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Codex VI

Nag Hammadi Codex VI contains eight tractates, including the Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles, the Thunder Perfect Mind, and a section of Plato's Republic.|||Papyrus codex, 4th century CE. In the Coptic Museum, Cairo (Inv. 10549).|||Copied in the 4th century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Contains both Gnostic and non-Gnostic texts (Plato's Republic).|||Contains the Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles, the Thunder Perfect Mind, Authoritative Teaching, the Concept of Our Great Power, Plato's Republic (588a-589b), the Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth, the Prayer of Thanksgiving, and a scribal note.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Parrott, D. M., ed. Nag Hammadi Codices V, 2-5 and VI. Brill, 1979.|||Brashler, J. The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles. Scholars Press, 1977.|||Nag Hammadi Library — Gnostic Society|https://gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html|Complete texts and introductions.;; Early Christian Writings — Nag Hammadi|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/naghammadi.html|Indexed texts and scholarly resources.|||" I am the first and the last. I am the honored one and the scorned one." — Thunder, Perfect Mind 13:14 (NHC VI,2)

Collection: Nag Hammadi Library Canon: varies

Canon Status

Not canonical in any tradition. Contains both Gnostic and non-Gnostic texts (Plato's Republic).

Date & Provenance

Copied in the 4th century CE.

Language & Manuscripts

Papyrus codex, 4th century CE. In the Coptic Museum, Cairo (Inv. 10549).

Why It Matters for Study

Contains the Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles, the Thunder Perfect Mind, Authoritative Teaching, the Concept of Our Great Power, Plato's Republic (588a-589b), the Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth, the Prayer of Thanksgiving, and a scribal note.

" I am the first and the last. I am the honored one and the scorned one." — Thunder, Perfect Mind 13:14 (NHC VI,2)

Read the Text & External Resources

Public-domain translations and scholarly databases where the text can be read online or downloaded.

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Further Reading

Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.
Parrott, D. M., ed. Nag Hammadi Codices V, 2-5 and VI. Brill, 1979.
Brashler, J. The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles. Scholars Press, 1977.