Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
It happened also after these (things), Jesus added also in the word,
said he to his disciples, Then cried up unto the Light the Pistis
Sophia. It forgave her sin, because she forsook her Place, she came down
unto the darkness, she said the [69^a] sixth Repentance, saying thus, I
hymned up unto thee, O Light, in the darkness below: hear my repentance,
and let thy light take heed unto the shout of my prayer. O Light, if
thou shouldest remember my sin I shall not be able to come toward thee,
and thou wilt forsake me: because thou, O Light, art my deliverer,
because of the light of thy name. I believed thee, O Light, and my power
believed thy mystery, and also my power trusted unto the light which
becometh in the (things) of the Height, and it trusted unto him, being
in the Chaos below. Let every power which (is) in me trust unto the
Light while I am in the darkness below. And also let them trust unto
him, if they should come unto the Place of the Height: because it (is)
he who will see and redeem us, and there is a great mystery [69^b] of
deliverance in him: and he is he who will deliver all the powers out of
the Chaos, because of my transgression: because I forsook my Place, I
came down unto the Chaos. Now therefore he who whose mind is exalted,
let him understand.
It happened therefore, Jesus having finished saying these words unto his
disciples, said he to them, Understand ye that I am speaking with you in
what manner? Came forward Andreas, said he, My Lord, concerning the
explanation of the sixth repentance of the Pistis Sophia thy power of
light prophesied once by David in the hundred and twenty-ninth psalm
saying, I cried up unto thee, O Lord, in those which are deep, hear my
shout. Let thine ears give heed unto the shout of my supplication, O
Lord, if thou should give heed unto the [70^a] unlawfulness, who is he
who will be able to stand? Because the forgiveness is being from thee.
Because of thy name I had patience unto thee, O Lord. My soul had
patience unto thy word. My soul hoped in the Lord from morning even unto
evening, Let the Israel hope in the Lord from morning unto evening.
Because the mercy is being from the Lord. And there is a great
redemption with him, and he it (is) who will redeem the Israel out of
all his unlawfulness.
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