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First, the Gnostics had a very low view of the material universe deeming it to be created by a malevolent deity who could not be the true God of goodness and love.
For the very act of accusing the Gnostics of being the progenitors of the Totalitarians--in an ironic twist--made the Voegelinians into heretic-hunting Totalitarians themselves.
If the Gnostics used any of the orthodox texts in producing the Gospel of Judas, they might have found a useful springboard in Matthew.
 
 
 
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