I’m going back to the tollhouse subject with this post and I want to go to the Church side (rather than Gnostic) to see what is stated there. There are numerous writings on tollhouses and just so you know, tollhouses are widely debated within the Orthodox community with some writings regarding them still appearing from …
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Toll houses in the Gospel of Mary
The Gospel of Mary is probably the most famous non-Nag Hammadi library text out there. Despite it not being complete, an interesting teaching arises from this text. I am going to solely focus on the toll houses presented in this story. If you did not catch my previous blog entry about toll houses (click HERE), …
Toll Houses in the (Coptic) Apocalypse of Paul
Over the past few months, I’ve been gathering sources on Toll Houses. This is an Orthodox concept regarding souls after they leave the body and their ascent into heaven. Now let it be said, this is not a mainstream belief in modern Orthodoxy. There is much debate in it, but the concept does exist, and …
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