The Gospel of Perfection
Adolf Harnack dates the apocryphal of the II. The work was mentioned by Epiphanius in Panarion and followed by Filastrius. Both presented the title apocryphal, Εύαγγέλιον Τελειώσεος (Evangelium Consummationis). Epiphanius attributes the apocrypha to Gnostics, Filastrius specifies that they were nickel.
Reconstructing the content, Harnack and Hennecke propose to leave Hipolit's quote "The beginning of perfection is knowing God." There were also proposals for Ireneusz's quote about future fulfillment. This filling would be accomplished when all the "grain of light" scattered around the world would be gathered in one place; Such a theme appears, among others. in the Gospel of Eve and the Gospel of Philip. According to Schneemelcher, the apocryphal could be described as the ideal of perfection and means of achieving it, be a book for "perfect," "chosen," or was considered a perfect book in itself, as the highest Gospel containing the sum of gnosis.
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