On the Existence and Survival of Pre-Christian Gnosis
Wasn’t a part of the ancient Gnosis entrusted to writing?
Yes, part of the ancient Gnosis was entrusted to writing and the books containing it can be separated into three categories:
(1) Certain books of the Bible by Jewish authors living in Egypt;
(2) Medeo-Persian books, the compendium of which constitutes the Avesta compiled by the Magi, worshipers of Christ;
(3) The Veda, a collection of hymns by elder Aryan Pastors, from Central Asia, also worshipers of Christ.
Explanation- We see that Christ was first known and worshiped by the ancient Pastors of Central Asia, then by the Magi of Persia. After the captivity of Babylon, Christian Gnosis also survived in the knowledge of certain Jews who transported this doctrine into Egypt. The books attributed to them are: the so-called of Maccabee Psalms, the Book of Daniel, the Book of Wisdom, Ecclesiastics, the Book of Enoch, and the works of Philo. As for the oral tradition of the Kabala, it was piously preserved amongst the Essenes of Judea and the Therapeutae of Egypt.
Louis-Sophone Fugairon (Tau Sophronius, Bishop of Bézier)
From: Catéchisme expliqué de l’Église gnostique, 1899.
Yes, part of the ancient Gnosis was entrusted to writing and the books containing it can be separated into three categories:
(1) Certain books of the Bible by Jewish authors living in Egypt;
(2) Medeo-Persian books, the compendium of which constitutes the Avesta compiled by the Magi, worshipers of Christ;
(3) The Veda, a collection of hymns by elder Aryan Pastors, from Central Asia, also worshipers of Christ.
Explanation- We see that Christ was first known and worshiped by the ancient Pastors of Central Asia, then by the Magi of Persia. After the captivity of Babylon, Christian Gnosis also survived in the knowledge of certain Jews who transported this doctrine into Egypt. The books attributed to them are: the so-called of Maccabee Psalms, the Book of Daniel, the Book of Wisdom, Ecclesiastics, the Book of Enoch, and the works of Philo. As for the oral tradition of the Kabala, it was piously preserved amongst the Essenes of Judea and the Therapeutae of Egypt.
Louis-Sophone Fugairon (Tau Sophronius, Bishop of Bézier)
From: Catéchisme expliqué de l’Église gnostique, 1899.