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Giuseppe
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What is the source of this quote:

"the spiritual Christ who is put to death in the soul of an evil man is killed by the Archons"

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FOUND INSIDE – PAGE 216
... who is put to death in the soul of a wicked man had been killed by the Archons . But of course the idea of a conflict between the good and evil forces in the universe and the temporary success of the ev

The Beginnings of Gnostic Christianity - Page 216books.google.com › books
Louis Gordon Rylands · 1940
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" [something] would evidently have been capable of giving rise to the idea that the spiritual Christ who is put to death in the soul of a wicked man had been killed by the Archons. But of course the idea of a conflict between the good and evil forces in the universe and the temporary success of the evil is a very ..."

The Beginnings of Gnostic Christianity by Louis Gordon Rylands, 1940: p.216



p.217:

"the dogma of the death of Christ was no doubt worked out differently in different circles. Paul was not the originator of the idea that the Christ had been killed by the Archons."

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Yes, that was my source. But I wanted something of more old.
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