Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

Torah° was the tree. It has (the)
capability in itself to bestow the
knowledge of good and evil. It neither
cured him of the evil nor preserved him
in the good, but rather it caused those
who had ingested it to die. For death
originated because of its saying: Eat
this, but do not eat (that)! (Th 113, Gen
2:1617; ¹Isak Dinesen, ‘Sorrow Acre’, Winter’s
Tales: ‘The Garden of Eden, newly created; from
every tree of which ... thou, my Adam, mayest
freely eat.’)
101. The Chrism is made lord over the
Baptism. (Mt 3:11) For from the Chrism
we are called Christic(s, and¹) not
because of the Baptism. And (he) was
called the Christ because of the Chrism.
For the Father anointed the Son, yet
the Son anointed the Apostles, yet the
Apostles anointed us. (Lk 4:18, Jn 20:21-22,
Ac 6:5-6!!) He who has been anointed has
the totality— he has the resurrection,
the light, the cross,² the Sacred Spirit.
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