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Pistis Sophia

Pistis Sophia (Codex Askewianus)

Cristo Pantocrátor del Sinaí
byJesus of Nazareth

Teachings of Jesus to his disciples during eleven years after the resurrection, among whom Mary Magdalene, his mother Mary and Martha stand out. Its centre is the myth of Pistis Sophia, a fallen heavenly being who repents in psalms and is rescued; it found a wide echo in modern esotericism.

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Authorship note

An anonymous Gnostic treatise preserved in Coptic in the Askew Codex (British Library, Add MS 5114); it is dated to the third–fourth centuries. English translations by G. R. S. Mead (1896) and George Horner (1924).

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English

  • Pistis Sophia

    Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1924

    Translation: George Horner

    Introducción de Francis Legge; en Project Gutenberg (n.º 76266).

  • Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Gospel

    Theosophical Publishing Society, 1896

    Translation: G. R. S. Mead

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Sources

  • Horner, George (trad.). Pistis Sophia. Introducción de Francis Legge. Londres: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1924. Project Gutenberg, n.º 76266.

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