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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