Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
These therefore saying them Mariham
weeping, answered Jesus in great compassion, said he to them, Truly, my
brothers and my beloved, these who have forsaken father and mother
because of my name, that I should give to you every mystery with every
knowledge, I shall give to you the mystery of the twelve Aeons of the
Rulers with their seals with their tickets with the manner of invoking
them to go unto their Places. And I shall give to you the mystery of the
thirteenth (thirteen, MS) Aeon with the manner of invoking to go unto
its Place (their Places, MS). And I shall give to you their tickets with
their seals. And I shall give to you the mystery of the baptism of those
of the Middle with the manner of invoking to go unto their Place and
their [323^b] tickets with their seals, I shall show to you them. And I
shall give to you the baptism of those of the Right, our Place, with his
tickets with his seals, and with the manner of invoking to go thither.
And I shall give to you the great mystery of the Treasury of the Light
and with the manner of invoking to go thither. I shall give to you every
mystery with every knowledge, that they should call you, The sons of the
Pleroma which is complete in every knowledge and every mystery. Ye are
happy indeed beyond every man who (is) upon the earth, because the sons
of the Light came in your time.
Added also in the word Jesus, said he, It happened therefore after these
(things), came the Father of my Father, namely, Ieou, he took away other
three hundred with sixty Rulers among the Rulers also of the Adamas,
these who did not believe the mysteries of the Light: he bound them in
these [324^a] aery Places in which we are now below the Sphere, he
placed five other great Rulers over them, namely, those who become upon
the road of the Middle. The first Ruler of the road of the Middle (added
in upper margin) they are wont to call him The (feminine) Paraplex a
Ruler being of shape of woman, with her (his, MS) hair reaching down
upon her (his, MS) feet: with fifteen arch-demons under her (his, MS)
authority ruling over many other demons: and those demons they are those
which are wont to go in unto the men, and cause them to be angry and
curse and slander. And they are those which are wont to take away the
souls by robbery, and send them through their smoke of darkness with
their evil punishments. Said she, Mariham, I shall not fail in seeking
from thee, Be not angry with me, while I am seeking after every thing.
Said Jesus, Seek [324^b] after that which thou wilt. Said she, Mariham,
My Lord, reveal to us in what manner are they wont to take away the
souls by robbery, that my brothers also should understand it (them, MS).
Said Jesus, namely, Aberamentho, Since the Father of my Father, namely,
Ieou, he is the Provider of all the Rulers with the Gods with the
powers, these which became in the matter of the Light of the Treasury.
And Zorokothora Melkhisedek he also is the Legate of all the Lights
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