Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
[328^a] The bull, they are wont to draw (back) the veils between those
of the Left with those of the Right, and (to) look out of the Height the
Zorokothora Melkhisedek, and the World is (wont to) be moved with the
mountains, and the Rulers are (wont to) be disturbed: and he is (wont
to) look out upon all the Places of the hecate, and her Places are (wont
to) be dissolved and perish; and they take away all the souls which
(are) in her punishments, and throw them (back) unto the Sphere another
time, because that they were destroyed in the fire of her punishments.
He added also, said he, The (Ruler of the) fourth array which they are
wont to call, The Assessor of the Typhon, being a strong Ruler, becoming
under his authority thirty two demons: they are those who are wont to go
into the men and cause them to lust and fornicate and commit adultery
and to become doing [328^b] the intercourse continually. The souls
therefore which will take away by robbery this Ruler, they are wont to
spend hundred thirty eight years in his Places, are tormenting them his
demons by his smoke of darkness with his evil fire, and they begin to be
wasted away and to perish. It is wont to happen therefore whenever the
Sphere should turn (round), and (should) come the little Sabaoth, the
good, he of the Middle, this whom they are wont to call, Zeus, whenever
he should come unto the ninth Aeon of the Sphere, this which they are
wont to call, The archer, and the Bubasti, this whom they are wont to
call in the World, The aphrodite and she (should) come unto the third
Aeon of the Sphere, this which they are wont to call, The twin, they are
wont to draw (back) the veils which are between those of the Left with
those of the Right, and is (wont to) look out [329^a] Zarazaz, this whom
the Rulers are wont to call in the name of a strong Ruler of their
Places, Maskelli. And he is (wont to) look upon the dwelling places of
the Assessor the Typhon, and his Places are (wont to) be dissolved and
perish: and they take away all the souls which (are) in his punishments
and throw them (back) unto the Sphere another time, because that they
were diminished by his (her, MS) smoke of darkness and by his evil fire.
Again also he added in the word, said he to his disciples, The fifth
array, of which they are wont to call its Ruler, Iakhthanabas, being a
strong Ruler, being under him many other demons: they are those who are
wont to go in unto the men, and cause them to become acceptors of
person, wronging the righteous, and they are accepting person of the
sinners, receiving gifts against [329^b] the true judgment, they are
destroying it (judgment), they are forgetting the poor with those who
are in want, they are increasing the forgetfulness in their soul with
the care in which there is not profit, that they should not remember
their life, that whenever they should come out of the body they should
take away by robbery the souls: (and those) which will take away by
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