Non-Canonical Christianity
Discussions of Christian writings from outside the most commonly used canons. Whether heretical, apocryphal, or simply strange, join us as we explore these fascinating works!
What am I telling you? All at once the living die. How do they live in illusion? The rich become poor, kings are overthrown, everything changes. The world is illusion.
The Treatise on Resurrection, Rheginus (Valentinian Christian), 2nd Century AD
Irenaeus is not really trying to show us what “gnosticism” is, but what heresy is. To do our work of history of religions with his data, we are better off to cut ourselves completely free from the artificiality of his overall grouping and to establish the clearest possible criteria for classification.
Michael Allen Williams, "Rethinking Gnosticism"
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