For [? Jesus, the Fruit of the Æons] became a Body of Light, He crossed
the Æons of the Indivisible [Body] until He came to the Alone-begotten
who is in the Monad and who dwells in Peace and Solitude. He received
the Grace of the Alone-begotten--that is to say, His Christhood or His
Perfecting. Also He received the Eternal Crown. He is the Father of
all Light-Sparks, the chief of all Immortal bodies, and this is He for
whose sake resurrection is given to the body (25).
But besides the Indivisible Queen and besides her Ennead without
seal-mark, in which is found all seal-marks, there are three other
Enneads, of which each emanates nine Enneads. In the first of these is
revealed a Basket round which three Fathers are gathered: an Infinite
Father, an Ineffable Father, and an Uncontainable Father. In the
middle of the second Ennead is a Basket, and three Fathers are there:
an Invisible Father, an Ingenerable Father, and an Unshakable Father.
In the third Ennead is also revealed a Basket which encloses three
Paternities: a Solitary Father, an Unknown Father, and a Triple-Powered
Father. It is through these that the Universe has known God. They ran
towards Him and have engendered an innumerable multitude of æons, and
in each Ennead they offered myriads and myriads of praises.
In each of these Enneads there is a Monad, and in each Monad a Space
called "Incorruptible": that is to say, "Holy ground." There is a
Fount in the ground of each of these Monads, and myriads and myriads of
Powers who have received on their heads a crown of the Crown of the
Triple-Power. In the middle of these Enneads and of these Monads is an
immeasurable Deep towards which all the Universe looks, those that are
internal as well as those that are external, having above it twelve
Paternities, each surrounded by thirty Powers.
The First Paternity is a face of the Infinite One, and thirty infinite
powers surround him.
The Second paternity is a face of the Invisible One and thirty
invisible powers surround him.
The Third paternity is a face of the Uncontainable One, and thirty
uncontainable powers surround him.
The Fourth paternity is a face of the Invincible One and thirty
invincible powers surround him.
The Fifth Paternity is a face of the All-powerful One and thirty
1ll-powerful powers surround him.
The Sixth paternity is a face of the All-Wise One and thirty all-wise
powers surround him.
The Seventh paternity is a face of the Unknown One and thirty unknown
powers surround him.
The Eighth paternity is a face of the Solitary One and thirty solitary
powers surround him.
The Ninth paternity is a face of the Ingenerable One, and thirty
ingenerable powers surround him.
The Tenth paternity is a face of the Unshakable One and thirty
unshakable powers surround him.
The Eleventh Paternity is a face of the Universal Mystery, and thirty
universal mysteries surround him.
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