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Thomasines

Thomasine is a name given to a Syrian Christian group that originated in the first or the second century, who especially revered the apostle Thomas and some scholars speculate to have written the gospel of Thomas. They did not refer to their writing on the life of Jesus as an "εὐαγγέλιον" (euangélion); rather they seem to have preferred the word logia…

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Absorbed
by Proto-orthodox Christian Church and Gnostic Naassenes, around 4th century
Associations
Early Christianity (Ante-Nicene period)
Classification
Abrahamic
Language
Syriac, Koine Greek
Origin
Possibly 1st century AD Roman Empire
Region
Syria, Palestine, probably Jordan

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Thomasines

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Triples60
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
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related to Possible Gnosticism · 20
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related to history · 13
Thomasines → According, AD, Elaine Pagels, Gospel, James, Jerusalem, Johannine, John, John’s, Most, Syria, Thomas, Thomasine
related to Soteriology · 9
Thomasines → Followers, However, In Thomasine, Jesus, Light, Sabbath, The Gospel, The Thomasines, Thomas
related to Christology · 6
Thomasines → For, Gospel, However, Jesus, The Gospel, Thomas
related to Community · 4
Thomasines → The, The Thomasine, The Thomasines, They
Absorbed · 1
Thomasines → by Proto-orthodox Christian Church and Gnostic Naassenes, around 4th century
Associations · 1
Thomasines → Early Christianity (Ante-Nicene period)
Classification · 1
Thomasines → Abrahamic
Language · 1
Thomasines → Syriac, Koine Greek
Origin · 1
Thomasines → Possibly 1st century AD Roman Empire

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thomas gospel gnostic thomasine century gnosticism jesus early christian group community scholars however beliefs light associated many christianity church around

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ThomasinesAbsorbedby Proto-orthodox Christian Church and Gnostic Naassenes, around 4th century1.00infobox
ThomasinesAssociationsEarly Christianity (Ante-Nicene period)1.00infobox
ThomasinesClassificationAbrahamic1.00infobox
ThomasinesLanguageSyriac, Koine Greek1.00infobox
ThomasinesOriginPossibly 1st century AD Roman Empire1.00infobox
ThomasinesRegionSyria, Palestine, probably Jordan1.00infobox
ThomasinesScriptureGospel of Thomas Acts of Thomas (speculated)1.00infobox
ThomasinesTheologyMonotheistic1.00infobox
Thomasinesrelated to ChristologyThe Gospel0.60section
Thomasinesrelated to ChristologyThomas0.60section
Thomasinesrelated to ChristologyJesus0.60section
Thomasinesrelated to ChristologyFor0.60section

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