The Prayer of the Apostle Paul

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The Prayer of the Apostle Paul was the first manuscript from the Jung Codex (Codex I) of the Nag Hammadi Library. It shows a distinctive Gnostic appeal unlike the canonized prayers also attributed to Paul. Scholars have dubbed it as a Valentinian work. The manuscript is missing approximately two lines at the beginning.

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• Paul the Gnostic Initiate
• A Translation by Dieter Mueller