Forerunners and rivals of Christianity : $b being studies in religious history from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D., Vol. 2 (of 2)Legge, Francis
Religion
Forerunners and rivals of Christianity : $b being studies in religious history from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D., Vol. 2 (of 2)
Legge, Francis
Christianity and other religions; Religions
Yet he cannot be wholly evil like
Beelzebuth for it is said in the text (p. 41, Copt.) that he and his
consort Barbelo sing praises to the Powers of the Light. So in the
Μέρος τευχῶν Σωτῆρος (p. 378, Copt.) he is represented as begging for
purification and holiness when the Great Name of God is uttered. It is
plain also from the statements in the text (pp. 43, 44, Copt.) that in
the _Pistis Sophia_ he, Barbelo, and the Αὐθάδης or Arrogant Power
make up a triad called the great τριδυναμεῖς or “Triple Powers” from
whom are projected the powers called the “Twenty-four Invisibles.” In
another document of the same MS. (p. 361, Copt.) a power from him is
said to be bound in the planet Saturn.
Footnote 483:
This Εἱμαρμένη or “Destiny” is the sphere immediately above our
firmament. It is evidently so called, because on passing through it
the soul on its way to incarnation receives the Moira or impress of
its own destiny, of which it cannot afterwards rid itself except by
the grace of the mysteries or Valentinian sacraments. Cf. Chap. IX, n.
3, p. 115 _supra_.
Footnote 484:
Ἄρρητος. Irenaeus, Bk I. c. 5, § 1, p. 99, Harvey. _Innominabilis_,
Tertullian, _adv. Valentinianos_, c. 37. So Clem. Alex. _Strom._ Bk V.
c. 10, says that God is ineffable, being incapable of being expressed
even in His own power.
Footnote 485:
Χωρηματα: τόποι.
Footnote 486:
That [_i.e._ the First] mystery knoweth why there emanated all the
places which are in the receptacle of the Ineffable One and also all
which is in them, and why they went forth from the last limb of the
Ineffable One.... These things I will tell you in the emanation of the
universe. _Pist. Soph._ p. 225, Copt.
Footnote 487:
_Ibid._ p. 222, Copt.
Footnote 488:
_Ibid._ p. 127, Copt.
Footnote 489:
See Chap. IX, pp. 121, 122 _supra_.
Footnote 490:
Heb. vi. 19.
Footnote 491:
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