Browsing Research Articles (Church History and Church Policy) by Subject "Gnosticism"

Browsing Research Articles (Church History and Church Policy) by Subject "Gnosticism"

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  • Evangelie van Judas : inleidende notities over zijn inhoud en betekenis 
    Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    This article introduces the reader to the newly discovered Gospel of Judas (Codex Tchacos, pp 33-58): It discusses its sensational (and evidently sensationalized) discovery, its place in the context of a number of other ...
  • The Gospel of Judas as confictio (Irenaeus, ADV. Haer. 1, 31, 1) 
    Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    The first testimony we have to the newly discovered Gospel of Judas is in Irenaeus, Adv. haer. I, 31, 1. Here it is said that certain Gnostics adduce a confictio which they call ‘the Gospel of Judas’. The question is: ...
  • Human semen eucharist' among the Manichaeans? The testimony of Augustine reconsidered in context 
    Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Brill Academic Publishers, 2016-02)
    Starting from his De haeresibus 46,9-10, the present article examines Augustine’s contention that, among the Manichaeans, there was a certain ceremony in which human semen (i.e., sperma and menstrual fluid) was collected ...
  • Manichaean christians in Augustine’s life and work 
    Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Brill, 2010)
    The article aims to give an overall overview of St Augustine’s attitude towards the Gnostic- Christian Manichaeans. First, a historical overview, mainly based on his Confessions, outlines Augustine’s acquaintance with the ...
  • Manichaeism : its sources and influences on Western Christianity 
    Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    The aim of this paper is twofold. First, it will discuss the origins of Manichaeism, a gnostic-Christian world religion that was founded by the prophet Mani (216-276). My discussion of the origins of Manichaeism may serve ...