Nag Hammadi Library

✨ Gospels (Revealed Teachings of Jesus)

These texts often present sayings, dialogues, or secret teachings attributed to Jesus, differing from the canonical Gospels.

• The Gospel of Thomas (Sayings Gospel)
  Gospel of Thomas PDF
• The Gospel of Philip (Mystical Teachings on Sacraments)
  The Gospel of Philip PDF
• The Gospel of Truth (Theological Meditation, likely Valentinian)
  The Gospel of Truth PDF
• The Gospel of the Egyptians (Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit)
  Gospel of the Egyptians PDF
• The Dialogue of the Savior (Gnostic Dialogue with Jesus)

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🌌 Apocalypses (Revelatory Visions)

These texts describe visionary experiences, often involving cosmic journeys, divine revelations, and eschatological themes.

• The Apocalypse of Paul
  The Apocalypse of Paul PDF
• The First Apocalypse of James
• The Second Apocalypse of James
• The Apocalypse of Adam
• The Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter
• The Revelation (Apocalypse) of Zostrianos
• The Trimorphic Protennoia
• The Paraphrase of Shem
• The Testimony of Truth
• Marsanes
• The Apocalypse of the Great Seth

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🗝️ Secret Books (Apocrypha / Hidden Teachings)

These texts are presented as secret revelations, often containing esoteric knowledge shared privately with disciples.

• The Apocryphon of John (Secret Book of John)
• The Apocryphon of James (Secret Book of James)
• The Book of Thomas the Contender
• The Book of Allogenes (Allogenes)
• The Thought of Norea

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🧠 Philosophical and Hermetic Texts

Influenced by Greek philosophy, especially Platonism, and the Hermetic tradition, these texts explore metaphysics, the nature of the soul, and cosmology.

• Eugnostos the Blessed
• The Concept of Our Great Power
• The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth (Ogdoad and Ennead)
• The Prayer of Thanksgiving
• Asclepius 21–29 (Hermetic fragment)
• Republic (Excerpt from Plato’s "Republic")
• Melchizedek

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⚖️ Ethical and Wisdom Literature

These texts provide moral teachings, wisdom sayings, and ethical reflections.

• The Teachings of Silvanus
• The Sentences of Sextus
• Authoritative Teaching (also known as “The Authoritative Discourse”)

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🔮 Valentinian Gnostic Writings

Attributed to or influenced by Valentinian Gnosticism, focusing on complex cosmologies and the nature of divine emanations (pleroma).

• The Tripartite Tractate
• A Valentinian Exposition
• The Excerpta ex Theodoto (Fragments from Theodotus’s Valentinian teachings)

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🗣️ Prayers and Liturgical Texts

These are mystical prayers, meditations, and liturgical pieces used for personal or communal devotion.

• The Prayer of the Apostle Paul
• The Prayer of Thanksgiving
• The Three Steles of Seth