Irenaeus and the mystery of the missing Gospels

Introduction a. An Alternative Creation Story -God as distant, pure spirit –who doesn’t get his hands dirty Impersonal –in fact one Gnostic, Basileadis, goes so far as to describe him as “The non-existent God.”   -Between us and God are intermediary spirit beings/gods (demiurges)                -Creation as an unpleasant accident –matter  =bad, spirit = good… Continue reading Irenaeus and the mystery of the missing Gospels