Dodecanese of the major islands under Italian rule back to twelve. Thus, when the Greek press began agitating for the cession of the islands to Greece in 1913, the term used was still the "Dodecanese". The Italian occupation authorities helped to establish the term when they named the islands under their control "Rhodes and the Dodecanese" ("Rodi e Dodecaneso"), adding Leipsoi to the list of the major islands to make up for considering Rhodes separately. By 1920, the name had become firmly established for the entire island group, a fact acknowledged by the Italian government when it appointed the islands' first
Greek Gospel of the Egyptians is difficult to tell from what group the text originated. Another comparable verse appended to the "Gospel of Thomas", probably in Egypt, reads: The so-called Second Epistle of Clement (12:2) closely paraphrases a passage that was also quoted by Clement of Alexandria (in "Stromateis" iii): The trope appears in the "Gospel of Thomas", saying (37): For a somewhat later Gnostic work assigning a prominent role to Jesus' female disciples, see "Pistis Sophia". Greek Gospel of the Egyptians The Greek "Gospel of the Egyptians" is an early Christian religious text. Its title is adopted from its opening line. The Greek Gospel