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Codex XII

Nag Hammadi Codex XII contains fragments of the Sentences of Sextus and the Gospel of Truth.|||Papyrus codex, 4th century CE. In the Coptic Museum, Cairo.|||Copied in the 4th century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||Contains the Sentences of Sextus, the Gospel of Truth, and fragments of other tractates.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Hedrick, C. W., ed. Nag Hammadi Codices XI, XII, XIII. Brill, 1990.|||Chadwick, H. The Sentences of Sextus. Cambridge University Press, 1959.|||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.|||" The wise man is the one who knows God." — Sentences of Sextus (NHC XII,1)

Collection: Nag Hammadi Library Canon: varies

Canon Status

Not canonical in any tradition.

Date & Provenance

Copied in the 4th century CE.

Language & Manuscripts

Papyrus codex, 4th century CE. In the Coptic Museum, Cairo.

Why It Matters for Study

Contains the Sentences of Sextus, the Gospel of Truth, and fragments of other tractates.

" The wise man is the one who knows God." — Sentences of Sextus (NHC XII,1)

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.
Hedrick, C. W., ed. Nag Hammadi Codices XI, XII, XIII. Brill, 1990.
Chadwick, H. The Sentences of Sextus. Cambridge University Press, 1959.