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Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

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separated shall be mated (and) [the<br />

empty] shall be filled. (Th 40) Everyone<br />

who [enters] the Bedroom shall be born<br />

in the Light. For they [were not<br />

begotten] in the manner <strong>of</strong> the<br />

marriages which we [do not] see,<br />

(which) are enacted by night, the fire<br />

(<strong>of</strong> which) [flares] in the dark (and then)<br />

is extinguished. Yet rather the<br />

Sacraments <strong>of</strong> this Marriage are<br />

consummated in the day and the light.<br />

Neither that day nor its light ever sets.<br />

(multiple asyndeta; Ph 73 131, Tr 33)<br />

143. If someone becomes (a) Son <strong>of</strong><br />

the Bridal-Chamber, he shall receive<br />

the Light. If one does not receive it<br />

in these places, he will not be able to<br />

obtain it in the other place. He who has<br />

received that Light shall not be seen,<br />

nor shall they be able to seize him; nor<br />

shall anyone be able to disturb this one<br />

<strong>of</strong> this nature, even if he socializes in<br />

187

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