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Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

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visible must grow beyond itself, extend into the<br />

realm <strong>of</strong> the invisible.’)<br />

136. Yet the mysteries <strong>of</strong> the truth are<br />

revealed, composed in symbolic<br />

imagery. (Ph 72) But the Bedroom is<br />

hidden — it is the Saint within the<br />

Holiness. (Ph 82 83)<br />

137. <strong>The</strong> veil (<strong>of</strong> the Temple) indeed at<br />

first concealed how God governs the<br />

creation. Yet (once) the veil was torn<br />

and the things within were revealed,<br />

then this house was to be forsaken<br />

(and¹) desolate, yet moreover to be<br />

destroyed. Yet the entire Divinity was<br />

to depart from these places not within<br />

the holies <strong>of</strong> the holies, for it was not<br />

(there) able to unite with the Light nor<br />

unite with the flawless fullness. But<br />

rather it was to be under the wings <strong>of</strong><br />

the cross² [and in] its arms. (¹asyndeton;<br />

²anti-Gnostic; Ex 26:31-34, Mt 27:51 23:38 24:2,<br />

Ph 84; this entry must be dated after 70 AD)<br />

184

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