The feast day of James the Just (Brother of our Lord) was the other day on August 23. I have not posted much about James, which I need to correct. So with this post, I want to take a look at the “Second Apocalypse of James” which is found in the Nag Hammadi library. This …
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The Preaching and Martyrdom of James the Just
With the feast day of James the Just coming up on October 23, I wanted to post some lesser known stories of James. This post presents two stories from the Ethiopian tradition. Usually I do summaries of texts but in this case I am presenting the two stories in complete form. These come from the …
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Gospel of the Hebrews
I want to bring attention to another unknown gospel, that being the so-called “Gospel of the Hebrews”. This gospel only survives in fragments and that is in thanks to the church fathers quoting the text. Otherwise, it is a lost text (until a copy emerges, fingers crossed!). I will be posting all the known fragments …
First Apocalypse of James – Tchacos vs NHL
The Codex Tchacos is famous for having the “Gospel of Judas” but what many seem to forget, it actually contained four Gnostic texts! Besides Judas, there is “The Letter of Peter to Philip”, “Book of Allogenes” and “James”. The “Book of Allogenes” is a newly discovered book, and not to be confused with “Allogenes” from …
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