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Elaine Pagels Quotes

About the gnostic writers themselves and the setting in which they lived we know little, although gnostic Christians were influential enough to be denounced at length Picture Quote #1

At the end of the day I’ll go to a yoga class. I used to say that my work was my yoga, because it stretches everything, expands and challenges everything you know and understand and are Picture Quote #1

For nearly 2,000 years, most people assumed that the only sources of tradition about Jesus and his disciples were the four gospels in the New Testament Picture Quote #1

Jesus Christ rose from the grave.’ With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith; certainly it is the most radical Picture Quote #1

Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper Egypt, someone, possibly a monk from a nearby monastery of St Pachomius, took the banned books and hid them from destruction - in the jar where they remained buried for almost 1,600 years Picture Quote #1

There’s practically no religion that I know of that sees other people in a way that affirms the others’ choices. But in our century we’re forced to think about a pluralistic world Picture Quote #1

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The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visions - dreams and nightmares, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, earthquakes, plagues and war Picture Quote #1

I got to thinking about the Book of Revelation that was written by a Jewish prophet who was also a follower of Jesus who hated the Roman Empire. I realized that the Book of Revelation could be a way to reflect on the issue of religion’s relationship to politics Picture Quote #1

The Gospel of Thomas claims to be the secret sayings of Jesus. There are 114 of them, so it says many things, but the central message is that Jesus is the one who reveals the divine light that brought the universe into being, and that you and I also reveal that light Picture Quote #1

He’s an intimate betrayer. That’s what’s so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher Picture Quote #1

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About the gnostic writers themselves and the setting in which they lived we know little, although gnostic Christians were influential enough to be denounced at length (Elaine Pagels Quotes) At the end of the day I’ll go to a yoga class. I used to say that my work was my yoga, because it stretches everything, expands and challenges everything you know and understand and are (Elaine Pagels Quotes) For nearly 2,000 years, most people assumed that the only sources of tradition about Jesus and his disciples were the four gospels in the New Testament (Elaine Pagels Quotes) Jesus Christ rose from the grave.’ With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith; certainly it is the most radical (Elaine Pagels Quotes) Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper Egypt, someone, possibly a monk from a nearby monastery of St Pachomius, took the banned books and hid them from destruction - in the jar where they remained buried for almost 1,600 years (Elaine Pagels Quotes) There’s practically no religion that I know of that sees other people in a way that affirms the others’ choices. But in our century we’re forced to think about a pluralistic world (Elaine Pagels Quotes) The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visions - dreams and nightmares, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, earthquakes, plagues and war (Elaine Pagels Quotes) I got to thinking about the Book of Revelation that was written by a Jewish prophet who was also a follower of Jesus who hated the Roman Empire. I realized that the Book of Revelation could be a way to reflect on the issue of religion’s relationship to politics (Elaine Pagels Quotes) The Gospel of Thomas claims to be the secret sayings of Jesus. There are 114 of them, so it says many things, but the central message is that Jesus is the one who reveals the divine light that brought the universe into being, and that you and I also reveal that light (Elaine Pagels Quotes) He’s an intimate betrayer. That’s what’s so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher (Elaine Pagels Quotes)

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