Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

ody which appears to stray relative to the fixed
stars); see Tr 3ff.
Contemplation (95): Gk ΘΕΩΡΙΑ; here
meaning to behold one's imagery as God's own
manifested imagination (Mt 18:10, ‘Angel, Image
and Symbol’); the quote in Aristotle is: Η ΘΕΩΡΙΑ
ΤΟ ΗΔΙΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΝ, ‘Contemplation [of
the intelligible (ΝΟΗΤΟΝ) is] the most delightful
and excellent.’
Convocation (10): Gk ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ (called-
out); the assembly of those ‘called forth’ from the
world (Mt 16:18 18:1520); this had been the term
for the Athenian Assembly; Ps 22:22.
Defilement (18 64 65): Copt `w6m (C797b) =
Gk ΜΙΑΣΜΑ = Heb )m+ (tame); ritual
uncleanness (Lev 15), as opposed to
transgression of the Torah (Lev 19)— a vital
distinction; see Torah, compare Transgression in
Th Notes.
Disciple (19): Gk ΜΑΘΗΤΗΣ (learner); in Attic
Gk, used of the pupils of the philosophers and
rhetoricians, as in Plato's Protagoras 315A;
compare Apostle.
Era (70): see Aeon.
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