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Hymn of the Pearl (Acts of Thomas)

Anonymous · c. 3rd c. CE · Syriac

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Editions

• tr. G. R. S. Mead (1908) 64 passages · published 1908, before 1930

Condemned or excluded

• Decretum Gelasianum (list of books 'not to be received', attributed to Pope Gelasius I), 6th century (attrib. 492-496): excluded_from_canon (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelasian_Decree)
• Council of Trent, 1545-1563: declared_heretical (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Thomas)

Themes: Self, Gnosis, Transformation and rebirth