Gnostic Christian Ancient Spiritual Texts

To the spiritual reader, the mysterious depths of ancient esoteric texts speak about a lost profundity to life. While their parables and stories may seem obscure, they stir something within us – a yearning to look further into life, beyond the everyday and into the realm of the spiritual.

Early religious literature is full of these esoteric works, and Christianity is no exception. Yet for over 1,500 years, the following esoteric texts of early Christianity remained totally unknown – buried beneath the earth or hidden in private collections as the centuries passed. Today, after their re-discovery, they are known as The Nag Hammadi Library and The Pistis Sophia

Neither of them were included in the Bible as we know it, although both are dated around the same time and include never before seen teachings of Jesus and the disciples. In fact, these texts were banned by the Church who labelled them as heretical, ordering them to be burned.

This was shortly after the Church had formed in 312 AD and became the official religion of Rome. Seeking to wipe out any opposition to their doctrine, the widespread persecution of the Gnostics began, and their texts and the study of them were forced underground - and it remained that way until these texts were recently re-discovered, bringing with them the lost knowledge of a small group of people who had until now only been made known to history through the derisive accounts of those who despised them. It is with the discovery of these ancient texts that the world has gained new insight into who the Gnostics actually were and what they practiced.

When these texts were hidden, those in possession of them were under threat of violence and punishment. Today, they are freely available for download here.

Christian Gnostic texts to read and download