Suppressed Prayers

Gnostic Spiritality in Early Christianity

This book is about Gnostic prayers, hymns and other material from the beginnings of Christianity. At the centre of Gnostic spirituality stands the question of what it is to be human:

These key questions can be taken as a programme of the religious feelings of Gnosticism. Here they are illustrated by texts which, perhaps even more than contemporary material from the mainstream church, convey the feeling and the imagination of believers from a time long past. They give a lively impression of how Gnostics felt about the world, and with their shimmering images and poetic symbols attest their unique religious creativity.