Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
These are all the limits of the roads for those who are worthy of the
mysteries of the Light. These therefore of this kind who renounced this
renunciation, give to them [240^a] the mysteries of the Light, and hide
them not from them at all, even if they are sinners and they became in
every sin with every unlawfulness, all which I said unto you of the
World, that they should turn and repent and should become in the
submission which I say to you now, Give to them the mysteries of the
kingdom of the Light, do not hide them from them at all, for because of
the sinfulness I (we, MS) brought the mysteries unto the World, that I
should forgive all their sins which they did from the first. Because of
this therefore I said unto you once, I came not to invite the righteous.
Now therefore I brought the mysteries, that they should forgive the sins
of every one, and take them unto the kingdom of the Light: for the
mysteries, they [240^b] are the free-gift of the First Mystery, for him
to blot out the sins with the unlawfulness of all the sinners.
It happened therefore, Jesus having finished saying these words unto his
disciples, came forward Maria, said she to the Saviour, My Lord, then
there is man righteous, being complete in all the righteousness, and
that man having not any sin at all.—Such a one they will torment him in
the punishments with the judgments, or otherwise? Or otherwise rather,
that man they will take away in unto the kingdom of the heavens, or not?
Answered the Saviour, said he to Maria, A man righteous, this being
complete in all the righteousness, and he did not any sin [241^a] ever,
and such a one having not received any mystery of the Light ever,
whenever should happen the time (of his) coming out of the body,
immediately are wont to come the Receivers of the one of the great
Triple powers, these in whom there is a great (one), and they (will)
carry off the soul of that man from the Receivers of Contentious (ones),
and spend three days moving round with it in all creations of the World.
After the three days they are wont to take it down unto the Chaos, and
take it through in all the punishments of the judgments, and send it
unto all the judgments. And the fires of the Chaos are not wont to
molest it greatly, but [241^b] in part they are wont to molest it for a
little time: and in haste quickly they are wont to have mercy on it and
bring it up from the Chaoses, and take it on the road of the Middle
through all those Rulers. And they are not wont to punish it in their
judgments which (are) cruel, but the fires of their Places are wont to
molest it in part: and whenever they should take it unto the Place of
Iakhthanabas the unmerciful, they are not wont to be able to punish it,
indeed at least in his evil judgments, but he is wont to hold it down
for a little time, while the fire of his punishments molesteth it in
part. And also speedily they are wont to have mercy on it in those their
Places.
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