The Gospel of Philip 51

Attributed to the apostle Philip only by a scribal subscription at its end -- the text itself is untitled and gives no author; actual author unknown, generally dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD and read as a product of Valentinian Gnostic theology, probably composed in Greek and preserved complete only in this single Coptic manuscript from Nag Hammadi (Codex II, 3). Not a narrative gospel but an anthology of aphorisms and theological reflection on the Christian sacraments -- baptism, chrism, eucharist, and above all a 'bridal chamber' rite -- built on wordplay and a view of Adam, Eve, and the world's origin markedly different from Genesis.