Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
And will not seize it
the Receivers, and they will not know what is the road in which it will
go, because that it became a great Beam of light, and it flieth unto the
Height: and not [212^a] any power is wont to be able to hold it down at
all, nor indeed shall they be able to approach it at all; but it is wont
to pass through all the Places of the Rulers, with all the Places of the
emanations of the Light, and it is not wont to give answer in any Place,
nor is it wont to give defence, nor is it wont to give symbol: for not
even shall any power of the Rulers be able, nor shall any power of the
emanations of the Light, they shall not be able to approach that soul,
but all the Places of the Rulers, with all the Places of the emanations
of the Light are wont each to hymn unto it in their Places, being in
fear before the Light of the effluence which envelopeth the soul, even
until [212^b] it passeth through them all, and goeth unto the Place of
the Inheritance of the mystery which it received, namely, the mystery of
the Only One, the Ineffable and it becometh joined in unto his members.
Amen I say to you, It will become in all the Places in the time of a man
shooting an arrow. Now therefore also, Amen I say to you, Every man who
will receive that Mystery of the Ineffable and is complete or fulfilleth
(it) in all its types with all its figures, is a man being in the World,
but he excelleth all Angels and he will excel more than they all, he is
a man being upon the World, but he excelleth all the Archangels, and he
will excel more than they all. [213^a] He is a man being upon the World,
but he excelleth all the Tyrants, and he will be exalted over them all.
He is a man being upon the World, but he excelleth all the Lords, and he
will be exalted over them all. He is a man being upon the World, but he
excelleth all the Gods, and he will be exalted over them all. He is a
man being upon the World, but he excelleth all the luminaries (phoster),
and he will be exalted over them all. He is a man being upon the World,
but he excelleth all the pure (lights), and he will be exalted over them
all. He is a man being upon the World, but he excelleth all the Triple
powers, and he will be exalted over them all. He is a man being upon the
World, but he excelleth all the Forefathers, and he will be exalted
[213^b] over them all. He is a man being upon the World, but he
excelleth all the Invisibles, and he will be exalted over them all. He
is a man being upon the World, but he excelleth the great Forefather
invisible, and he will also be exalted over him. He is a man being upon
the World, but he excelleth all those of the Middle, and he will be
exalted over them all. He is a man being upon the World, but he
excelleth the emanations of the Treasury of the Light, and he will be
exalted over them all. He is a man being upon the World, but he
excelleth the Confusion, and he will be exalted over all of it. He is a
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