Apocryphon of John
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Not to be confused with Book of the Secret Supper, Apocalypse of John, or Apocalypse of John (disambiguation).
"Secret Book of John" redirects here. For the Latter Day Saint text presented as a concealed work of John, see Account of John.
The Apocryphon of John, also called the Secret Book of John or the Secret Revelation of John, is a 2nd-century Sethian Gnostic Christian pseudepigraphical text attributed to John the Apostle. It is one of the texts addressed by Irenaeus in his Against Heresies, placing its composition before 180 AD. It is presented as describing Jesus appearing and giving secret knowledge (gnosis) to his disciple John. The author describes it as having occurred after Jesus had "gone back to the place from which he came".
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