![]() ![]() It looks to every side and sees itself from itself. “And he has a semblance of his own – not like what you have seen and received, but a strange semblance that surpasses all things and is better than the universe. He has no human form for whoever has human form is the creation of another). Since no one rules over him, he has no name for whoever has a name is the creation of another.” He is unbegotten, having no beginning for everyone who has a beginning has an end. Now he is eternal, having no birth for everyone who has birth will perish. No principle knew him, no authority, no subjection, nor any creature from the foundation of the world until now, except he alone, and anyone to whom he wants to make revelation through him who is from First Light. The Savior said: “He Who Is is ineffable. Matthew said to him: “Lord, no one can find the truth except through you. But to you it is given to know and whoever is worthy of knowledge will receive (it), whoever has not been begotten by the sowing of unclean rubbing but by First Who Was Sent, for he is an immortal in the midst of mortal men.” For whatever is from itself is a polluted life it is self-made. But I, who came from Infinite Light, I am here – for I know him (Light) – that I might speak to you about the precise nature of the truth. Again, of the three voices I have just mentioned, none is close to the truth, and (they are) from man. Others, that it is providence (that directs it). For some of them say about the world that it is directed by itself. For it is said that the ordering is directed in three ways, by all the philosophers, (and) hence they do not agree. But their speculation has not reached the truth. Now the wisest among them have speculated from the ordering of the world and (its) movement. The Savior said to them: “I want you to know that all men are born on earth from the foundation of the world until now, being dust, while they have inquired about God, who he is and what he is like, have not found him. Philip said: “For the underlying reality of the universe and the plan.” The Savior laughed and said to them: “What are you thinking about? Are you perplexed? What are you searching for?” ![]() No mortal flesh could endure it, but only pure, perfect flesh, like that which he taught us about on the mountain called “Of the Olives” in Galilee.Īnd he said: “Peace be to you, My peace I give you!” And they all marveled and were afraid. And his likeness resembles a great angel of light. When they gathered together and were perplexed about the underlying reality of the universe and the plan, and the holy providence, and the power of the authorities, and about everything the Savior is doing with them in the secret of the holy plan, the Savior appeared – not in his previous form, but in the invisible spirit. The perfect saviour hath said: "Come (you) from things unseen unto the end of those that are seen, and the very emanation of Thought shall reveal unto you how faith in they which are unseen was found in them which are seen, they that belong to the Unbegotten Father.After he rose from the dead, his twelve disciples and seven women continued to be his followers, and went to Galilee onto the mountain called “Divination and Joy”. Highly mystical, the content of this text concerns creation of gods, angels, and the universe with an emphasis on infinite and metaphysical truth. Most scholars argue that the text is of Gnostic origin, based on the similarities between the mystical teachings found in the text itself and standard Gnostic themes. Others argue that they are, in fact, considerably later, and constitute an unreliable secondary source (at best post factum hearsay). The debate about dating is critical, since some argue that it reflects the "true, recorded, sayings" of Jesus, which is possible if they were to be dated as far back as the 1st century. The text has strong similarities to the Epistle of Eugnostos, which is also found in the Nag Hammadi codices, but with a Christian framing added, and expanding it somewhat. However, these are complemented by a few fragments in Greek dating from the 200s, indicating an earlier date for the contents. AD 400, and the Nag-Hammadi manuscript has been dated to the 300s. The Berlin-Codex manuscript (as opposed to its contents) probably dates to c. More famously, the Sophia of Jesus Christ is also among the many Gnostic tractates in the Nag Hammadi codices, discovered in Egypt in 1945. The Sophia of Jesus Christ is a Gnostic text that was first discovered in the Berlin Codex (a Codex purchased in Cairo in 1896 and given to the Berlin Museum which also contains the Gospel of Mary, the Apocryphon of John, and a summary of the Act of Peter). ![]()
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