The Alternative Trinity: Gnostic Heresy in Marlowe, Milton, and BlakeWhat is the creator of the world were evil? What if Christ, the Son, were the antagonist rather than the ally of the Father? Nuttall tracks this subversive theology from the Gnostics of the second century, through its flickering reappearance in Marlowe and Milton, to its full development in Blake. |
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... Simon of Samaria , is said to have trav- elled about with a sexual companion whom he identified with Helen of Troy ... Simon's foremost disciple and lover is Luna , the Moon , who has been ' brought down from heaven and is wisdom , the ...
... Simon of Samaria , is said to have trav- elled about with a sexual companion whom he identified with Helen of Troy ... Simon's foremost disciple and lover is Luna , the Moon , who has been ' brought down from heaven and is wisdom , the ...
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... Simon . The Acts of Peter and Paul gives the story of Simon before Nero as follows : Simon said : Listen O Caesar Nero , that thou mayest know these men are liars , and that they have been sent from the heavens : tomorrow I go up into ...
... Simon . The Acts of Peter and Paul gives the story of Simon before Nero as follows : Simon said : Listen O Caesar Nero , that thou mayest know these men are liars , and that they have been sent from the heavens : tomorrow I go up into ...
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... Simon . Satan in the wilderness perhaps envisages an exciting scenario of competitive superhuman feats and is frustrated by Christ's refusal to play along . If we remember that Simon was Peter's original name , we can see the Magus ...
... Simon . Satan in the wilderness perhaps envisages an exciting scenario of competitive superhuman feats and is frustrated by Christ's refusal to play along . If we remember that Simon was Peter's original name , we can see the Magus ...
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