The Gnostic Gospels of Thomas Mary and John

<p><strong>A collected edition of three significant texts associated with early Christian Gnostic tradition presenting alternative theological perspectives on authority knowledge and the nature of spiritual understanding.</strong> This volume brings together the Gospel of Thomas the Gospel of Mary and a Gnostic text attributed to John each offering distinct interpretations of teaching revelation and the role of hidden knowledge in spiritual life.</p><p>These writings depart from the canonical framework of the New Testament emphasizing inward knowledge (gnosis) over institutional authority and presenting a more interpretive often symbolic account of spiritual truth. The Gospel of Thomas preserves sayings attributed to Jesus in a concise and aphoristic form; the Gospel of Mary foregrounds questions of authority and insight; and the Johannine material explores cosmology and the structure of divine emanation.</p><p>Translated and arranged by Fr. D. Ric Thomas this edition presents the texts in accessible form while retaining their conceptual complexity. Read together they offer a view into the diversity of early Christian thought and the interpretive traditions that developed alongside orthodox doctrine.</p>