What is The Gospel of Philip?

In this episode, we explore the fascinating spiritual and philosophical teachings of the non-canonical Gospel of Philip. Often termed a "gnostic" text, this incredible ancient document contains some truly interesting ideas, and a very controversial and famous account of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Brakke, David (2012). "Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity". Harvard University Press.
King, Karen (2003). "What is Gnosticism?". Harvard University Press.
Meyer, Marvin (ed.) (2009). "The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts". HarperOne; International, Reprint, Revised, Updated edition.
Smith, Geoffrey S. (2020). "Valentinian Christianity - Texts and Translations". University of California Press.
Van den Broek, Roelof (2013). "Gnostic Religion in Antiquity". Cambridge University Press.
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[@LetsTalkReligion]

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[@zengintepe]

Really enjoyed the song (and the video about the Gospel of Philip of course!)

[@Eddie-ls9zw]

Just a quick historical correction. The Gospel of Mary is not found in the Nag Hammadi Library as this video seems to imply.

[@omarlittle-hales8237]

Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. God Almighty Sent The Noah Family Before The Abrahamic Family. Hindu Vedas = Monotheistic + Added Guru Books Into Mainstream Marvel Polytheistic Gods, With The Trinity Of Brahma, Shiva & Vishnu. The Vedas Mentions Prophet Muhammad In Numerous Verses. Zoroastrian Avesta = Monotheistic + Trinity [Ahura Mazda, Ahura Vouruna & Apam Napat] Later Added, Akin To The Gospel. The Avesta Mentions Prophet Muhammad. Buddhist Cannon = Monotheistic + Trinity [Dharmakaya (body of essence), The Sambhogakaya (body of enjoyment) & [the heavenly mode; the nirmanakaya (body of The Concept Of God]. Buddha Mentions The Coming Of Prophet Muhammad, Also Stating He Was A Prophet Of God, Not To Be Worshipped. After He Died They Created An Aryan Buddha, Ending With A Oriental Buddha. Thus They Believe In The Trinity, Without A God.

[@jamesdavid9390]

Have you ever done a video on similarities between gnosticism and Buddhism

[@tomrhodes1629]

Philip, esoteric history knows that Christianity actually began as a GNOSTIC religion, gnosis meaning knowledge gained on a personal level and NOT through group consensus, as you know. ("Why don't you decide for yourself what is right?" Jesus Christ asks in the New Testament.) And although people always tend to "group-up," it's a mistake to consider gnostics to be a "group" or variety of groups. Gnostics are individuals, each with his or her own personal understanding that is unique to that person. And THIS is the only sane way, as no two people can actually have the exact same set of beliefs....which is why organized religions are not generally populated by totally sincere individuals, and are hypocritical by nature...and this is why organized religion is disintegrating in these "end times," as well must happen in the birthing process of the true understanding that is coming: the "Second Coming," the unveiling of the Christ - the Spirit of GOD - within YOU. There can be legitimate religious organizations, if they respect the individual's right to believe what they want. And in Christianity such an organization is UNITY, which was founded in Kansas City Missouri in the late 1800's. This is the only one I know of. (Christian Science found a lot of the Truth, but makes the mistake of limiting its members and cementing its doctrines.) Both of these groups were children of the poorly-named "New Thought" movement, which found the OLDEST of Thought there is! TRUTH. Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies. Visit my channel to learn more and/or to find how to contact me. If you keep up with the news in the U.S. you can perhaps see that the Book of Revelation is wide open, and my role in Chapter 11 isn't so far away. For, although Revelation (and the entire Bible) is highly symbolic (which is why few understand it), there is also a very literal element. The trick is knowing which is which! Salud!

[@lovmovement8477]

Disappointed that this was not an announcement that you are starting your own religion, but another informative video will do, I suppose.

[@chendaforest]

😅

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Maybe he can start a cult, sect, or religious order 😅

[@malcolmarchibald6356]

😂

[@LetsTalkReligion]

I mean, if you want to start a cult around my music, I'm down.

[@denniskrust2137]

All the other religions have been co-opted to justify hatred, violence and bigotry so a new one would be welcomed.

[@Casmige]

Nothing eclipses Thomas: “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” - Gospel of Thomas

[@JayToTheL]

Wow.

[@ActiveH1N1]

Yo what verse is that @Casmige ?

[@dimitrivukasin6867]

That's pretty much gnosticism in a nutshell.

[@tariq_sharif]

what a load of obscure nonsense; the desire for humans to believe they have "secret" knowledge is insatiable, and the gullible are perfect fodder...

[@James-ll3jb]

Freud. Socrates. Jesus never said it.

[@laurablue7893]

I love the noncanonical texts, I find them really interesting. Please continue to do them, thank you! 😊

[@Cross-Carrier]

I always feel a lot of these " Gnostic " , non-canonical gospels sound very eastern in their spirituality and teachings. Where standard Christianty is very similar to Judaism and Islam, these works sound in a lot of ways like Hinduism and Buddhism. There is lots of talk about the nature of reality, how you can find God in yourself and how everything is connected some how. Its very interesting.

[@alicelund147]

More Greek and less Semite.

[@Dragblacker]

I've asked about the non-canonical Gospels with recent Orthodox Christian converts. They really didn't want to hear much of them, other than saying they were heresies because the Church councils declared them so. But to me, it seems self-serving to say "This is wrong" when you're ultimately just trying to promote your own sect.

[@warioman91]

no really@@Dragblacker

[@Cross-Carrier]

@@Dragblacker I'm Presbyterian, I don't really consider them to be heresies but more just either less reliable or sometimes nonsense like the infancy gospel of Thomas . Some are extremely interesting though , especially the gospels of Thomas and Mary. As far as we know the 4 canonical gospels are the oldest, Mark being the oldest and the author of Luke also writing the book of Acts. It would be amazing if the " Q " gospel was to be discovered so we could see how synoptic gospels are all connected through it and what was left out from those 3.

[@MrElvis1971]

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[@LetsTalkReligion]

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[@ssheikh3598]

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[@corskap]

Really grateful for these videos and the insight into these different scriptures. Sometimes I think the Jainism parable of the elephant with the blind individuals is true; that all religions all make some good progress in their own way of uncovering the divine and how one should act to uncover it for one's self. I would love to see more unity between religions and also those who don't know or are undecided! Great work.

[@tcl5853]

Your serious scholarship and presentation of very difficult ancient texts is appreciated. You remind me of the religious scholar Huston Smith. He, like you, possessed the rare ability to explain complex concepts and ideas with clarity and ease. His book, World Religions still ranks among the best works on comparative religions available even though it was written in the 1950’s I believe. Your videos will stand the test of time too. Thank you for tremendous effort you put into your work.

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[@jameswatson9641]

Love your videos, I'm gradually going through so many of them. One certitude exists in life, one should questions everything and believe slowly.

[@flumpeldoo7064]

Thanks for your work. Since I was a little boy something seemed off to me with the church, but I still felt some kind of connection to it. I never really got into the christian faith, even when I invested more time and resources studying it. I stumbled upon you work by ‚pure chance‘ and without looking for something like it. Your Videos and the videos of the channels you recommend finally filled that gap for me and explained why I was not getting into christianity. Even if I am not a student of theology, I think I have to read, study and translate some textes by myself to really find what I am ‚lookin for‘. You provided a irreplaceable starting point. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sorry for my rough English, but I think you get what I am trying to say. Your song isthmus filled a gap in my playlist as well.

[@jansilverthorn777]

Me too. I got kicked out at eight years old for asking why the Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland were killing each other. (Independent thought alarm tripped!). But I have had a continuous curiosity about all religions. I would put my money on the Wiccan’s or the indigenous peoples.

[@mrfoodskater]

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[@austinporter6701]

Be weary of the catholic church its elites mask behind jesus christ and use him for there evil doings in the name of satan white jesus we see is ceasar and the 6th pope of rome dont be deceived by these entities and all there statues and pictures. I sound crazy i know but once you know you know and the lord has opened my eyes to this. There gonna use his image as the antichrist dont fall for it read your bibles its gods word and jesus was the final ultimate sacrifice for all of us god loves us all but satans seed controls this fleshly world.

[@icenarsin5283]

Fascinating as always. Love your work.

[@xieyuxi764]

Thank you for your great video Filip ! Your video always give me an inspiration and reflexion on those fascinating textes. I want to mention something interesting between orthodox christianity and gospel of Phillip. On the gate of Agiou Pavlou Monastery of Mont Athos there is a phrase: if you die before your death, you will never die with your death. It's a teaching closed to the word you mentioned in gospel of Philip, and this orthodox teaching is surely from Isaac of Nineveh. And also from the teaching of this father of church, we could find the word like 'the light of the future world is only for the one who has already seen it before his death' (I forget the original word, but something similar). So maybe we could find a line between which we call gnosticism and the orthodox teaching, there may be some base and common teaching before the seperation between orthodox and gnosticism. And for the three Maria, I suggest that there may be a game of word. In gospel of Philip we could find the game of word about the name Jesus Nazareth Christ. Maybe for the three Maria and the relationship between them and Jesus, the most important sense for the collector of this non-canon gospel is the sense of name. The name Maria should represent something important in this non-canon cosmology, I guess its meanning 'get down into the sea' or 'the sea of the tear', as the explain of the name Miriam the sister of Moses by Rashi. It could explain the reason about the importance of the name Maria, and connect to the gnostic cosmology, that the pure spouce of Christ, the Wisdom, is under the Yam Sof, separed from the supreme world, and the Wisdom is also the lost pearl must be found. By this way, the person Maria is not such important, but the person named Maria is important, and around Christ there must be a Maria. Thank you for your attention !

[@freebirdy333]

I love ur in depth research and bringing these ancient texts out 🥰

[@RichardTheWizard]

Didn’t know you made music and I’ve been watching your vids for a couple years now. That new single is really good. Reminds me of what my friends and I would put on when we did shrooms. Good production too btw. Everything was well balanced but had plenty of dynamics.

[@thebestofu-tubebytheresaes5189]

I appreciate learning!! Thank you Terrie

[@alinaanto]

I love it that you used your own music for the video! Also: Great video overall

[@London-Lad]

Loving your tunes man

[@1rober2]

Thank you Filip, and I do like the music. You are a man of many talents.

[@QvodInferivs]

Hey filip I love your track isthmus, zini. I love the middle eastern rhythm to the track and the vocals are beautiful. As a percussionist myself i love the use of world percussion in music. Djembe darbuka congas and more. Not to compare but a huge compliment that the track to me was reminecent of Rusted Roots. Thanks also for another video I'm a big fan of gnostic Gospels 🙏

[@aembal]

always interesting to get a new video, thanks :)

[@skeletalbassman1028]

Is it really that weird that an early Christian group is using the Bridal Chamber as an analogy for their theology? Modern Christians believe that Jesus literally married humanity through the Church.

[@damonbarber6553]

Love you content man. Woke up and say the notification and said to myself.... "It's on"😂

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

Losing track of which Philip we are really referring to 😉🙏🏽 once again, many thanks for another engaging video L T R ❣️🙏🏽

[@cheri238]

Thank you, Filip.

[@KevinKanthur]

I loved the song 'Isthmus'. And this video was great, I also think it's very plausible that Mary had a very special role in her life with Jesus that was overlook or hidden through orthodoxy.

[@omarlittle-hales8237]

Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. God Almighty Sent The Noah Family Before The Abrahamic Family. Hindu Vedas = Monotheistic + Added Guru Books Into Mainstream Marvel Polytheistic Gods, With The Trinity Of Brahma, Shiva & Vishnu. The Vedas Mentions Prophet Muhammad In Numerous Verses. Zoroastrian Avesta = Monotheistic + Trinity [Ahura Mazda, Ahura Vouruna & Apam Napat] Later Added, Akin To The Gospel. The Avesta Mentions Prophet Muhammad. Buddhist Cannon = Monotheistic + Trinity [Dharmakaya (body of essence), The Sambhogakaya (body of enjoyment) & [the heavenly mode; the nirmanakaya (body of The Concept Of God]. Buddha Mentions The Coming Of Prophet Muhammad, Also Stating He Was A Prophet Of God, Not To Be Worshipped. After He Died They Created An Aryan Buddha, Ending With A Oriental Buddha. Thus They Believe In The Trinity, Without A God.

[@newaccount3743]

Please do more videos about the apocrypha, I love em

[@gregpappas]

Amazing! One of your best. Thank you.

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love your music! wish I knew about it earlier. I love ambient rock/psychedelic rock and middle eastern inspired music its so pretty especially the combination

[@MichaelAdamGReale]

Excellent content.Very interesting and informative.

[@nunkatsu]

It's interesting that this gospel was one of the first texts that explicitly talk about the Trinity, back at the start of the second century AD, although the idea of the Trinity presented here is quite different from the usual one, since the Holy Spirit is described as a feminine entity

[@James-ll3jb]

The Spirit was recognized as a feminine principle by the Orthdox fathers prior to all this....😅

[@MultiSenhor]

According to the Quran, the trinity is "The Father, the Son and the Mother", which they seem to associate with Mary, but they consider the doctrine of the trinity to be wrong either way.

[@James-ll3jb]

@@MultiSenhor What the Quran says about the Trinity is utterly irrelevant.

[@MultiSenhor]

@@James-ll3jb From a historical point of view, knowing there were Christians who believed in a feminine side to the trinity, one can see how it could have gone from this to "Father, Mother and Son", or even to speculate _some_ Christians could indeed have believed it that way. Nothing we come across is 100% irrelevant.

[@James-ll3jb]

@@MultiSenhor Except for the extensive spiritual experience of holy spirit as engine of the early cultus

[@jstenuf]

Love your music! Love your videos!

[@zyme607]

Thank you for the interesting video. I'd like to contribute another aspect of the "bridal chamber": It is closely related to parables from all canonical gospels (e.g., Mark 2,19-20) about Jesus as the bridegroom and also to the OT, especially the Songs of Salomon. In addition, the prophets often accused the "chosen people" of committing adultery when worshipping idols instead of god. Therefore, the "bridal chamber" also has deep biblical origins. Now, it gets some peculiar spiritual interpretation.

[@ownlife23]

The bribal chamber is propably refering to the union with god as is deschribed in the song of songs and mentioned by several mystics as the ultimate experience which is a product of long preparation and meditation. It is a common theme among christian mystics who deschribe it as so intense that leaves you with a comedown and a longing to experience it again that resembles pain.

[@buckmazz]

Love your channel. Not religous myself, but find it fascinating. Esotheric knwoledge in Philips words...ok... A thought; Syrian rue and amanita muscaria extracts (soma?) in water would make the water look, feel, and work like wine.

[@inlesinlet]

Could you make a playlist collecting all of the videos on the non-canonical gospels? They're super interesting, and it'd be nice to have them all in one place, easily accessible 😊 I love how the Gospel of Philip is structured. I'm having a lot of fun in my mind, imagining that some dude named Philip meticulously gathered wise and inspirational quotes in his own commonplace book, just for the sake of his personal learning and growth, and then somehow it survived to this day, and now we're all puzzled, trying to figure out what it all means. (Excellently named) Philip, of course, would be baffled if he knew his humble notes were making such waves today! 😂

[@Nozarks1]

Yes it would be nice in one place

[@Neighborhoodhero01]

kzbin.info/aero/PL1Y159eb4Y51AvMlY9DaNm8UdNSUbJi1b&si=n3noWWgVPf18Jifx ... they are here although not only the non-canonical gospels

[@omarlittle-hales8237]

Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. God Almighty Sent The Noah Family Before The Abrahamic Family. Hindu Vedas = Monotheistic + Added Guru Books Into Mainstream Marvel Polytheistic Gods, With The Trinity Of Brahma, Shiva & Vishnu. The Vedas Mentions Prophet Muhammad In Numerous Verses. Zoroastrian Avesta = Monotheistic + Trinity [Ahura Mazda, Ahura Vouruna & Apam Napat] Later Added, Akin To The Gospel. The Avesta Mentions Prophet Muhammad. Buddhist Cannon = Monotheistic + Trinity [Dharmakaya (body of essence), The Sambhogakaya (body of enjoyment) & [the heavenly mode; the nirmanakaya (body of The Concept Of God]. Buddha Mentions The Coming Of Prophet Muhammad, Also Stating He Was A Prophet Of God, Not To Be Worshipped. After He Died They Created An Aryan Buddha, Ending With A Oriental Buddha. Thus They Believe In The Trinity, Without A God.

[@psychedelicdivinity2872]

Philip was not alive when the Gospel of Philip was written

[@psychedelicdivinity2872]

@@omarlittle-hales8237 If it’s without God, it is no Trinity.

[@aemiliadelroba4022]

That part about the resurrection is correct ! 😊

[@gbhaskar4703]

Thank YOu for a wonderful content

[@stephanieparker1250]

I’m struck by how similar this believe system is to religions around India. The idea that we are stuck here in this suffering and need to obtain certain knowledge to escape and rejoin our spirit with the spiritual realm.

[@Arrlong28563]

That,s also Catholic thinking. We are here to understand something about human relation with other humans and the world, and if you understand that you go to Heaven (that is, the Mystical union with God) and are prepared for that and the second Earth and Heaven: or if you fail to understand, you go to hell beacuse you condemned yourself. Im no longer catholic beacuse there,s no real sense of community, and that the basic "message" is the same. You are here to learn.

[@ezreality]

Great episode...Thank you...

[@toddhupp2645]

these really get at the true meaning /roots of Christianity -un molested by politics. Super presentations. Thank You

[@malikairadmanovick1248]

These are my favorite. Esoteric and religion for breakfast are a close 2nd and third but this takes the cherry

[@Eriugena8]

love the music!!

[@djadequate]

I did not know you were a musician as well. Fantastic.

[@DonovanMann]

Great work.

[@ericalves5514]

I'm 100% going to listen to your songs

[@ChrisTheLoneWanderer]

If only we had the full non-canonical corpus with us today for some juicy religious studies investigations. The Gospel of Philip is itself very tantalizing! I do wonder; given the similar discussions on Magdalene in some other Gospels like the Gospel of Mary, could other proto-standardizations of canonical texts have been emerging during the Early Christian Period? This has appeared in discussions like e.g. in ideas of Thomasine Christianity, but I've never seen any discussions on other standardization processes or whether these Christian varieties were trying to organize themselves. It's always specific texts alluding to groups like e.g. Thomasines or Sethians. If these discussions have emerged in academic contexts, it would be interesting to get into regional networks and cross-fertilization or rivalries between these groups.

[@James-ll3jb]

There is as little historical evidence for that as there is for the notion Christian belief from the getgo was utterly diverse, largely the fantasy of a lonely woman named Elaine Pagels

[@nosuchthing8]

I think I have a link to some of these texts. Let me know if you need a link.

[@James-ll3jb]

@@nosuchthing8 They're easily findable

[@nosuchthing8]

@@James-ll3jb cool beans.

[@James-ll3jb]

@@nosuchthing8 Cutely incoherent. American, ryt?

[@johnseifried35]

I'm listening on Spotify! Very cool!

[@DivineSource444]

Interesting when you mentioned the Temple of Jerusalem re different levels of holiness. Reminded me of the Temple of Man in Egypt (Temple of Luxor). (see Schwaller de Lubicz)

[@neil6477]

Sorry, but I fell about laughing at 23:30! The emphasis given to the missing word/expression, by your slight pause, just added to the enigma. Excellent! 👍 😂

[@jupiter3824]

😅

[@davidbarrett590]

Filip - as ever, absolutely fascinating. The historian in me keeps on wondering where the Valentinian and, indeed, Gnostic overall, 'system' came from. It is extraordinarily complex and seems to have no relation to any world-view before their time. I would love it if you could try and explain this and how they came to their theology in the context of Christianity or, at least, how they came to believe what they did in the context of Jesus of Nazareth.

[@meinbherpieg4723]

great video. thank you so much.

[@lessismore4470]

Thanks a lot again. Greetings from Poland.

[@ENOC772]

It is very intresting the view of Cynthia Bourgeault about the relation of Jesús and Mary Magdalene using the gospel of Philip, Thomas and Mary Magdalene, for me the must beautifull and romantic story of love of all times

[@zubairhollow]

Amazing video as always. When could we see more “Hindu” mysticism? May you have a blessed life!

[@CarmenRizzo-pn1uw]

Good job dude

[@Z10N4Z1]

God bless you always 🙏 ❤️

[@TheLobstersoup]

It's amazing how the wallpaper compliments your shirt! Also - an interesting topic! Gnosticism weaves a thread through popular cutlure. The idea that we're essentially living in a prison universe created by a flawed god appeals to me.

[@MaxMetrault1]

Terrific music, and I heartily approve of the self-promotion.

[@Endemion01]

Great video! Thank you, Filip. I would have loved if you had mentioned the Archons and the passage referring them, and their sneaky means of the enslavement of common people. It's very powerful.

[@thegermansteve5635]

Can you pls make a video of the gospel of barnabas ? Would be highly interested

[@ummon80]

The bridal chamber is a physical place that is in Daoism referred to as the Crystal Palace, or Cave of Brahma in Tantra. It refers to the 3rd ventricle in the brain, where the main energy channels (nadi) of Ida and Pingala terminate in the place of Pineal and Pituitary glands. The process is also what Alchemy refers to as the creation of Androgynous Child. It is the process of restructuring the brain with the activation of dormant neurons and stimulation of Corpus Colossus (the tissue between the brain hemispheres), so we can have both brain hemispheres active at the same time. The same process is called Satori in Zen or Enlightenment in Indian systems and is compared to the opening of a thousand petal lotus (the effect of dormant neuron activation).

[@johnnicholas1488]

Carefull, neurons are of the devil.

[@okancanarslan3730]

The idea of reaching oneness by ascending from the dualities of this material world mentioned in this gospel is indeed very much in line with Sufi thought.

[@nicholaspennmusic]

Cool song bro. Thanks for sharing

[@mrfarts5176]

It is good. Great to see such a talented gay person.

[@user-tk5kc6fr9h]

Love the music, thank you for sharing 🌀 can you do a video on Simone Weil? Or the Injeels/gospel of Jesus in Islam? Or would the former of the two suggestions be irrelevant for this channel? Thank u❤

[@wabisabi6875]

Fascinating!

[@dirkbindemann1852]

Thank you Flippie

[@HuntingTheEnd]

After hearing so many of the quotes from this text, in conjunction with it being occasionally disjointed, is there any chance its more like a collection of homilies or preaching?

[@GodNose]

The Bridal Chamber is that Inner Room where two become One (as in the bridal chamber the man joins with the woman as they cleave to one another and become one flesh)

[@monikadeinbeck4760]

this reminds me of a section of John 1,1 " The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was (made) by him, but the world did not recognize him. He came to what was his own, but his own did not receive him. But to all who have received him-those who believe in his name-he has given the right to become God’s children -children not born of the flesh or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God."

[@rezwan9329]

Just checked your band Zini . Pretty 🆒 music

[@8bitnespunk]

@letstalkreligion 17:20 "The Lord did everything in a mystery" is a major clue. The Eleusian mysteries were active until 392AD, so would have been still going on when this Gospel was written. A lot of similar verbiage is used.

[@voltairedentotalenkrieg5147]

I can name all 12 apostles. A trick is, three pairs had the same name. Two Judas's. Two James's. Two Simon's. So that's 6. There was also three pairs of brothers. James son of Alphaeus and Judas Thaddaeus(not Iscariot). And there was Simon Peter and Andrew. And there was James and John son of Zebedee. So the ones left over are Phillip, Bartholomeus, Thomas and Matthew. I love the bible, it imparts soul into the reader.

[@FBI-fm6dm]

This was helpful

[@voltairedentotalenkrieg5147]

@@FBI-fm6dm Thanks, and you're very welcome.

[@voltairedentotalenkrieg5147]

Also Matthew might have being brother's with James and Judas, and possibly had been known previously as Levi.

[@lilboi42100]

Really soulful when Lot fucked his daughters

[@swymaj02]

what happened to Paul

[@umarahmad9381]

A dive into Docetic elements within Islam would be a treasure trove for a future episode.

[@Fustercluck06]

So cool, I love the Gnostic gospels ❤

[@omarlittle-hales8237]

Salam, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace. God Almighty Sent The Noah Family Before The Abrahamic Family. Hindu Vedas = Monotheistic + Added Guru Books Into Mainstream Marvel Polytheistic Gods, With The Trinity Of Brahma, Shiva & Vishnu. The Vedas Mentions Prophet Muhammad In Numerous Verses. Zoroastrian Avesta = Monotheistic + Trinity [Ahura Mazda, Ahura Vouruna & Apam Napat] Later Added, Akin To The Gospel. The Avesta Mentions Prophet Muhammad. Buddhist Cannon = Monotheistic + Trinity [Dharmakaya (body of essence), The Sambhogakaya (body of enjoyment) & [the heavenly mode; the nirmanakaya (body of The Concept Of God]. Buddha Mentions The Coming Of Prophet Muhammad, Also Stating He Was A Prophet Of God, Not To Be Worshipped. After He Died They Created An Aryan Buddha, Ending With A Oriental Buddha. Thus They Believe In The Trinity, Without A God.

[@mr.chindo8570]

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[@RC-qf3mp]

Need a video on the Gospel According to the Big Lebowski.

[@edwardlawrence5666]

Philip is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as an evangelist see Acts 21:8. The text which we are lucky to even have it, would have been written down by followers many times before the texts we do have. Barbara Thiering has a good discussion of this work in her books. In actual religious history , there has always been lots of opinions and outlooks. It is only when we choose to objectify these movements do we think there is only the orthodox dogmas.

[@ancientwisdom108]

The quote at 13:42 did not make sense to me. Is there an extra " not" in there? Thank you for all you do. 🙏

[@silverchairsg]

"Thou shalt not just use phalanxes and peltasts, but thou shalt employ a combined arms formation of phalangites with greatly lengthened spears; peltasts; and of course our famous Companion Calvary to serve as a hammer to smite the enemy which is thusly pinned upon the anvil of our phalangites. Take heed, my son Alexander!" -Gospel of Philip

[@bucketface1583]

Filip, why do you not post podcasts on spotify anymore?

[@user-zp2iy4lg7v]

Great video!! Exactly!

[@KelsaRavenlock]

It's weird your channel is fairly straightforward and educational, it's about the subject. Thanks by the way. But the ads and recommendations I am getting from KZbin are all batshit extremist stuff. This is the downside of KZbin and it's "algorithm".

[@atifbangash]

Brother, You should read "The Thunder Perfect Mind" from Nag Hammadi. It gives you a better description of "When did a women ever conceive by a woman". Its got the key for this.

[@JesseKeegan]

Thank you. Powerful excerpts that move & change by possible meanings of them. My ego was like: "lacuna", & once I settled it down it admitted of your superlative word choice for teaching this by instead saying "gap", which for me was more frustrating self-critically than the gap itself 😅. Rock on!

[@AlexHop1]

Thank you!

[@civiliseddisobedience3096]

so many of these themes also occur in St Paul's epistles, aeons, unity of male and female etc, etc,.

[@user-jf1fq6eo2u]

You are a good man

[@alexberthon]

Isthmus is awesome!!!

[@johnsteiner3417]

"He appeared great to the great, small to the small, like an angel to the angels, and like a human to the humans." My god! Jesus is John Carpenter's THE THING!😆

[@aresaurelian]

He just knew who he was speaking to, and adapted his manners and behavior accordingly? It is good to know what to say, and what not to say at any given situation.

[@nosuchthing8]

Its good you call this a gnostic text. Even though its a very narrow specific term.

[@andrewhill2570]

I am struck by the genesis of creation stated in this text and the similarity of creation of the world as portrayed in J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion with the original world as meant in the Song of the Ainur being corrupted (by Melkor) and the great spirits being in pairs of male and female. I wonder if he was using these or other ancient texts when developing the world of Middle Earth; a lot of which was developed prior to the 1940's.

[@n.a.l.6136]

L❤ved "Ismuth" 💫👑🔮 now will watch the episode 😊

[@danb640]

Great movie but unfortunately a lot is not known to us today ... My opinion is that everything important in these books is written in code and the explanation of the "code" is lost to us. The bridal chamber is as you said some kind of ritual or process, but it is lost to us now and Mary might not even be a person = a human being. The idea that you have to "resurrect" before death, to achieve the actual resurrections, is found in other traditions also.

[@n.i.gcode_name_nation3971]

Preserved in Africa, love it.

[@AronLeviOfficial]

28:20 😆 went through all very difficult to pronouns names, then excuses for possibly mispronouncing this one... You're a hero! Love your work and research. Thank you alot

[@martinharris5017]

Thanks, i can;t get enough of learning about the formative years of Christianity: The early writings and the various conflicting schools of thought about who Jesus was and the essence of his teachings and actions. Most people are familiar with Christianity in its "Romanized" form, but this early material is far more interesting and filled with controversy.

[@jeremiahherider2563]

👍 good input

[@johnsteiner3417]

It's these older lost and almost-lost gospels that has me certain that whatever 1st century christianity was is lost to history with hollow shells only superficially resembling it.

[@TheWendybird123]

Amen, totally agree with you. The meat teachings (deep, esoteric/spiritual teachings) have been lost, maybe no longer taught deliberately to control the masses and keep them infantile and stunted in their spiritual development. Thus all that we have today are the milk teachings for babies.

[@dkcarey1]

Hey Filip, it’s been getting difficult to watch your videos for the past few months. I understand the need for a few ads, but lately it seems like an ad pops up literally every 5 minutes and almost feels like a chore watching your videos. Was wondering if you could consider dialing them back a bit. And before people dog pile on my comment, yes I watch KZbin all the time and expect to skip past a few ads, but this feels a bit more “agressive” than what you expect on most channels. Always love your content, I just probably watch less now because of the ad blitzing

[@luxeayt6694]

KZbin put the ads, not him.

[@dkcarey1]

@@luxeayt6694 you’re not familiar with how KZbin monetization works are you? He has the power to manage his midrolls. KZbin doesn’t autogenerate that many. He has to go in and manually add to get that many. I don’t begrudge anyone from monetizing their channel. They deserve money for hard work, plus many times they need to pay for content like media clips or a thumbnail artist. My comment was more on the number of ads injected lately which really shifts the watching experience from enjoyable to annoying. Maybe one solution would be to pick up more ad reads from places like Wondreum which isn’t as disrupting. Again I’m not against having the skippable ads in videos, it’s the number which is like 3 times more than comparable content creators on ReligonTube