On the Origin of the World

On the Origin of the World is a Gnostic cosmological treatise that presents a detailed account of the creation of the world and the nature of the archons.|||Coptic text in Nag Hammadi Codex II and XIII, plus British Library Or. 4926(1).|||Composed in the late 3rd or early 4th century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Gnostic in orientation.|||Presents a comprehensive Gnostic cosmology, including the creation of the world by the archons, the fall of Sophia, and the nature of the material realm. Important for understanding Gnostic cosmology.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Bethge, H.-G. " On the Origin of the World." In The Nag Hammadi Library in English.|||Tardieu, M. Trois mythes gnostiques. Études Augustiniennes, 1974.|||On the Origin of the World — Gnostic Society|https://gnosis.org/naghamm/origin.html|Full translation with introduction.;; Early Christian Writings — On the Origin of the World|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/originworld.html|Indexed text and scholarly resources.|||" The world came into being through the will of the Father, who is the ruler of all." — On the Origin of the World (paraphrase)