Letter of Eugnostos

This is a Gnostic work discovered near Nag Hammadi in Egypt. The Letter of Eugnostos is a letter written in Coptic from a teacher to a student. The author’s name and the date of writing are unknown.

The Letter of Eugnostos is an early example of non-Christian Gnostic writing. The author of The Wisdom of Jesus Christ (a Christian Gnostic work) may have based his work on the Letter of Eugnostos. seeks to explain the existence of an unseen spiritual world. It also emphasizes God’s distance from humanity.

See also Apocrypha.