The Treatise on Resurrection

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The Treatise on Resurrection is a short Valentinian Gnostic letter from the Nag Hammadi Library, written to a student named Rheginos. Its central argument: resurrection is a present spiritual reality, not a future bodily event. The soul that achieves gnosis is already risen.

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Quick Facts

  • Found in Nag Hammadi Codex I (the Jung Codex)
  • Addressed to a student named Rheginos — one of the few Nag Hammadi texts with a named recipient
  • Argues that resurrection happens now, through gnosis, not at a future physical event
  • Valentinian in theology — emphasises inner transformation over external ritual

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