The Epistle of Eugnostos or Eugnostos the Blessed is a Gnostic epistle found in Codices III and V of the Nag Hammadi library. The text is a philosophical discourse on the nature of God and the world. The author asserts that previous human inquiries have failed to reach the truth about the nature of God, who is ineffable and beyond human understanding. The author describes a belief system in which there is an Immortal Man who reveals various aeons and powers with different names and authorities over different kingdoms and worlds.
Summary
The author, Eugnostos (meaning "well-known" in Greek),
Realms
The text lists five different beings with their own realms (aeons), each with their own angels and deities. The text lists a chain of beings rather than emanations as in many of the other Sethian Gnostic texts in the Nag Hammadi library.
- realm of the unbegotten or unconceived Father
- realm of the Human Father, by himself
- realm of immortal Humanity
- realm of the Child of Humanity, called the first one to conceive
- realm of the Savior (the offspring of the Child of Humanity)
The Savior came together with his companion Pistis Sophia to produce six androgynous spiritual beings that have both male and female names: