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FRAGMENTS OF A FAITH FORGOTTEN: The Gnostics, a Contibution to the Study of the Origins of Christianity
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #2226210 in Books
- Published on: 2007-06-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 692 pages
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One of the most comprehensive works about the Gnostics written in English at the time, Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, first published in 1900, introduces readers to the Gnostic tradition through a variety of sources, including the translated works written by the Gnostics themselves.
Gnostic writings are considered apocryphal to the Catholic Church, and as such, many were destroyed or rewritten to remove their objectionable content. To the best of his ability, Mead pulls together bits from many sources to construct a picture of what the Gnostics really believed.
Anyone with an interest in Christianity and its history will be interested to see who these early enemies of Church were and why they frightened the emerging establishment.
About the Author
British scholar and philosopher GEORGE ROBERT STOW MEAD (1863-1933) was educated at Cambridge University. He served as editor of The Theosophical Society's Theosophical Review, and later formed The Quest Society and edited its journal, The Quest Review. He is also the author of Notes on Nirvana (1893) and an 1896 translation of The Upanishads.
