Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
Behold, having been completed his time, put it on. Come even unto us, we
all wait for thee, for us to put on thee the First Mystery with all his
glory through his own command, the First Mystery having given him to us
being two vestures for us to put on thee, beside this which we
dispatched to thee, because thou art worthy of them, since thou (art) he
who preceded us and thou becomest before us.
Because of this, therefore, the First Mystery dispatched to thee through
us the mystery of all his glory, being two vestures. (The) First indeed
being [17^b] in it all the glory of all names of all the mysteries with
all the emanations of the arrays of the Spaces of the Ineffable. And the
second clothing, being in it all the glory of all the names of all the
mysteries with all the emanations, these which become in the arrays of
the two Spaces of the First Mystery. And this vesture which we
dispatched to thee now, being in it the glory of the name of the mystery
of the Herald, namely, the First precept, and the mystery of the five
Marks, and the mystery of the great Legate of the Ineffable, namely, the
great Light and with the mystery of the five Leaders, these who are the
five Companions; and also becometh in that vesture the glory [18^a] of
the name of the mysteries of all the arrays of the emanations of the
Treasury of the Light and with their Saviours, and with the arrays of
the arrays, namely, the seven Amens, and, namely, the seven Voices and
with the five Trees, and with the three Amens and with the Twin Saviour,
namely, the child of the child, and with the mystery of the nine Guards
of the three Gates of the Treasury of the Light, and also being in it
all the glory of the name of all those who (are) on (the) Right (hand)
with all those who become in the Middle, and also being in it all the
glory of the name of the great Invisible, namely, the great Forefather,
and with the mysteries of the three Triple-powers, and with the
mysteries of all their Places, [18^b] and with the mysteries of all
their Invisibles, with all those who become in the thirteenth of the
Aeons, and with the name of the twelve Aeons and with all their Rulers,
and with all their Archangels and with all their Angels, and with all
those who become in the twelve Aeons: and all the mysteries of the names
of all those who become in the Destiny, with all the heavens, and all
the mysteries of the names of all those who become in the Sphere, and
with their firmaments, with all those who (are) in them, and with all
their Places. Behold, therefore, we dispatched to thee that vesture,
which no one knew from the First precept downwards, because that the
glory of his light [19^a] was being hid in it, and the Spheres with all
the Places (knew it not). Hasten therefore put this vesture on thee,
come even unto us because we (may) wait for thee, for us to put on thee
thy two vestures by the command of the First Mystery (Margin: these
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