An important piece of early Christian history, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, is up for auction at Christie's in London. This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt containing a combination of biblical and other early Christian texts.
This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt containing a combination of biblical and other early Christian texts.
In 1945, a collection of 13 ancient codices was discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt. These contained dozens of otherwise unknown works, mostly associated with minority and marginalized forms of early Christianity. With titles like “The Gospel of Thomas” and “The Secret Revelation of John,” this cache of non-canonical scriptures captured the public’s imagination and
For instance, the vast majority of manuscripts of the Gospel of John describe Jesus as “the only-begotten Son” . But the early manuscripts discovered at Dishna read “the only-begotten God.” Here and elsewhere, English translations of the Bible were changed to reflect the contents of the Dishna Papers.
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