“Mr Mead deserves thanks for putting in an English dress this curious document from the early ages of Christian philosophy.”—Manchester Guardian.
THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY,
London and Benares.
Fragments of a Faith Forgotten.
Some short Sketches among the Gnostics, mainly of the First Two
Centuries—a Contribution to the Study of Christian Origins
based on the most Recently Discovered Materials.
I. Introduction.—Outlines of the Background of the Gnosis; Literature and Sources of Gnosticism.
II. The Gnosis according to its Foes.—Gnostic Fragments recovered from the Polemical Writings of the Church Fathers; the Gnosis in the Uncanonical Acts.
III. The Gnosis according to its Friends.—Greek Original Works in Coptic Translation; the Askew, Bruce, and Akhmim Codices.