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  • Gnostics and the Old Testament

    It’s quite common today to hear people say that the “Gnostics” rejected the Old Testament. This popular opinion is bolstered by some of the biggest names in modern scholarship and theology. Dr. Adolph von Harnack expressed this opinion in his magisterial treatise The History of Dogma (Dover, vol. I, pg. 227). Another example is the… Continue reading

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