Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
Said to him Jesus, Well (done), Andreas, the happy, this is the
explanation of her repentance. Amen amen I say to you, I shall fill you
with all the mysteries of the Light and with all knowledge, from the
inward part of the inward parts, even unto the outward part of the
outward parts, from the Ineffable even unto the darkness of the
darknesses, [70^b] and from the Light of Lights unto the matter (haab)
of the matter, from all the Gods even unto the Demons, from all the
Lords even unto the Dekans, from all the Authorities even unto the
Ministers, from the fashioning of the men unto that of the wild-beasts
with the beasts with the creeping things: because they shall call you
the perfect (ones) who are completed with every Pleroma. Amen, amen I
say to you, The Place in which I shall become in the kingdom of my
Father ye also shall become there with me. And if should be fulfilled
the perfect number for the Confusion to be dissolved, I shall command
that they shall bring all the tyrant Gods these who gave not the
purification of their light. And I shall command the discerning fire
(wise fire), [71^a] this which are wont the perfect (ones) to pass
across, for it to eat into those Tyrants, until they give (up) the
remainder (last) of the purification of their light.
It happened therefore, Jesus having finished saying these words unto his
disciples, said he to them, Ye understand in what manner I am speaking
with you?
Said Maria: Yea, O Lord, I understood the word which thou sayest.
Concerning the word therefore which thou saidst, In the dissolving of
all the Confusion thou wilt sit upon a power of light, and thy
disciples, namely we, (will) sit on right of thee, and thou (wilt) give
judgment upon the tyrant Gods, these who gave not the purification of
their light. And the discerning fire will eat after them until they give
the remainder (last) of light which is in them. [71^b] Because of this
word therefore thy power of light prophesied once by David, saying in
the four-twentieth with one psalm, God will sit in the assembly of the
gods and (will) give judgment unto the gods. Said he to her Jesus, Well
(done) Maria.
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