Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
Light; and they hated me because I loved thee. Let the darkness come
upon the Self-willed, and let remain at his right (hand) the Ruler of
the Darkness which (is) outer: and in thy giving judgment unto him
[95^a] take away his power from him: and the work which he thought unto
himself to take away my light from me, thou shalt take away his own from
him: and let fail all his powers of his lights which (are) in him. And
let another take his greatness among the three Triple-powered: Let
become lightless all the powers of his emanations, and (let) his matter
become having not light in it. Let his emanations remain in the Chaos,
and (let) them not allow them to go unto their Place: let their light
fail which (is) in them, and allow them not to go up unto the thirteenth
Aeon their Place. Let [95^b] the Receiver, the purifier of the lights,
purify all the lights which become in the Self-willed, and let him take
them from him (them?). Let them lay hold upon his emanations, the Rulers
of the Darkness below; and let not any (one) accept him in his Place,
and let not any obey the power of his emanations in the Chaos: let them
take away the light which is in his emanations and (let) them blot out
their name in the thirteenth Aeon, and his own also (let) them take away
his name out of that Place for ever: and the power of face of lion let
them bring upon it the sin of him who emanated it in presence of the
Light, and (let) them not blot out the unlawfulness of the matter which
he sent out, (the Self-willed); [96^a] and their sin altogether shall
become in presence of the Light for ever; and (let) them not allow them
to see out; and (let) them take away their name from every Place.
Because that they spared me not, and they oppressed her (his, MS) whose
light they took away with her (his MS.) power. And furthermore those in
whom they planted me they wished to take away all my light from me: they
loved to come down unto the Chaos; they shall become in it, and they
shall not bring them up from this hour. They wished not the place of
dwelling of the Place of the righteousness, and they shall not receive
them unto it from this hour. He clothed him(self) with the darkness as
clothing, and it went into his belly as water, and it went into all his
powers as oil. [96^b] Let him wrap him(self) up in the Chaos as in a
garment, and (let) him bind him(self) with the darkness as with a girdle
of leather at every time. These (things) are happening to those who
brought these upon me because of the light, and those who said, Let us
take away all her power. But, thou, O Light, have compassion on me
because of the mystery of thy name; and save me in the kindness of thy
mercy: because that they took away my light with my power, and my power
was shaken within me, and I was not able to stand in their midst. I was
as matter which fell; they cast me unto this part and that, as a demon
being in the air. My power perished, because I have not mystery; and my
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