NHC VII, 2 — The Second Discourse of the Great Seth — sourceblocks 51–55
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Nag Hammadi Library — 14 author-dedicated Zinner/Mattison English texts
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Conclusion However, I, Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, superior to the heavens, have granted these things to you, O perfect and unpolluted ones, because of the perfect, unspeakable mystery that is unpolluted. They, however, imagine that we ordained all of this before the foundation of the world, in order that when we come out from the places of the world, there we will be able to bestow the symbols of indestructibility from the spiritual harmony with [70] knowledge. You know this not because of the fleshly cloud overshadowing you. Rather, I am the only one who is the friend of Sophia, abiding…
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- Nag Hammadi Library — 14 author-dedicated Zinner/Mattison English texts
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- eng
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- 14 complete supplied author-dedicated English Nag Hammadi translations: NHC VII, 2 The Second Discourse of the Great Seth; NHC VII, 3 The Apocalypse of Peter; NHC VII, 4 The Teachings of Silvanus; NHC VIII, 1 Zostrianos; NHC IX, 1 Melchizedek; NHC IX, 2 The Thought of Norea; NHC IX, 3 The Testimony of Truth; NHC X Marsanes; NHC XI, 1 The Interpretation of Knowledge; NHC XI, 2 A Valentinian Exposition and Liturgical Readings; NHC XI, 3 The Stranger; NHC XI, 4 Hypsiphrone; NHC XII, 1 The Sentences of Sextus; NHC XIII, 1 Three Forms of Primal Thought. Each manuscript identifier is its own Reader chapter. All supplied translation words, lacunae, sigla and headings retained; separate Notes/marketing excluded. Prior eight-text anthology and four-witness pair remain public unchanged. This is not every text of the Nag Hammadi Library, no Coptic original or newly generated HSLT claim.
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Recorded provenance: 14 complete supplied author-dedicated English Nag Hammadi translations: NHC VII, 2 The Second Discourse of the Great Seth; NHC VII, 3 The Apocalypse of Peter; NHC VII, 4 The Teachings of Silvanus; NHC VIII, 1 Zostrianos; NHC IX, 1 Melchizedek; NHC IX, 2 The Thought of Norea; NHC IX, 3 The Testimony of Truth; NHC X Marsanes; NHC XI, 1 The Interpretation of Knowledge; NHC XI, 2 A Valentinian Exposition and Liturgical Readings; NHC XI, 3 The Stranger; NHC XI, 4 Hypsiphrone; NHC XII, 1 The Sentences of Sextus; NHC XIII, 1 Three Forms of Primal Thought. Each manuscript identifier is its own Reader chapter. All supplied translation words, lacunae, sigla and headings retained; separate Notes/marketing excluded. Prior eight-text anthology and four-witness pair remain public unchanged. This is not every text of the Nag Hammadi Library, no Coptic original or newly generated HSLT claim.
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