Category: Early Christian Beliefs

• The Gospel Of Thomas…. Doubt-Free

  

  In 1945 one of the greatest historical finds ever emerged in Nag Hammadi, Egypt. Dozens of early Christian texts suddenly came to the awareness of the western world. Called the Nag Hammadi Library, it was a collection of a 52 mainly gnostic texts along with Plato’s Republic and The Corpus Hermeticum. One theory is that…

  Timos Trismegistus

  February 25, 2025

  Early Christian Beliefs, Early Christian Groups, Gnosticism, Messiahs, Scripture

  Apostle, Archaeology, bible, Christian, Christianity, faith, Gnostic, god, Gospel, Jesus, Thomas

• Understanding Jesus: Separating Faith from Early Christian Influence

  

  If you grew up in (or are currently a member of) a protestant church, you have probably been allowed to believe that your faith has been relatively unchanged throughout the millennia. Catholicism (your church’s grand-pappy) has had a colorful history filled with all manner of exciting events among them the councils. The catholic councils would…

  Timos Trismegistus

  January 29, 2025

  Early Christian Beliefs, Early Christian Groups, Early Church Characters / Personalities, First Century Figures, History, Judaism, Paul, Rome, Scripture

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• John the Baptizer, Messiah or Nah?

  In the New Testament, John the Baptist was portrayed as the only person holy enough to be able to baptize Jesus of Nazareth at the inauguration of his ministry. The story (present in all four gospels) has Jesus requesting the ceremony at one of John’s baptism services. John seems to be reticent about performing the…

  Timos Trismegistus

  November 14, 2024

  Early Christian Beliefs, Early Christian Groups, First Century Figures, Gnosticism, History, Messiahs, Prophecy, Scripture

  Baptism, Baptist, Baptizer, bible, Christian, Christianity, Ginza, Gnostic, John, Mandaean, Mandaic, Nasorean, New, Prophet, Rba, Religion, Sabian, Testament

• The Lost Gospel: Q

  

  First of all, No. This has nothing to do with the conspiracy theory bearing the same letter as a name. During studies of Christian origins, one is very quickly guaranteed to run into the term Q-source quite often when discussing the synoptic gospels. Q stands for “Quelle”, the German word for “source.” It is a…

  Timos Trismegistus

  August 8, 2024

  Early Christian Beliefs, Early Christian Groups, History, Paul, Rome, Scripture

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