Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Apocryphon of John (II, 1) 4.1-10

"...For the [perfection] is majestic.
He is pure, immeasurable [mind].
He is an aeon-giving aeon.
He is [life]-
giving life. He is a blessedness-giving
blessed one. He is knowledge-giving
knowledge. [He is] goodness-giving
goodness. [He is] mercy and redemption-[giving mercy].
He is grace-giving grace, [not] because
he possesses it, but because he gives [the] immeasurable,
incomprehensible [light]."