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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woman mate with each other, except themselves only. For<br />
marriage in the world is a sacrament for those who have taken a<br />
spouse. If the marriage <strong>of</strong> impurity (!) is hidden, how much more is<br />
the Immaculate Marriage a true sacrament! (Ph 64 73) It is not<br />
carnal but rather pure, it is not lustful but rather compassionate,<br />
it is not <strong>of</strong> the darkness or the night but rather <strong>of</strong> the day <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Light. A marriage which is exhibited becomes adultery¹; <strong>and</strong> the<br />
bride has committed adultery¹ not only if she receives the sperm<br />
<strong>of</strong> another man, but even if she escapes from the bedroom° <strong>and</strong> is<br />
seen. She may only display herself to her father <strong>and</strong> her mother<br />
<strong>and</strong> the friend <strong>of</strong> the bridegroom (Jn 3:29) <strong>and</strong> the sons <strong>of</strong> the<br />
bridegroom. To these it is given to enter daily into the bridal-<br />
chamber. Yet as for the others, let them be made to yearn even to<br />
hear her voice <strong>and</strong> to enjoy (her) fragrance, <strong>and</strong> let them feed like<br />
the dogs from the crumbs that fall from (the) table. (Those) being<br />
from the Bridegroom within the Bride belong in the Bridal-<br />
Chamber. No one will be able to behold the Bridegroom with the<br />
Bride unless he becomes this. (=Mk 7:27-28!; ¹lit. prostitution°/ prostituted)<br />
132. When Abraham° had [rejoiced] at seeing what he was to see,<br />
he circumcised the flesh <strong>of</strong> the foreskin— showing us that it is<br />
appropriate to renounce the flesh [which pertains to] this world.<br />
(anti-Gnostic; Gen 17:9-14, Dt 10:6, Jn 8:56, Th 53)<br />
133. [... As long as] the entrails <strong>of</strong> the person are enclosed, the<br />
person lives. If his entrails are exposed (<strong>and</strong>¹) he is disemboweled,<br />
the person will die. So also with the tree: it naturally sprouts <strong>and</strong><br />
thrives while its root is covered, (but¹) if its root is exposed the<br />
tree withers.² Thus it is with everything begotten in the world, not<br />
only with the manifest but also with the covert. For as long as the<br />
root <strong>of</strong> evil is hidden, it is strong; yet if it is recognized it is<br />
destroyed (<strong>and</strong>¹) when it is exposed it perishes. This is why the<br />
Logos (John the Baptist!) says ‘Already the ax has reached the<br />
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