‘The Thomasine Jesus has a big overlap with liberal Quakerism.’ Photo: by Olga Kononenko on Unsplash
Peeping at Tom, part two: Deak Kirkham looks at the Gospel of Thomas
‘Note the striking similarity to Fox’s interpretation of scripture.’
by Deak Kirkham
19th August 2022
Last week, I suggested that the Gospel of Thomas, a key document in the Nag Hammadi library discovered in Upper Egypt in 1945, contains ideas and themes which overlap with central concerns of contemporary liberal Quakerism. Looking at ‘inwardness’ and ‘salvation’, I tentatively characterised it as ‘a Quaker Gospel’. There are other links, too, one of which may be about returning to some beginning or a state of infancy.
