Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
receive the Twelfth mystery of the First Mystery in the Inheritances of
the Light. And the seven (seventh, MS) Amens with the five (fifth, MS)
Trees with the three [179^a] Amens will become on right-hand of me being
King in the Inheritance of the Light. And the Twin-saviours, namely, the
child of the child and with the nine Guards, they indeed will remain
also on left of me being King in the Inheritance of the Light. And every
Saviour will be King over the arrays of his emanations in the
Inheritances of the Light, as also they are in the Treasury of the
Light. And the nine Guards of the Treasury of the Light will become,
being preferable unto the Saviours in the Inheritances of the Light. And
the Twin-saviours will become preferable unto the nine Guards in the
Kingdom. And [179^b] the three Amens will become preferable unto the
Twin-saviours in the Kingdom. And the five Trees will become preferable
unto the five Amens in the Inheritances of the Light. And Ieou with the
Guard of the Veil of the great Light with the Receivers of Light with
the great two Chief Captains with the great Sabaoth, the good, they will
become being King in the first Saviour of the first Voice of the
Treasury of the Light, this which will become in the Place of those who
receive the First Mystery of the First Mystery. Because that Ieou with
the Guard of the Place of those on Right (hand) with Melkhisedek the
great Receiver of the Light, with the great [180^a] two Chief Captains
who came out of the Light which is choice, which is pure, greatly, of
the First Tree even unto the fifth. Ieou indeed he is the Overseer of
the Light who came forth first from the pure light of the first Tree.
The Guard also of the Veil of those of (the) Right (hand) who came forth
out of the second Tree. And the two Chief Captains came forth also out
of the pure light choice greatly of the third Tree with the fourth in
the Treasury of the Light. But Melkhisedek also came forth out of the
fifth Tree. Sabaoth the great also (the) good, this whom I called, my
Father, [180^b] he came forth out of Ieou the Overseer of the Light.
These six therefore by the command of the First Mystery, the last Helper
caused to become in the Place of those of (the) Right (hand) for the
arrangement of the collection of the Light which is of the Height of the
Aeons of the Rulers, and in the World with every race which is in them.
These which I shall say unto you of the work of each over which they put
him in the Distribution of the Universe. Because of the height therefore
of the work in which he put him, they will become fellow-kings in the
First Mystery of the first Voice of the Treasury of the Light, this
which will become in the Place of the souls of those who receive the
First Mystery of the First Mystery. And the Virgin of the Light with the
great [181^a] Captain of the Middle, this who were wont the Rulers of
the Aeons to call, The great Iao, according to the name of a great Ruler
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