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	* [[Naassene Fragment]] mentioned in Hippolytus (''Ref.'' 5.7.2–9).		* [[Naassene Fragment]] mentioned in Hippolytus (''Ref.'' 5.7.2–9).
	* [[Ophite Diagrams]] mentioned in [[Celsus]] and Origen		* [[Ophite Diagrams]] mentioned in [[Celsus]] and Origen
-	* [[Ptolemy (gnostic)\|Ptolemy's]] ''Commentary on the Gospel of John Prologue'', mentioned in [[Irenaeus]].	+	* [[Ptolemy (gnostic)\|Ptolemy's]] ''Commentary on the Gospel of John Prologue'', mentioned in [[Irenaeus]].<sup>[1]</sup>
-	* Ptolemy's ''Letter to Flora'', mentioned in [[Epiphanius of Salamis\|Epiphanius]].<sup>[]</sup>	+	* Ptolemy's ''Letter to Flora'', mentioned in [[Epiphanius of Salamis\|Epiphanius]].<sup>[2]</sup>
	* Theodotus: ''Excerpta Ex Theodoto'' mentioned in Clement of Alexandria.		* Theodotus: ''Excerpta Ex Theodoto'' mentioned in Clement of Alexandria.

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[[Gnosticism]] used a number of [[religious text]]s that are preserved, in part or whole, in ancient [[manuscripts]], or lost but mentioned critically in [[Church Fathers|Patristic]] writings.

==Gnostic texts==

===Gnostic texts preserved before 1945===
Prior to the discovery at [[Nag Hammadi]], only the following texts were available to students of Gnosticism. Reconstructions were attempted from the records of the heresiologists, but these were necessarily coloured by the motivation behind the source accounts.
* Works preserved by the Church:
** ''[[Acts of Thomas]]'' (Especially ''[[The Hymn of the Pearl]]'' or ''The Hymn of the Robe of Glory'')
** ''The [[Acts of John]]'' (Especially ''[[The Hymn of Jesus]]'')
* The [[Bruce Codex]] (purchased in 1769 by [[James Bruce]]):
** ''[[Books of Jeu|The Gnosis of the Invisible God]]'' or ''The [[Books of Jeu]]''
** ''[[The Gnosis of the Light]]'' or ''The Untitled Apocalypse''
* The [[Askew Codex]] ([[British Museum]], bought in 1784):
** ''[[Pistis Sophia]]: Books of the Savior''
* The [[Berlin Codex]] or The Akhmim Codex (found in [[Akhmim]], [[Egypt]]; bought in 1896 by Carl Reinhardt):
** ''[[The Gospel]]''
** ''[[Apocryphon of John]]''
** an [[epitome]] of the ''[[Acts of Peter]]''
** ''[[The Sophia of Jesus Christ|The Wisdom of Jesus Christ]]''
* Unknown origin:
** ''[[Secret Gospel of Mark|The Secret Gospel of Mark]]''
** ''The [[Hermetica]]''

===Complete list of codices found in Nag Hammadi===
[[Image:Apocalypse of Peter.jpg|thumbnail|Apocalypse of Peter]]
* Codex I (also known as ''The [[Jung Codex]]''):
** ''[[The Prayer of the Apostle Paul]]''
** ''The [[Apocryphon of James]]'' (also known as the Secret Book of James)
** ''The [[Gospel of Truth]]''
** ''The [[Treatise on the Resurrection]]''
** ''The [[Tripartite Tractate]]''
* [[Nag Hammadi Codex II|Codex II]]:
** ''The [[Apocryphon of John]]''
** ''The [[Gospel of Thomas]]'' a sayings gospel
** ''The [[Gospel of Philip]]''
** ''The [[Hypostasis of the Archons]]''
** ''[[On the Origin of the World (Nag Hammadi)|On the Origin of the World]]''
** ''The [[Exegesis on the Soul]]''
** ''The [[Book of Thomas the Contender]]''
* Codex III:
** ''The [[Apocryphon of John]]''
** ''The [[Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians|Gospel of the Egyptians]]''
** ''[[Epistle of Eugnostos|Eugnostos the Blessed]]''
** ''[[The Sophia of Jesus Christ]]''
** ''The [[Dialogue of the Savior]]''
* Codex IV:
** ''The [[Apocryphon of John]]''
** ''The [[Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians|Gospel of the Egyptians]]''
* Codex V:
** ''[[Epistle of Eugnostos|Eugnostos the Blessed]]''
** ''The [[Coptic Apocalypse of Paul|Apocalypse of Paul]]''
** ''The [[First Apocalypse of James]]''
** ''The [[Second Apocalypse of James]]''
** ''The [[Apocalypse of Adam]]''
* Codex VI:
** ''The [[Acts of Peter and the Twelve]] Apostles'' (includes [[The Hymn of the Pearl]])
** ''[[The Thunder, Perfect Mind]]''
** ''[[Authoritative Teaching]]''
** ''The [[Concept of Our Great Power]]''
** ''[[Plato's Republic|Republic]]'' by [[Plato]] – The original is not Gnostic, but the [[Nag Hammadi library]] version is heavily modified with then-current Gnostic concepts.
** ''[[The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth]]'' – a [[Hermetica|Hermetic]] treatise
** ''[[The Prayer of Thanksgiving]]'' (with a hand-written note) – a [[Hermetica|Hermetic]] prayer
** ''[[Asclepius 21–29]]'' – another [[Hermetica|Hermetic]] treatise
* Codex VII:
** ''The [[Paraphrase of Shem]]''
** ''The [[Second Treatise of the Great Seth]]''
** ''[[Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter]]''
** ''The [[Teachings of Silvanus]]''
** ''The [[Three Steles of Seth]]''
* Codex VIII:
** ''[[Zostrianos]]''
** ''The [[Letter of Peter to Philip]]''
* Codex IX:
** ''[[Melchizedek#In Nag Hammadi Library|Melchizedek]]''
** ''The [[Thought of Norea]]''
** ''The [[Testimony of truth]]''
* Codex X:
** ''[[Marsanes]]''
* Codex XI:
** ''The [[Interpretation of Knowledge]]''
** ''A [[Valentinus (Gnostic)|Valentinian]] Exposition'', ''On the Anointing'', ''On Baptism'' (A and B) and ''On the Eucharist'' (A and B)
** ''[[Allogenes]]''
** ''[[Hypsiphrone]]''
* Codex XII
** ''The [[Sentences of Sextus]]''
** ''The [[Gospel of Truth]]''
** ''Fragments''
* [[Nag Hammadi Codex XIII|Codex XIII]]:
** ''[[Trimorphic Protennoia]]''
** ''On the [[Origin of the World (Nag Hammadi)|Origin of the World]]''

The so-called "Codex XIII" is not a codex, but rather the text of ''Trimorphic Protennoia'', written on "eight leaves removed from a thirteenth book in late antiquity and tucked inside the front cover of the sixth." (Robinson, NHLE, p. 10) Only a few lines from the beginning of ''Origin of the World'' are discernible on the bottom of the eighth leaf.

===Other===
* The Hymn of Jesus
* [[Acts of Peter]]
* [[Coptic Apocalypse of Peter]]
* [[Dialogue of the Saviour]]
* [[Odes of Solomon]]
* [[Gospel of Judas]]
* [[Gospel of the Saviour]]

===Quoted or alluded===
These texts are mentioned or partially quoted in the writings of the Church Fathers.
* ''[[Gospel of Basilides]]'' mentioned by [[Origen]], [[Jerome]], [[Ambrose]], [[Philip of Side]], and [[Bede]].
* [[Basilides]]' ''Exegetica'' mentioned in [[Hippolytus of Rome]] (''[[Refutatio Omnium Haeresium]]'' VII, ixv and X, x) and [[Clement of Alexandria]] (''[[Stromata]]'' IV, xii and IV, xxiv–xxvi)
* [[Epiphanes (gnostic)|Epiphanes]]' ''On Righteousness'', mentioned in Clement of Alexandria ('''Str.''' III, ii).
* [[Heracleon]], Fragments from his Commentary on the Gospel of John, mentioned in Origen (''Commentary on the Gospel of John'')
* [[Naassene Fragment]] mentioned in Hippolytus (''Ref.'' 5.7.2–9).
* [[Ophite Diagrams]] mentioned in [[Celsus]] and Origen
* [[Ptolemy (gnostic)|Ptolemy's]] ''Commentary on the Gospel of John Prologue'', mentioned in [[Irenaeus]].
* Ptolemy's ''Letter to Flora'', mentioned in [[Epiphanius of Salamis|Epiphanius]].<sup>[]</sup>
* Theodotus: ''Excerpta Ex Theodoto'' mentioned in Clement of Alexandria.

==Manuscripts==
* [[Askew Codex]] contains [[Pistis Sophia]] and some other unknown texts.
* [[Berlin Codex]], 5th century, contains a fragmentary [[Gospel of Mary]], out of nineteen pages, pages 1–6 and 11–14 are missing entirely, the [[Apocryphon of John]], [[The Sophia of Jesus Christ]], and an [[epitome]] of the [[Act of Peter]].
* [[Bruce Codex]] contains the first and second [[Books of Jeu]] and three fragments – an untitled text, an untitled hymn, and the text "On the Passage of the Soul Through the Archons of the Midst".
* [[Codex Tchacos]], 4th century, contains the [[Gospel of Judas]], the [[First Apocalypse of James]], the [[Letter of Peter to Philip]], and a fragment of [[Allogenes]].
* [[Nag Hammadi library]] contains a large number of texts (for a complete list see [[Nag Hammadi library#Complete list of codices found in Nag Hammadi|the listing]])
* Three [[Oxyrhynchus]] papyri contain portions of the [[Gospel of Thomas]]:
** [[Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1|Oxyrhyncus 1]]: this is half a leaf of papyrus which contains fragments of logion 26 through 33.
** [[Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 654|Oxyrhyncus 654]]: this contains fragments of the beginning through logion 7, logion 24 and logion 36 on the flip side of a papyrus containing [[surveying]] data.
** [[Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 655|Oxyrhyncus 655]]: this contains fragments of logion 36 through logion 39 and is actually 8 fragments named ''a'' through ''h'', whereof ''f'' and ''h'' have since been lost.

==See also==
* '''General topics'''
** [[New Testament apocrypha]]
** [[Pseudepigraphy]]
** [[Gnosticism]]
** [[Textual criticism]]
** [[Agrapha]]
* '''Related literature'''
** [[List of Gospels]]
** [[Apocalyptic literature]]
** [[Epistles]]
** [[Acts of the Apostles (genre)]]
** [[List of New Testament papyri]]
** [[Hypostasis of the Archons]]

==Notes==
* 1. ''[[On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis|Adversus haereses]]'', I, viii, 5.
* 2. ''Hær.'' XXXIII, 3–7.

==External links==
* [http://www.gnosis.org/library.html The Gnostic Society Library]
* [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/gnostics.html Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism] – from earlychristianwritings.com
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