Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
Now therefore, thou also, Andreas with all thy brothers, thy
fellow-disciples, concerning your renunciations with all your
tribulations which ye received from Place to Place, and with your
changes in bodies various, and with all your afflictions, and after all
these ye received the mysteries of purification, ye became pure light
purified greatly. Because of this therefore ye will go unto the Height
and make entrance to all the Places of (the) emanations of the Light;
and ye [232^b] (will) become being Kings in the kingdom of the Light
unto age. This is the answer of the words after which ye seek.
Now therefore also, Andreas, yet art thou being in unbelief and with
ignorance? But whenever ye should come out of the body and go unto the
Height, and arrive at the Place of the Rulers, all the Rulers will take
shame before you; because ye are the dregs of their matter, and ye
became Light purified more than they all. And whenever ye should arrive
at the Place of the great Invisibles with the Place of those of the
Middle, with those of (the) Right (hand), with the Place of all the
great emanations of the Light, ye will take glory together with them
all, because ye are the dregs of their matter, and ye became [233^a]
light excellent more than they all. And all the Places will hymn before
you, even until ye go unto the Places of the kingdom.
These therefore saying them the Saviour, knew Andreas clearly not only
he, but knew all the disciples in directness that they will inherit the
kingdom of the Light. They prostrated all one after (upon, MS) another
at the feet of Jesus, they cried out, they wept, they besought the
Saviour, saying, O Lord, forgive the sin of the ignorance of our
brother. Answered the Saviour, said he, I forgive and I shall forgive.
Because of this therefore dispatched me the First Mystery for me to
forgive the sins of everyone.
* * * * *
[Half this last line is ornament: more ornament follows, and the title
of the Third Document finishes the column.]
Footnote 114:
Legge adds: excelleth the kingdom of the twelve mysteries of the First
Mystery and excelleth any mystery whichever, which is below them. But
these five mysteries of the Ineffable are equal etc.
THE THIRD DOCUMENT
A PART OF THE BOOKS OF THE SAVIOUR
[_The Interposed Fragment_]
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