Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

they were not truly wise. Then after
them all there also approached the
little children, those who are
acquaintanted with the Father. Having
been confirmed, they learned of the
face-forms° of the Father.¹ They
recognized, they were recognized; they
were glorified, they glorified. Revealed
in their heart was the living book of
life, this which is inscribed in the
thought and mind of the Father and
which has been within his
incomprehensibility since before the
foundation of the totality. No one can
take this (book) away, because it was
appointed for him who would take it
and be slain.² (Isa 5:21, Mt 18:10; ¹Ps 17:15,
Clement of Alexandria, Stromata V.6: ‘The Son is
said to be the Father's face, being the revealer of
the Father's character to the five senses by
clothing Himself with flesh’; ²anti-Gnostic)
9. No one of those who trusted in
salvation could have become manifest
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