Gospels of Thomas and Philip and Truth - Syriac Christian Church
Gospels of Thomas and Philip and Truth - Syriac Christian Church
Gospels of Thomas and Philip and Truth - Syriac Christian Church
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77. Yeshua says: I-Am the Light who is above them all, I-Am the<br />
All°. All came forth from me <strong>and</strong> all return to me. Cleave wood,¹<br />
there am I. Lift up the stone <strong>and</strong> there you shall find me.<br />
(¹asyndeton; Jn 8:12, Th 30 note; Lao Tzu, Tao Teh Ching 16: ‘All things flourish, but<br />
each one returns to its root,... the eternal Tao’; <strong>and</strong> Victor Hugo, Les Misérables: ‘All<br />
comes from light, <strong>and</strong> all returns to it.’)<br />
78. Yeshua says: Why did you come out to the wilderness— to see<br />
a reed shaken by the wind? And to see a person dressed in plush<br />
garments? [Behold, your] rulers <strong>and</strong> your dignitaries are those<br />
who are clad in plush garments, <strong>and</strong> they shall not be able to<br />
recognize the truth. (=Mt 11:7-8)<br />
79. A woman from the multitude says to him: Blest is the womb<br />
which bore thee, <strong>and</strong> the breasts which nursed thee! || He says to<br />
[her]: Blest are those who have heard the meaning° <strong>of</strong> the Father<br />
<strong>and</strong> have kept it in truth. For there shall be days when you will<br />
say: Blest is the womb which has not conceived <strong>and</strong> the breasts<br />
which have not nursed. (Lk 1:42 =11:27-28 23:29)<br />
80. Yeshua says: Whoever has recognized the world has found<br />
the body— <strong>and</strong> whoever has found the body, <strong>of</strong> him the world is<br />
not worthy. (Th 56)<br />
81. Yeshua says: Let whoever is enriched become sovereign, <strong>and</strong><br />
let whoever has power renounce it. (thus sovereign without power: a<br />
veritable Zen koan!)<br />
82. Yeshua says: Whoever is close to me is close to the fire, <strong>and</strong><br />
whoever is far from me is far from the Sovereignty. (quoted by<br />
Origen, Homily on Jeremiah XX.3)<br />
83. Yeshua says: The images are manifest to mankind, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Light which is within them is hidden. (Th 19) He shall reveal himself<br />
in the imagery <strong>of</strong> the Light <strong>of</strong> the Father— <strong>and</strong> (yet) his image is<br />
concealed by his Light. (Victor Hugo, Les Misérables: ‘God is behind all things,<br />
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