Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
[115^a] Came also forward Iohannes, said he, O Lord, command to me also
for to say the explanation of the words which thy power of light
prophesied once by David. But answered Jesus, said he to Iohannes, Thou
also Iohannes I command to thee for to say the explanation of the words,
these which my power of light prophesied by David, The mercy with the
truth met one another, and the righteousness with the peace kissed one
another. The truth burst forth in the earth and the righteousness looked
out of the heaven. But answered Iohannes, said [115^b] he, This is the
word which thou saidst unto us once, I came out of the Height, I went in
unto Sabaoth the good. I embraced the power of light which (is) in him.
Now therefore the mercy with the truth which met one another: thou art
the mercy, which dispatched thee out of the Places of the Height by thy
Father, the First Mystery which looketh inward, having dispatched thee
for to have mercy on all the World. The truth also is the power of the
Sabaoth the good, this which planted itself in thee, this which thou
castedst in the Left, thou, the First Mystery which looked outward. And
received it the little Sabaoth the good, he cast it in unto the matter
of the Barbelo. [116^a] And he preached of the Place of the truth (of
the alethia) in all the Places of those on the Left. That matter
therefore of the Barbelo, that (is) which becometh to thee for body
to-day. And the righteousness with the peace which kissed one another:
the righteousness is thou, who broughtest all the mysteries out of thy
Father the First Mystery which looked in, and thou baptisedst the power
of the Sabaoth the good, and thou camest unto the Place of the Rulers;
thou gavest to them the mysteries of the Height: and they became
righteous and they became good. The peace also is the power of the
Sabaoth, this which itself is thy soul, this which went in unto the
matter [116^b] of the Barbelo. And all the Rulers of the six Aeons of
the Sabaoth (Iabraoth) made them at peace with the mystery of the light.
And the truth which burst forth in the earth: that is the power of the
Sabaoth the good. This which came out of the Place of the Right, this
which is outside of the Treasury of the Light. And it went unto the
Place of those on the Left, it went in unto the matter of the Barbelo,
and it preached to them the mysteries of the Place of the truth. The
righteousness also which looked out of the heaven: thou art the First
Mystery, which looked outward, having come out of the Spaces of the
Height with the Mysteries of the kingdom of the light, and [117^a] thou
camest down upon the vesture of the light, this which thou tookest from
the Barbelo, which is Jesus our Saviour, thou having come down upon him
as a dove.
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