Elaine Pagels

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Biographies

 

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Mary F

 

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December 16, 2014

 

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University

 

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From this point, Pagels gives an explanation of why the books were hidden in a cave at Nag Hammadi in the first place. When Emperor Constantine was converted and Christianity became the main religion, Gnosticism and it's documents were denounced as heretical. As such, all these documents were to be destroyed...
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As such, all these documents were to be destroyed. It is hypothesized that some Gnostic monks put these scripts in the pot they were found in and hid them in the cave at Nag Hammadi. From this historical background, Pagels quickly moves into a quick overview of Gnosticism. She begins by explaining the very name with which we denote this faith...
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