Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
Added also Jesus in the word, said he, Added also the Pistis Sophia she
hymned in a second Repentance saying thus, O Light of the Lights I
believed thee, leave me not in the darkness even unto the completion of
my time, help me and deliver me through thy mysteries. Incline thine ear
unto me and deliver me. Let the power of thy light deliver me and take
me away unto the Aeons which are on high; because thou art he who will
deliver me and take me unto the Height [53^b] of thy Aeons. Deliver me,
O Light from this power of face of lion, and from the emanations of the
Self-willed of the Gods. Because thou, O Light, art he whose light I
believed, and whose light I trusted indeed from at first. And I believed
him from the hour (in) which he emanated me, and thou indeed art he who
caused them to emanate me, and I myself, I believed thy light from at
first. And having believed thee, were not mocking me the Rulers of the
Ages saying, She ceased from her mystery? Thou (art) he who will deliver
me, and thou art my Saviour, and thou art my mystery, O Light. My mouth
was full of glory, that I should say the mystery of thy [54^a] greatness
at every time. Now therefore, O Light, leave me not in the Chaos for the
completion of all my time. Leave me not behind thee O Light, because
they took away all my power of light in me, and surrounded me all the
emanations of the Self-willed. They wished to take away all my light in
me for ever, and they watched my power, saying to one another at once,
that the light forsook me, Lay hold on her and, let us take away all the
light which is in her. Because of this therefore, O Light, cease not
from me: turn thee, O Light, and deliver me from the unmerciful (ones).
Let them fall and be powerless, these who wish to take away my power.
Let them wrap them up in the darkness, and become in [54^b]
powerlessness, these who wish to take away my power of light in me. This
therefore is the second Repentance which said the Pistis Sophia hymning
up unto the Light.
It happened therefore, Jesus having finished saying these words unto his
disciples, said he, Understand ye in what manner I am speaking with you.
Sprang up Petros, said he to Jesus, My Lord, we are not able to bear
with this woman, saying instead of us; and she let not any of us speak,
but she is speaking many times.
Answered Jesus, said he to his disciples, He in whom the power of his
spirit will bubble up in him to cause him to understand that which I
say, let him come forward and speak. [55^a] Nevertheless therefore, thou
Petros I see thy power in thee understanding the explanation of the
mystery of the repentance, which said the Pistis Sophia. Now therefore
thou Petros, say the meaning of her repentance in the midst of thy
brothers.
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