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“Light from Light”

The Ecumenical Review, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 249-262, April 2023., 2023
Abstract This article examines the phrase “light from light” in the 4th‐century Nicene and Nicene‐Constantinopolitan creeds. The article begins by presenting the earliest use of light as a metaphor for Christ and his agency, as well as examples of similar language outside “orthodox” Christianity. It goes on to examine the meaning and use of “light from
Maria Munkholt Christensen
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The Study of the Past and its Present Challenges in the Study of Religions

Journal of Religious History, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 642-652, December 2022., 2022
The article comments on the three challenges, which Mattias Brand presents in the Introduction: the questioning of central concepts, multiplication and fragmentation, and communication with a large audience. It also comments on Nickolas P. Roubekas article, “Asking Old Questions Anew: On the History of Religions.” The author stresses the lack of ...
Ingvild Sælid Gilhus
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Why Did the Origenist Controversy Begin? Re‐thinking the Standard Narratives

Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 318-337, April 2022., 2022
Abstract The Origenist controversy at the end of the fourth century was largely played out within a monastic context, and had, moreover, an immediate and extensive impact on the movement. In spite of this, studies of the controversy and its causes have mainly focused on the dogmatic issues foregrounded in the controversy, neglecting the more ...
Samuel Rubenson
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A Framework for Estimating Global‐Scale River Discharge by Assimilating Satellite Altimetry

Water Resources Research, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2021., 2021
Abstract Understanding spatial and temporal variations in terrestrial waters is key to assessing the global hydrological cycle. The future Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission will observe the elevation and slope of surface waters at <100 m resolution.
Menaka Revel, Daiki Ikeshima, Dai Yamazaki, Shinjiro Kanae   +3 more
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Coptica iranica

Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2007
The article introduces to the Iranian motifs found in the Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag-Hammadi: themes as the coming of the future Redeemer (Saošyant-), the heavenly journey of the Soul, the links between the Gnostic Demiurge and Ahriman, and more ...
Ezio Albrile
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The Concept of Bridal Chamber in the Valentinian Inscriptions

Literatūra (Vilnius), 2020
This article investigates the Valentinian ritual, called “bridal chamber”, in the only surviving Valentinian funeral epitaphs, Flavia Sophe and NCE 156. These inscriptions stand out from the context of other Valentinian sources because they are extant in
Gražina Kelmelytė
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A contemporary plastic vision of the woman in the sixth manuscript of the Gnostic Nag Hammadi Library (Thunder: Pure Mind). [PDF]

Maǧallaẗ Al-Turāṯ wa Al-Taṣmīm, 2022
Proceeding from the role of Art Education in preserving literary heritage, the current research aims to draw inspiration from the Egyptian Gnostic heritage, which is represented in the manuscript of Nag Hammadi VI, entitled (Thunder: Pure Mind), which ...
Enas Dahi
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Paweł apostoł nauczycielem gnostyków?

Vox Patrum, 2009
Im Aufsatz wird die Wirkung der 1Kor 15, 50 in der einigen Nag-Hammadi- Schriften und in der Iraenaus’s Polemik gegen Gnostikern untersucht. Einfluss der paulinischen Terminologie und die Lehre über die Auferstehung wir am Beispiel Röm 6, 17; 6, 4-6 ...
Wincenty Myszor
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Polskie badania nad gnostycyzmem

Vox Patrum, 1999
Die Gnosisforschung in Połen besteht vor allem auf der Ubersetzung der polemischen Werken von Kirchenvatern (Irenaus, Tertullian, Clemens von AL, Origenes und der koptischgnostischen Texten von Nag Hammadi.
Wincenty Myszor
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Aktywność misyjna gnostyków na przykładzie walentynian

Vox Patrum, 2015
The source base for the study on the Gnostic missionary activity in general is rather scarce, nonetheless in the case of the Valentinians, one of the major bran­ches of ancient Christian gnosticism, the main characteristics of the their mission could be
Przemysław Piwowarczyk
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