Hidden essene texts provide clues to bibles origin kathy j. The essene gospel reveals how the material world was cut off from the divine world thousands of years ago when sick and egotistical angels, wanting to exercise their power in a world outside the divine, invaded the minds of humans. The new testament does not mention them and accounts given by josephus, philo of alexandria, and pliny the elder sometimes differ in significant details. The essenes the essene new testament the gospel of the. They too, had been around for a hundred years at that point in time. In his book the discovery of the essene gospel of peace, he tells the. Essene christianity the religion of jesus or paulianity. Since the discovery of the dead sea scrolls in 1947, the position that jesus was a vegetarian essene has been even more solidified. A portrait of jesus world the essenes and the dead sea.
I was never formally an essene, and i held no official position in the essene community. And great was their reward, because they followed jesus words. Like the historical jesus, the essenes can easily become a screen upon which one projects ones own interests and ideological locations, whether that be jesus hidden years, a window into the secret history of early christianity, or an historically nonexistent fabrication by philo, josephus, and pliny. This story is told in his book, the discovery of the essene gospel of peace, published in 1975. The jews, long before the time of jesus, were divided into three sects, the sadducees, the pharisees, and the essenes.
However, no one besides szekely has ever seen the manuscript. It was discovered in the vatican library and appears to be a genuine manuscript written at the time of christ or shortly thereafter. Why would anyone want to fabricate a gospel to prove that jesus was a. The essene gospel of peace, written by edmond bordeaux szekely. He said accept the father god and have no other gods before him and repent of your sin. The essene gospel of peace is an ancient tome filled with arcane secrets found deep in the vaults of the vatican library health woo bullshit written by edmond bordeaux szekely and published in 1928. Joseph argues in his 2018 book jesus, the essenes, and christian origins new light on ancient texts and communities that the influence of essenes can still be detected, albeit in fragmentary form, in the pages of the new testament, a missing link in the study of early christian origins. Answer from ascended master jesus through kim michaels. A good example of a group which separated itself from society at large and defined itself against the temple in jerusalem are the essenes, or perhaps you might say, the people of the dead sea. Nov 16, 2016 the essene gospel of peace is an ancient manuscript found in the vatican library.
Combining the skills and hubris of both the forger and the esotericist, edmond bordeaux szekely wrote the essene gospel of peace, claiming to have found it. I have a father who says he believes in jesus, but not the bible. I was wondering how big of an influence you think the essenes had on jesus and his teachings, and if theres any evidence that he and john the baptist were students of that philosophy. Coupled with this, jesus quotes from jeremiahs famous temple. In his book the discovery of the essene gospel of peace, he tells the story of how two chess players helped him meet the renowned msgr. Jesus taught those who were weak to eat raw food and purify the body, so the mind and spirit could then commune more fully with the father by meditation and prayer.
Yet the idea that jesus, john the baptist, or the early jesus movement were influenced by the essenes has always been controversial. Jesus of nazareth was not an essene, but there are many similarities between jesuss teachings and those of the essenes. The essenes are the guardians of the teachings of god. It is a valuable resource for subjects related to theology, philosophy, history, culture, and more.
He says a loving god will not condemn man as long as he does mostly good. It is a wonderful document of jesus yashiya teaching about how to live in harmony with the laws of nature. Jesus, there is an essene gospel which claims that you were an essene, is that correct. He says a loving god will not condemn man as long as he does. Essene bread oblationmiracle of the loavesprobably an essene passover gatheringthe codex nazaraeusthe earliest gathering of christians at romeessene water drinkers and vegetariansthe gospel according to the hebrews. In it, jesus tells his disciples to eat raw vegetables, take frequent enemas to cleanse the colon, and dont eat meat. In the paragraphs that follow, i will only briefly describe each. Lost scrolls of the essene brotherhood kindle edition by christ, jesus. Greetings in the name of our lord jesus christ and peace be unto you. The poetic style of the translator brings to vivid reality the exquisitely beautiful words of jesus and the elders of the essene brotherhood. Book one of the essene gospel of peace, an ancient manuscript he had found in the secret archives of the vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition. Pious fraud, vegetarian style compassionate spirit. But during his entire life, jesus had ready access, as did his society, to the views and practices of the essenes. See essene gospel of peace of jesus christ quotes follow.
Edmond bordeaux szekely march 5, 1905 1979 was a hungarian philologistlinguist, philosopher, psychologist and natural living enthusiast. Chrysostom that jesus told his disciples if they wanted to learn the mysteries of god, they would first have to be of humane character. Nazarites or nazareensbaptised by the nazarite johna secret societyinquire who is worthy. Another link in the succession was the teaching of buddha, who, in the far east, set in motion the cosmic wheel of life. The healing god spell of saint john translated by dr. For those of you who do not know, there were four major sects of judaism in the early part of the first century ad. It was in 1928 that edmond bordeaux szekely pronounced saykay first published his translation of the essene gospel of peace, an ancient manuscript discovered in the secret archives of the vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition. Beware of this demonic doctrine the essenes gospel of peace. Finally, there was the essene brotherhood as the dead sea which planted the essene tree of life, whose highest brancj was represented by the essene jesus, latest and therefore closest to us of all the great teachers of humanity. Chrysostom that jesus told his disciples if they wanted to learn the mysteries of god, they would first have to. Book one, the unknown books of the essenes, lost scrolls of the essene, the teachings of the elect. Jesus taught the enlightened torah and talmudic prophetic ways of the essenes as a jew. The essene jesus is a product of the enlightenment. Here you will learn the true teachings of jesus the messiah as mentioned in the historical 1611 kjv bible.
For the bread developed by the essenes, see sprouted bread. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the essene gospel of peace book one. The buddhist essene gospel of jesus is a translation of the new testament gospel from the peshitta canon which is in the original syriac dialect of aramaic. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Due to the volume of emails, i felt led to get to work writing this body of work. Jesus apocalyptic teachings seem to align with them a lot.
In it, jesus tells his disciples to eat raw vegetables, take frequent enemas to. In the process of determining the biblical canon, a large number of texts were excluded from the new testament, many of which were vigorously suppressed or destroyed. Szekely authored the essene gospel of peace, which he translated from an ancient text he supposedly discovered in the 1920s. The modern living essene way represents the authentic historical teaching and practices of jesus as it comes from his spiritual and historical context as an enlightened essene, who many of the essenes felt was the messiah of that generation. There was a strong organization among the essenes that was missing among john the baptists disciples. All the books of essene wisdom can be found on our library. The essenes, the sacred keeper of the word represent a marvelous culture, from which our savior jesus christ learned so much about us. The essenes considered their brotherhoodsisterhood as the presence on earth of the teaching of the sons and daughters of god. The pharisees were the largest of the four major sects and made up about maybe 5% of the total. The authentic scriptures of jesus are today available after a period of suppression by worldly powers in several texts, the two most important of which are the gospel of the holy twelve and the essene gospel of peace. Like the violent revolutionary jesus hypothesis, it is an attempt to portray jesus as a human being without the mythical accretions of theological dogma. The essene gospel of peace part three the dark truth. The essene gospel of peace part one the dark truth.
May 27, 2005 are the essene gospels gospel of peace real. The apocryphal texts the excluded and suppressed books of the bible. History knows less about this teacher than it knows about the gospel jesus, for the essene were sworn to silence. We leave you to decide whether the following is in fact the authentic word of christ in the essene gospel of peace part one and then many sick and maimed came to jesus, asking him. It is almost impossible in reading of the last not to be forcibly struck with the remarkable resemblance between their doctrines, precepts and practices, and those of jesus and the early christians. Although there seems to have been more than one individual who was known by the title the teacher of righteousness, there is only one of these who was thee teacher of righteousness.
Essene gospel of peace book two would appeal to twentieth century man. Although this is a lengthy article, i know if you bear with me through the end, it will answer many questions you may have pertaining to what is known as the essene humane gospel of jesus christ. Catholic answers is pleased to provide this unabridged entry from the original catholic encyclopedia, published between 1907 and 1912. The essene gospel of peace book 1 the essene gospel of peace the essene gospel of peace book 2 the unknown books of the essenes the essene gospel of peace book 3 lost scrolls of the essene brotherhood the essene gospel of peace book 4 the teachings of the elect. Proof that jesus was vegetarian is based on the essene gospel of peace, which szekely claims to have translated from an ancient text he supposedly discovered. I tell you truly, moses received not his laws from god in. Excerpts from the essene gospel of peace, book two. Seek not the law in your scriptures, for the law is life, whereas the scripture is dead. The essene gospel of peace is presented in four books. Essene definition is a member of a monastic brotherhood of jews in palestine from the second century b.
So, the conclusion that essene philosophy may have inspired jesus or contributed to his teachings is historically defensible, if not provable. I was affiliated with the essenes, and i did hope that they would serve as a base for spreading my. Johnny lovewisdom is the complete version of szekelys the essene gospel of peace. The essene cosmogony is inspired by the book of enoch of the dead sea scrolls. Edmond bordeaux szekely was able to discover essene documents in the secret archives of the vatican. Apr 26, 2014 proof that yashiya was a vegetarian is based on the essene gospel of peace, which szekely claims to have translated from an ancient text he supposedly discovered in the 1920s. Vegetarians in paradiseessenesessene gospel of peaceessene. The essenes did not recognize jesus as messiah, but they thought that the teacher of righteousness would himself be an essene. The essene gospel of peace, book 1 by edmond bordeaux szekely. The essene humane gospel of christ the salvation of the world the humane gospel of jesus. The essene gospel of peace is an ancient manuscript found in the vatican library. They were the light which shines in the darkness and which invites the darkness to change itself into light. Proof that yashiya was a vegetarian is based on the essene gospel of peace, which szekely claims to have translated from an ancient text he supposedly discovered in the 1920s.
A most interesting and delightful little book is entitled the essene gospel of peace book 1. More of the history behind the gospel of john april, 2020. The false doctrine of the essene humane gospel of jesus. The essene gospel reveals how the material world was cut off from the divine world thousands of years ago when sick and egotistical angels, wanting to exercise their power in a world outside the. Some of the scrolls contain essene traditional parables and phrases, which predated jesus by a hundred years, yet read almost verbatim the lines and verses attributed to jesus in the new testament. And with the passing of the seventh day, all their pains left them. If you know all things, tell us, why do we suffer with these grievous plagues.
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