Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

aeon had prevailed they would not
have been able to come unto the
Father, who retains within himself their
fulfillment and bestows it upon them as
a return to himself with a recognition
which is single in perfection. It is he
who ordained the totality, and the
totality is within him² and the totality
had need of him. It is like a person with
whom some have been unacquainted,
yet who desires that they recognize
and love him. For what did they all lack
except acquaintance with the Father?
(Jn 14:9; ¹cp. Mk 15:10!, Th 77; ²Ph 21)
8. Thus he became a reposeful and
leisurely guide in the place of
instruction. The Logos came to the
midst° and spoke as their appointed
teacher. There approached those who
considered themselves wise, putting
him to the test— yet he shamed them in
their vanity. They hated him because
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