Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

20:24, Jn 5:19) But his volition
is unfathomable. (Isa 40:13) His volition
is his signet, and no one can determine
it nor anticipate it in order to control it.
But whenever he wills, what he wills
exists— even if the sight does not
please them. They are nothing before
the face of God and the volition of the
Father. For he knows the beginning and
the finality of them all— at their end he
shall question them face-to-face. Yet
the finality is to receive acquaintance
with ThisOne who was hidden.¹ Now
this is the Father— this-one from whom
the beginning came forth, this-one to
whom all these shall return who came
forth from him. (Th 77) Yet they have
been manifest for the glory and joy of
his Name. (¹Ps 11:7 17:15; Clement of
Alexandria, Stromata V.6: ‘Having become Son
and Friend, [the Disciple] is now replenished with
insatiable contemplation face to face.’)
45. Now the Name of the Father is the
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