Second Treatise of the Great Seth

The Second Treatise of the Great Seth is a Sethian Gnostic text presenting a revelation discourse of Christ, revealing his true nature and the ignorance of the archons.|||Coptic text in Nag Hammadi Codex VII.|||Composed in the 3rd century CE, perhaps in Alexandria.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Sethian Gnostic in orientation.|||Presents a docetic Christology and a critique of the orthodox church. Important for understanding Sethian Christology and the polemics between Gnostic and orthodox Christians.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Riley, G. " The Second Treatise of the Great Seth." In The Nag Hammadi Library in English.|||Riley, G. " The Second Treatise of the Great Seth." In Nag Hammadi Codex VII. Brill, 1996.|||Second Treatise of the Great Seth — Gnostic Society|https://gnosis.org/naghamm/2seth.html|Full translation with introduction.;; Early Christian Writings — Second Treatise of the Great Seth|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/2seth.html|Indexed text and scholarly resources.|||" I am the Christ, the Son of the Man, the one who is from the eternal realm." — Second Treatise of the Great Seth (paraphrase)