01496cam a22002411  4500001000800000005001700008008004100025010001700066035000300083035001900086040002000105050002200125100003900147245006900186260003000255300002700285500017900312505059800491630002801089630005301117630006801170650001601238737735520250312111115.0150206s1940    xx            000 0 eng    aa  40003079     a(OCoLC)2884065  aDLCcViLxWdDLC00aBS2361b.R87 19401 aRylands, L. Gordonq(Louis Gordon)14aThe beginnings of gnostic Christianity, /cby L. Gordon Rylands.  aLondon, :bWatts,c[1940]  aviii, 300 p. ;c22 cm.  a"By gnostic Christianity I mean the Christianity of Paul and of the Fourth gospel as distinguished from the doctrines of such writers as Baslides and Valentinus."--Pref.irhi.0 aIntroductory.--The Odes of Solomon: their character and probable date.--The Odes of Solomon: their doctrine.--The dogma of incarnation.--The name Jesus.--The death of the Christ.--Pauline and Johannine Christianity.--The primitive gospel.--Conclusion.--Appendix A. The Gospel of Peter.--Appendix B. The gnostic nucleus of the Epistle to the Romans.--Appendix C. The gnostic nucleus to the First epistle to the Corinthians.--Appendix D. The gnostic nucleus of  the Second epistle to the Corintians.--Appendix E. The original Epistle to the Galatians.--Appendix F. Prologue to the Fourth gospel.00aBible.pN.T.xTheology.00aOdes of SolomonxCriticism, interpretation, etc.00aBible.pN.T.pEpistles of PaulxCriticism, interpretation, etc. 0aGnosticism.