First Gnostic writers taught that there was one supreme godhead, called the Monad. This god was distant from mortals. Eventually a number of semi-divine beings emerged from the monad, known as Aeons.

First Gnostic writers taught that there was one supreme godhead, called the Monad. This god was distant from mortals. Eventually a number of semi-divine beings emerged from the monad, known as Aeons.

The Nag Hammadi texts were discovered near Nag Hammadi in Egypt. They are gnostic works that present a worldview that denies the divinity of Christ and the goodness of creation. In 1945 a startling ...