However, those who wrote them, The Gnostics, were condemned by St. Paul.
This fact has never been an obstacle for the Gnostic sympathisers. For example, according to Elaine Pagels, the Apostle Paul was actually a Gnostic himself and the anti-Gnostic Pastoral Epistles were "pseudo-Pauline" forgeries written by the corrupt and ambitious Church prelates who wanted to conceal Paul's Gnosticism.
I would not say that Gnostics who uphold the divinity of Christ are somehow "non-Christians." But they do have an obnoxious inclination to knife-up scripture and remake the Bible to suit their own needs, rather like Marcion.
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apocrypha 15 books translated with vulgate, 7 of the 15 in the catholic old testament [deuterocanocals works of a lesser nature]...Judith, tobit, 1,2 macabees; Wisdom, Sirach , Song of the Hebrew children, bel and the dragon....
It's fair to say that most Gnostic principles are contained in the New Testament. The only thing that separates the Orthodox and Gnostic interpretations is that Gnostics read between the lines and apply Jesus' parables to Spiritual essence and not to Ego-creature...
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Certain heretical sects and teaching are often categorized under the term "Gnostic" (or rather "Gnostic's FALSELY so called") but the Fathers did not mean to imply by this that there is not a TRUE Christian gnosis .
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"For one who loves transforms all that he loves into himself, while one who hates loses even what he has. One who loves belongs to the loved one while one who hates does not even belong to himself. "
If this has been posted earlier on this thread, I apologize. If not, this site will help identify what those circa 170 A.D. saw as canonical books of The New Testament: www.bible-researcher.com/muratorian.html
It's fair to say that most Gnostic principles are contained in the New Testament. The only thing that separates the Orthodox and Gnostic interpretations is that Gnostics read between the lines and apply Jesus' parables to Spiritual essence and not to Ego-creature...
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