Formulates the First New Testament Canon

VII. The Great Schools of Christian Gnosis

Basilides
Basilides' Doctrine of Reincarnation
Valentinus
The Doctrine of the Three Natures
The School of Valentinus
Valentinian Literature-The Gospel Of Truth
The Valentinian Sacraments
The Doctrine of the Resurrection

VIII. The Orthodox Movement Formulates "Anti-Christian-Gnostic" Theology"

Justin Martyr
The Doctrine of the Incarnation of the Word
The Resurrection of the Body

IX. Irenaeus and the Formulation of Orthodox Pseudo-Theology

Irenaeus
The Doctrine of Deity
Origins Of Christianity
The Doctrine of the Logos and Christ
The Doctrine of Salvation
Irenaeus Fabricates His Own Apostolic Succession
The Myth of the Orthodox Apostolic Succession
Tertullian
Cyprian of Carthage

X. Origen of Alexandria and the Golden Age of Christian Theology

The Catechetical School at Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria
Origen-The Synthesis of Christian Orthodoxy and Christian Gnosis
The Theology of Origen
The Trinity
Origen on the Doctrine of Christ
Origen on the Fall of Souls
Origen on the Fallen Angels
Origen's Doctrine of Salvation
Origen and Reincarnation
The Golden Age of Christian Theology
The Attack on Origen

Presentation of powerpoints
2:40 Gnostic Thought - overview, Demiurge
8:18 Theological underpinnings
18:30 Gnosticism, Gnostic Christ, and the Gnostic Gospels
24:50 Christian History: Greek, Roman & Jewish context

History of Christian Doctrine:
38:30 Introduction, Gnostics
53:35 Post-Apostolic Writers, Early Heresies, Greek Apologists
1:16:45 Old Catholic Age, Origins of the Trinity, Monarchianism, Arianism
2:01:10 Council of Nicea
2:19:00 Post-Nicene Developments
2:34:30 Great Reformation
2:43:30 Pentecostalism

2:52:15 Nag Hammadi, Gospel of Thomas, Gnosticism revisited, development of Bible Canon

3:45:15 Conclusion

Did you know that for 2,000 years, the church universally condemned same-sex relationships? Today, we're diving deep into the controversy surrounding the Bible and homosexuality. Are progressive Christians right when they say the Bible doesn't address it, or is it taken out of context? We'll examine key passages like Mark 7 and Romans 1, and discuss the historical and cultural contexts to uncover the truth. Stay tuned to see if recent interpretations hold up against traditional biblical exegesis!

One thing I forgot to unpack is how McKenna saw the Mandaens as a positive version of gnosticism without the radical anticosmism -- he goes on in the alchemy talks to discuss alchemy as "optimistic" following the scholarly division between optimistic and pessimistic gnostic (which is used by Yates) which is why he sees "alchemical thinking" as an alternative to modern science, which is a "demonic enterprise" having in the process of disenchantment nevertheless smuggled across the Faustian pathology of Hermeticism, rooted in the negative or pessimist gnosis that leads to nihilism and the idea that anything goes so we might as well exploit the earth.

In this video, you're going to learn what the Book of Revelation is all about. Join us as we explore John's visions and you'll learn the symbolic imagery and numbers of the book; including the seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls, the Lion of Judah, the 144,000, the two witnesses, and more.

00:00 Summary of historical background, context and meaning
02:09 Jesus' message to the seven churches
03:44 John's vision of the throne of God
05:29 The cycle of the seven seals
08:22 The cycle of seven trumpets and the unsealed scroll

John makes it clear that the Book of Revelation is both an "apocalypse" (revelation) and a "prophecy." This type of Jewish literature recounted a prophet's symbolic visions that revealed God's heavenly perspective on history, so that the present could be viewed in light of history's final outcome. It was meant to comfort and/or challenge God's people.

John says he was exiled on the island of Patmos, where he saw a vision of the risen Jesus standing among seven burning lights. The image, adapted from Zechariah 4, is a symbol of seven churches in Asia Minor. Jesus addressed the specific problems facing each church, and warned them that a "tribulation" was upon the churches that would force them to choose between compromise and faithfulness. In the midst of persecution, Jesus calls the churches to faithfulness.

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