I want to wish all of you a merry Christmas and hope that your day is a day full of joy! "Thus the word of the father goes forth in to all, being the fruit of ...
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harold adams jackson
playless11
Dec 25, 2003 2:06 pm
Laus Deo, Peace, Harold haroldajackson@... ... From: wvdog61 To: gnosticism2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 6:58 AM Subject:...
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lady_caritas
Dec 25, 2003 2:10 pm
... is ... of ... Thank you, Rodney! Merry greetings to everyone! Cari...
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Mike Leavitt
gnositc
Dec 25, 2003 8:35 pm
Hello wvdog61 ... Well that's two good quotes today (the other on another list), so I will join with you in your wish for this list. Regards -- Mike Leavitt...
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Thomas
tjnii
Dec 26, 2003 7:19 pm
I am new to this so be easy on me. After having recently read the Gospel of St. Thomas for the first time I am struck by the similarity of style and texture...
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wvdog61
Dec 26, 2003 8:06 pm
Would you guys take a look at this passage from Clement of Alexandria's Excerpta ex Theodoto: 47.1. The first and universal Demiurge is the Saviour, but...
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Mike Leavitt
gnositc
Dec 26, 2003 8:45 pm
Hello wvdog61 ... It may be the translation. At any rate I don't think Demiurge here refers to Saklas at all, but is being used in its generic sense of ...
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Dec 27, 2003 3:21 am
... similarity ... Mount. ... that ... Hi, Thomas. We'll do our best not to confuse you with our other Thomas here, let alone the one cited for the sayings...
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harold adams jackson
playless11
Dec 27, 2003 1:40 pm
Hi, Thomas.....just wanted to say that the Bible works for me in answering these questions Original Message ----- From: Thomas To:...
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Dec 27, 2003 4:10 pm
... answering these questions Harold, in my last reply to you (#8830), I made some observations regarding tendencies in your posts. As PMCV clearly pointed...
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Thomas Norush II
tjnii
Dec 27, 2003 5:11 pm
Thank you Gerry. Your response is very appreciated and helpful. And to answer you in the emulation of action towards salvation. Jesus believed that he was...
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harold adams jackson
playless11
Dec 27, 2003 8:21 pm
Hello again, Gerry Figured I would get a healthy response with my last post b4 I sent it. I do not see how my personal beliefs are beyond the scope of this...
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Mike Leavitt
gnositc
Dec 27, 2003 9:17 pm
Hello harold ... To me the Nag Hammadi, Bruce and Jung codexes are as much the bible as the Canonical Scriptures, what is your response to that? Regards -- ...
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Dec 27, 2003 9:43 pm
... Figured I would get a healthy response with my last post b4 I sent it.<< Then why didn't you at least attempt to relate your thoughts to Gnostic writings?...
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lady_caritas
Dec 27, 2003 10:29 pm
Hi, Thomas. Several or perhaps many of us here originally came from mainstream Christian families. I notice your orientation seems to demonstrate traditional...
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Thomas Norush II
tjnii
Dec 28, 2003 1:59 pm
Hello Cari; Yes, I am come from a very mainstream and hate to say it as such, conservative Roman Catholic background. Total Catholic to the hilt, altar boy in...
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lady_caritas
Dec 28, 2003 3:43 pm
... Gospel of Thomas. And to be honest, I am not sure why the Church would choose to catagorize this as a heresy. ... Thomas, as Gerry pointed out, it becomes...
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wvdog61
Dec 28, 2003 6:06 pm
... Sophia, ... an ... as ... God ... made ... and ... not ... Jesus ... Mike the source I'm using for the quotation is Werner Foerster's Gnosis: A Selection...
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Mike Leavitt
gnositc
Dec 28, 2003 9:18 pm
Hello wvdog61 ... Two Christs is not necessarily wrong, I have run across this idea before. So I guess the question is whether Demiurge as in Saklas was meant...
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lady_caritas
Dec 29, 2003 4:36 pm
... graced ... excessive objectivity, i.e., an author trying to offer a wide spectrum of "unbiased"; historical interpretations as a means of covering one's...
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harold adams jackson
playless11
Dec 29, 2003 5:28 pm
Peace, haroldajackson@......
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Dec 31, 2003 1:46 am
... unconscious, involved in most any interpretation. I suppose the operative word I used was "desire" (to be objective). On the other hand, Dr. Horton, who I...
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Paul Kieniewicz
paulmmk
Jan 2, 2004 3:28 am
... here ... of ... more ... such ... PMVC? ... Does anyone know the derivation of "demiurge"; ---Demi-urgos --- sounds like it comes from Greek. If so, what...
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lady_caritas
Jan 2, 2004 2:34 pm
... Hi, Paul. Happy New Year, everyone. Interesting you should bring this up because, although I have seen "demiurge"; [Gnostic (and Platonic) maker of...
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lady_caritas
Jan 2, 2004 3:23 pm
... general introduction, but while also using terms there like "heterodox" and "heretics," these aren't clarified until several chapters into the text. That's...
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vaberella
Jan 5, 2004 3:53 am
I want to find out all I can about Gnosticism. I also want you aid in the way of enlightenment. I come from the direction of Taoism..but the road of learning...
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Gamdunc@...
gnosisislove
Jan 5, 2004 4:41 pm
Go to the Gnostic Website at gnosis.org and prepare to soak it up as it is a veritable fount. There are many strains of Catholicism (I'm assuming Roman)in ...
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lady_caritas
Jan 5, 2004 4:48 pm
... as it is a ... assuming Roman)in ... latest "Beyond Belief: the ... Hoeller's lectures. ... enlightenment but ... of the faith. ... Greetings, VB and Gale....
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Gamdunc@...
gnosisislove
Jan 6, 2004 3:34 pm
I attend the Queen of Heaven Gnostic Church in Portland, OR and it is there that I practice my faith through celebration of the Mass and Holy Eucharist, as ...
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Gamdunc@...
gnosisislove
Jan 6, 2004 3:34 pm
"Soteriology," eh? All are free to do as they see fit. How do you come by this Gnosis without the Sacraments? This feels like over-intellectualising to me. ...
