Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
to it with its seal, these which I shall say unto you in the
Distribution of the mysteries. And she is wont to give to the Rulers the
counterfeit spirit, and she is wont to say unto them the mystery of the
bonds with which they bound it in unto her (him, MS). And she is wont to
say to them, Come (take) your counterfeit spirit. I am not coming unto
your Place from this hour, I became strange unto you unto age. And she
is wont to give the seal of each [265^a] to him with his defence. But
these whenever should finish saying the soul, are wont the Receivers of
the Light, they are wont to fly with her unto the Height, and they are
wont to take her out of the Aeons of the Destiny, and they are wont to
take her up in all the Aeons, she giving the defence of each Place to
it, with the defence of all the Places, with the seals of (with, MS) the
Tyrants of the King the Adamas. And she is wont to give the defence to
all the Rulers of all the Places of the Left, these which I shall say
unto you all their defences with their seals, at the time (in) which I
shall say unto you at the Distribution of the mysteries. And also are
wont these Receivers, they are wont to take that soul up to the Virgin
of the Light, and also is wont that soul, she is wont to give to the
Virgin of the Light the seals with the glory of the hymn. And is wont
[265^b] the Virgin of the Light and with the other seven Virgins of the
Light, they are all wont to prove that soul, and all to find their signs
in her, with their seals with their baptisms with their chrisms. And is
wont the Virgin of the Light, she is wont to seal that soul; and the
Receivers of the Light are wont to baptise that soul, and give to her
the chrism spiritual. And are wont each of the Virgins of the Light,
they are wont to seal her with their seals, and also are wont the
Receivers of the Light, they are wont to deliver her up to the great
Sabaoth the good, this who (is) at the gate of the Life in the Place of
those of the Right (hand), this whom they are wont to call, The Father.
And is wont that soul, she is wont to give the glory of the hymn with
his seals with his defences. And [266^a] is wont Sabaoth the great,
good, he is wont to seal her with his seals. And is wont the soul, she
is wont to give her knowledge with the glory of the hymns with the seals
of every Place of those of the Right (hand), they are all wont to seal
her with their seals. And is wont Melkhisedek the great Receiver of the
Light, this who (is) in the Place of those of the Right (hand), he is
wont to seal that soul. And are wont the Receivers of Melkhisedek, they
are wont to seal that soul, and to receive her unto the Treasury of the
Light. And she is wont to give the glory with the honour with the
respect of the hymns with all the seals of all the Places of the Light.
And are wont those of all the Places of the Treasury of the Light, they
are wont to seal her with their seals. And she is wont to go unto the
Place of her inheritance.
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