Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
this is thy hand, and thou, thou fashionedst it, O Lord. This therefore
is the explanation of the twelfth repentance, this which said the Pistis
Sophia being in the Chaos.
But added again Jesus in the word, said he to his disciples, It happened
also after these (things), cried up at me the Pistis Sophia, saying, O
Light of the Lights, I transgressed in the twelve [99^b] Aeons, I came
down from them. Because of this I said twelve Repentances according to
each one of the Aeons. Now therefore, O Light of the Lights, forgive to
me my transgressions, because great greatly it is, because I forsook the
Place of the Height, I came, I dwelt in the Place of the Chaos. These
therefore, having said them the Pistis Sophia, she added also in the
thirteenth Repentance, saying, Hear me while I hymn unto thee, O Light
of the Lights. Hear me saying the Repentance of the thirteenth Aeon, the
Place out of which I came down, that should be completed the thirteenth
Repentance of [100^a] the thirteenth Aeon: these Aeons which I
transgressed, I came down out of them. Now therefore, O Light of the
Lights, hear me while I hymn unto thee in the thirteenth Aeon, my Place
out of which I came. Deliver me, O Light, in thy great mystery, and
forgive my transgression in thy forgivingness. And give to me the
baptisms and forgive my sins, and cleanse me out of my transgression.
And my own transgression is the power of face of lion, this which shall
not be hidden from thee in every time, because I came down because of
it. And I, I transgressed alone among the Invisibles, in whose Place I
become. I came down unto the Chaos, [100^b] I transgressed before thee,
that thy precept should be completed. These therefore said the Pistis
Sophia. Now therefore, he whose spirit moveth him for to understand her
words, let him come forward and utter their meaning. Came forward
Martha, said she, O Lord, my spirit moveth me for to utter the
explanation of those (words) which said the Pistis Sophia. Thy power
prophesied once concerning them by David in the fiftieth psalm, saying
thus, Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy. According
to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my sin. Wash me greatly out
of my unlawfulness. And my sin is in my presence [101^a] at every time:
that thou shouldst be justified in thy words, and conquer in thy giving
judgment unto me. This is the explanation of the words which said the
Pistis Sophia.
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