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title: "5 John Quotes By Elaine Pagels"
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> [Startling as the Gospel of Judas sounds, it amplifies hints we have long read in the Gospels of Mark and John that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/startling-as-the-gospel-of-judas-sounds-it-amplifies-hints-we-have/)

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> [We don't actually know if the person who wrote the Gospel of John had a written copy of Thomas because we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/we-don-t-actually-know-if-the-person-who-wrote-the-gospel-of-john-had/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

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> [Throughout the ages, Christians have adapted John of Patmos's visions to changing times, reading their own social, political and religious conflicts into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/throughout-the-ages-christians-have-adapted-john-of-patmos-s-visions/)

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> [The Secret Revelation of John opens, again, in crisis. The disciple John, grieving Jesus' death, is walking toward the temple when he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/the-secret-revelation-of-john-opens-again-in-crisis-the-disciple-john/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

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> [There is no evidence that the author of the Book of Revelation, John of Patmos, read anything that we think of as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/there-is-no-evidence-that-the-author-of-the-book-of-revelation-john/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

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## Other authors on John

## More by Elaine Pagels

> [“Only the Jews, of all the nations under Roman rule, had won the right to separate their political obligations from religious ones, to obey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/only-the-jews-of-all-the-nations-under-roman-rule-had-won-the-right/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [ “Even Tacitus admitted that “whatever their origin, \[the Jews’\] observances are sanctioned by their antiquity,”64 and the Romans respected tradition. Christians, however, had no… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/even-tacitus-admitted-that-whatever-their-origin-the-jews-observances/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [There's practically no religion that I know of that sees other people in a way that affirms the others' choices. But in our century…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/there-s-practically-no-religion-that-i-know-of-that-sees-other-people/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [He's an intimate betrayer. That's what's so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/he-s-an-intimate-betrayer-that-s-what-s-so-troubling-judas-turned-in/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [The Antichrist is often identified with the second beast in the Book of Revelation that arises from the land, the beast that tries to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/the-antichrist-is-often-identified-with-the-second-beast-in-the-book/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [“Jesus—for example, his categorical rejection of divorce, or his statement that “if anyone does not hate his own father and mother and wife and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/jesus-for-example-his-categorical-rejection-of-divorce-or-his/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [The Gospel of Thomas claims to be the secret sayings of Jesus. There are 114 of them, so it says many things, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/the-gospel-of-thomas-claims-to-be-the-secret-sayings-of-jesus-there/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [I just have a sense that, you know, I'm curious about what is religion about, you know? Why do some of us still engage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/i-just-have-a-sense-that-you-know-i-m-curious-about-what-is-religion/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [ “Augustine reflects that “what made me a slave to it was the habit \[consuetudo\] of satisfying an insatiable lust.”31” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/augustine-reflects-that-what-made-me-a-slave-to-it-was-the-habit/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [Contemporary Christianity, diverse and complex as we find it, actually may show more unanimity than the Christian churches of the first and second centuries.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/contemporary-christianity-diverse-and-complex-as-we-find-it-actually/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [“I beseech you, my lord, why have I been endowed with the power of understanding? For I did not want to ask about heavenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/i-beseech-you-my-lord-why-have-i-been-endowed-with-the-power-of/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [“thus the story of Eden was made to reinforce the patriarchal structure”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/thus-the-story-of-eden-was-made-to-reinforce-the-patriarchal-structure/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [The author of the Gospel of Judas wasn't against martyrdom, and he didn't ever insult the martyrs. He said it's one thing to die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/the-author-of-the-gospel-of-judas-wasn-t-against-martyrdom-and-he/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [“gnostics celebrated as proof of spiritual maturity, the orthodox denounced as “deviation”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/gnostics-celebrated-as-proof-of-spiritual-maturity-the-orthodox/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

> [Startling as the Gospel of Judas sounds, it amplifies hints we have long read in the Gospels of Mark and John that Jesus knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/startling-as-the-gospel-of-judas-sounds-it-amplifies-hints-we-have/)

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