In certain sayings of which he knew the interpretation would, as a mystagogue, lead the Of the Lord, but to the stories already written he added yet others and, moreover, brought
Not divulge the things not to be uttered, nor did he write down the hierophantic teaching Spiritual Gospel for the use of those who were being perfected. Suitable to whatever makes for progress toward knowledge. Own notes and those of Peter, from which he transferred to his former books the things But when Peter died a martyr, Mark came over to Alexandria, bringing both his Selecting what he thought most useful for increasing the faith of those who were being Inventions, are falsified, so that, as the saying goes, even the salt loses its savor.Īs for Mark, then, during Peter`s stay in Rome he wrote an account of the Lord`sĭoings, not, however, declaring all of them, nor yet hinting at the secret ones, but Mark, some are altogether falsifications, and others, even if they do contain some trueĮlements, nevertheless are not reported truely. Now of the things they keep saying about the divinely inspired Gospel according to Human opinions be prefered to the true truth, that according to the faith. True things are the truth, nor should that truth which merely seems true according to Something true, one who loves the truth should not, even so, agree with them. Such men are to be opposed in all ways and alltogether. That they are casting themselves away into "the netherworld of the darkness" ofįalseness, and boasting that they are free, they have become slaves of servile desires. Themselves in knowledge, as they say, "of the deep things of Satan, they do not know Of the commandments into a boundless abyss of the carnal and bodily sins. "wandering stars" referred to in the prophecy, who wander from the narrow road You did well in silencing the unspeakable teachings of the Carpocrations. The text of the letter attributed to Clement ofĪlexandria about a "Secret Gospel of Mark" is presented in a simple paragraphed format and in the original annotated manuscript version.Ī Letter Attributed to Clement of Alexandriaįrom the letters of the most holy Clement, the author of the Stromateis. When seen in light of the massive literature which has been produced by the other major manuscript finds of our century, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Nag Hammadi codices, the comparative dearth of good studies on this piece in particular cannot be explained in any other way that a stubborn refusal to deal with information which might challenge deeply-held personal convictions Is provided in an article by Shawn Eyer, The Strange Case of the Secret Gospel According to Mark: How Morton Smith's Discovery of a Lost Letter by Clement of Alexandria Scandalizedīiblical Scholarship ( archived in the Gnostic Society Library). What follows is Morton Smith’s translation as it appears in his book Clement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark (Harvard University Press, 1973).Īn excellent summary of scholarly and popular responses to the Secret Gospel of Mark Fragments attributed to the Secret Gospel of Mark are shown below in italics. Letter is the fact that in Clement's time "hierophantic teachings of the Lord"Īnd Gospel texts now lost were still transmitted within the church to a select group ofĬhristians. Perhaps the most important issue confirmed by this Clement presents fragmentsįrom the text of this secret gospel which he claims was at that time in the custody of the Church inĪlexandria but kept secret. In the document, authoritatively attributed to Clement ofĪlexandria, a "Secret Gospel of Mark" is mentioned. Over fifty years after this remarkable revelation, the debate over the authenticity of the document continues. While looking for ancient documents in the Mar Saba monastery library in the Judean Desert, scholar Morton Smith made a discovery that rocked the academic world: Copied onto the end-pages of a 17th-century book was a previously unknown letter from Clement of Alexandria, a second-century church father, which contained passages of a lost “secret” gospel of Mark.
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