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The Gospel of Perfection is a lost text from the New Testament apocrypha.The text is mentioned in ancient anti-heretical works by the church fathers.It is thought to be a gnostic text of the Ophites, [1] and is believed by some to be the same as the Gospel of Eve, though the words of Saint Epiphanius implied that they were separate Gospels.
The Gospel of Eve is an almost entirely lost text from the New Testament apocrypha, which may be the same as the also lost Gospel of Perfection.. The only known content from it are a few quotations by Epiphanius (Panarion, 26), [1] a church father who criticised how the Borborites used it to justify free love, by practicing coitus interruptus and eating semen as a religious act.
Gospel of Eve (a quotation from this gospel is given by Epiphanius (Haer. xxvi. 2, 3). It is possible that this is the Gospel of Perfection he alludes to in xxvi. 2. The quotation shows that this gospel was the expression of complete pantheism) Gospel of the Four Heavenly Realms; Gospel of Matthias (probably different from the Gospel of Matthew)
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
As part of the campaign, free copies of the Gospels of Luke, Matthew, the Book of Genesis and the Book of Psalms are being offered for download in .pdf format. [18] Short audio recordings of various scriptures have also been posted. Until July 31, 2010 a free printed copy of the entire New Testament was also being offered
The Gospel of the Truth (Coptic: ⲡⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ⲧⲙⲏⲉ, romanized: p-euaggelion n-tmēe [1]) is one of the Gnostic texts from the New Testament apocrypha found in the Nag Hammadi codices ("NHC").
Gospel of Perfection – 4th century, an Ophite poem that is only mentioned once by a single patristic source, Epiphanius, [8] and is referred to once in the 6th century Syriac Infancy Gospel Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians – also called Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit
It is considered a non-canonical gospel and was rejected as apocryphal by the Catholic Church's synods of Carthage and Rome, which established the New Testament canon. [1] It was the first of the non-canonical gospels to be rediscovered, preserved in the dry climate of Egypt. The surviving fragment of the Gospel of Peter is the passion narrative.