Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
It happened, Jesus having finished saying these words unto his
disciples, came forward Maria the Magdalene, said she, My Lord, how many
years in the years of this World is a year of the Light? Answered Jesus,
said he to Maria [225^b], A day of the light is ten hundred years of the
World, so that thirty-six ten thousand years with another half ten
thousand years of the World is (only) one year of the Light. I shall
spend therefore ten hundred years of the Light, reigning in the midst of
the last Helper, reigning over all the emanations of the Light and over
all the number of the perfect souls, these which received the mysteries
of the Light. And ye, my disciples, with every one who will receive the
mysteries of the Ineffable will remain with me on my right (hand) and on
my left reigning with me in my kingdom. And those also who receive the
three mysteries of the five mysteries of that Ineffable will be
fellow-Kings with you in the kingdom of the Light. And they [226^a] will
not be equal with you, (but) ye with those who receive the mystery of
the Ineffable are about to remain also after you reigning. And those who
receive the five mysteries of the Ineffable are about to remain also
after (those who receive) the three mysteries, reigning also. And also
those who receive the twelve (twelfth, MS) mysteries of the First
Mystery are about to remain also further after (those who receive) the
five mysteries of the Ineffable and reigning also according to the array
of each of them. And all those who receive the mysteries in all the
Places of the Space of the Ineffable, will reign also and remain also
within those who receive also the mysteries of the First Mystery, being
distributed according to the glory of each of them. So that those who
receive the mystery which is (more) excellent will remain in the Place
which is more excellent. Those who receive the mystery which is lower,
they will remain in the Place which is lower, [226^b] reigning in the
Light of my kingdom.
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