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=== 📜 Timeline ===

==== 30–70 CE ====
* Oral traditions about Jesus circulate.
* Sayings collections (like early versions of Thomas) appear.
* No Bible yet.

==== 50–120 CE ====
* Paul’s letters
* Earliest gospels (Mark, then Matthew/Luke, then John)
* Early mystical texts begin circulating
* Mary Magdalene traditions flourish

==== 100–200 CE ====
* Nag Hammadi writings are composed (in Greek originally)
* Wide diversity of Christianities
* No single authority or canon
* Women serve as teachers and leaders in some communities

==== 180–250 CE ====
* Proto-orthodox theologians attack other traditions
* Beginning of suppression
* Canon begins forming informally

==== 300–325 CE ====
* Christianity merges with Roman power
* Unity becomes political necessity
* Non-orthodox texts targeted

==== 367 CE ====
* Athanasius lists the 27 books of the New Testament
* Calls all others “illegitimate”
* Nag Hammadi texts become illegal

==== 400–500 CE ====
* Canon finalized across the Roman Empire
* Alternative texts destroyed
* Nag Hammadi codices are buried to protect them

==== 500–1500 CE ====
* Only orthodox Christianity survives in public view
* Mystical traditions go underground
* The Nag Hammadi library stays hidden

==== 1945 CE ====
* Farmers in Egypt discover a sealed jar
* Inside: 13 codices, 52 texts — the Nag Hammadi library

==== 1970s–Present ====
* Scholars translate texts
* They reshape our understanding of early Christianity
* The suppressed voices reappear