The Tripartite Tractate is a Gnostic work that deals primarily with the relationship between the Aeons and the Son.
It is divided into three parts, which deal with the determinism of the Father and the free-will of the hypostatized aeons, the creation of humanity, evil, and the fall of Anthropos, and the variety of theologies, the tripartition of humanity, the actions of the Saviour and ascent of the saved into Unity, respectively.635 views · 7 hrs ago
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Year Written: (Assumed)200-300 AD |
Scripture Type:Gnostic Nag-HammadiGnosticism is a modern term categorizing a collection of pre-Christian ancient religions whose adherents shunned the material world which they viewed as created by the demiurge; and instead embraced the spiritual world. The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. Twelve leather-bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local farmer named Muhammed al-Samman. The writings in these codices comprised fifty-two mostly Gnostic treatises. |
Discovered:Nag Hammadi Library, Egypt 1945The Nag Hammadi Library is a collection of 13 ancient books containing over 50 texts. This important discovery includes a number of primary "Gnostic Gospels" – texts which were assumed to have been destroyed during the early Christian conflicts. All the texts discovered at Nag Hammadi can be viewed in the Gnostic Society Library website. |
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