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Abstract: Studies seeking to elucidate the Synoptic Problem, the issue of literary dependence among the Synoptic Gospels, often proceed by making close comparisons among the Synoptic Gospels that rely on the idea that the text of each of these Gospels is fixed. Yet, when one turns to the actual man...

I have attempted without success to locate Mortley's essay "The Name of the Father is the Son". The essay is included in this book on internet archive, which you can "borrow" with a free account: https://archive.org/details/neoplatonismgnos0000unse Many thanks Paul the Uncertain.

From this transcription and translation: https://www.academia.edu/35461016/The_Gospel_of_Truth_A_Public_Domain_Transcription_and_Translation In this Mattison presents the two different Coptic nomina sacra for "Christ" in his work. Each of these appear only once. 18:16 Jesus the Christ = I...

/// Often it is said that the Gospel of Truth represents an early stage in the development of "Valentinian" thought precisely because it does not contain the elaborate speculation believed to characterize later Valentinian texts. This idea is overturned if the Gospel of Truth is aware of ...

2) Christes = a white-washer I can't find any references to this in support of Blavatsky. Surley it is clearly presented on Wiktionary. Just look how good the entries are for khrēsmós and khrîsma! χ ρησμό ς • (khrēsmós) m ( genitive χρησμοῦ ); second declension oracle, prophecy "χρησμός" ...

But Eusebius' "Life of Constantine" could possibly be credited as a hagiography of the Roman Emperor if Constantine had not indulged in much un-saintly bloodshed, the destruction of ancient and highly revered pagan temples, the execution of family members, chief pagan priests, philosopher...

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Robin Lane Fox wrote at about p.651 in his book "Pagans and Christians, in the Mediterranean World from the second century AD to the conversion of Constantine", that towards the end of Constantine's oration (at Antioch c.325 CE) that "One sentence of the Oration trod unwarily on Arius...

(c) reference to an idea that everything should be regarded as potentially fabricated up to the moment of the extant manuscript A skeptical investigator has the right to demand physical proof of manuscript transmission from antiquity. Where such proof is unavailable there is room for doubt. Then th...

For the known versions of the Greek text, I have seen no credible suggestions other than the words/names of "anointed" (vowel iota) or "useful" (vowel eta) despite enormous ingenuity applied to find alternatives. http://mountainman.com.au/essenes/chrestos%20christos.htm The sour...