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Forbidden Faith

The Secret History of Gnosticism

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Written by: Richard Smoley
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The success of books such as Elaine Pagels's Gnostic Gospels and Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code proves beyond a doubt that there is a tremendous thirst today for finding the hidden truths of Christianity - truths that may have been lost or buried by institutional religion over the last two millennia.

In Forbidden Faith, Richard Smoley narrates a popular history of one such truth, the ancient esoteric religion of gnosticism, which flourished between the first and fourth centuries AD, but whose legacy remains even today, having survived secretly throughout the ages.

©2006 Richard Smoley (P)2020 Tantor History Judaism Ministry & Evangelism Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Sacred writing Ancient History

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Great book brimming with knowledge!

A great place to start piecing this massive historical puzzle together! Not only is the structure of the book so helpful, but there are so many memorable lines imbued with a Gnostic flavor. Look at this one for example:

'Over the last 100 years the future has become a Moloch demanding constant human immolation.'

Amazing!

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