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Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

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his Spirit rejoices, glorifying him in<br />

whom they exist He is good, and his<br />

Sons and Daughters are perfect and<br />

worthy <strong>of</strong> his Name. For it is children <strong>of</strong><br />

this kind that he the Father desires.<br />

Notes to <strong>Truth</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> translation <strong>of</strong> the Gospel <strong>of</strong> <strong>Truth</strong> is<br />

concordant with that <strong>of</strong> <strong>Thomas</strong> and <strong>Philip</strong>, and<br />

therefore words discussed in the notes there are<br />

not duplicated here. <strong>The</strong> Coptic text is online:<br />

www.metalog.org/files/truth.html. A preliminary<br />

version <strong>of</strong> another extraordinary text from the Nag<br />

Hammadi library, perhaps by Valentine:<br />

www.metalog.org/files/supremacy.html.<br />

Notes.<br />

Acquaintanship (4): see Recognition in Th<br />

Count (32): this refers to the ancient<br />

technique <strong>of</strong> finger-calculation, whereby numbers<br />

1→99 were counted on the left hand but from 100<br />

upward on the right hand; the number 100 itself<br />

was formed by touching the right forefinger-tip to<br />

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