Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

Godhead, but because of a tragic fall it is thrown
into a world that is completely alien to its real
being. Through revelation from above, man
becomes conscious of his origin, essence, and
transcedent destiny. Gnostic revelation is to be
distinguished ... from Christian revelation, because
it is not rooted in history and transmitted by
Scripture. It is rather the intuition of the mystery of
the self. The world, produced from evil matter and
possessed by evil demons, cannot be a creation of
a good God; it is mostly conceived of as an
illusion, or an abortion.’
Proof of the Second Premise:
• Thomas 5 (Gk): ‘nothing that has been buried
shall not be raised’ (τεθαµµενον ο ουκ
εγερθησεται)
• Th 12: ‘for whose sake the sky and earth have
come to be’ (paei n-ta.t.pe mn- p.ka6 4wpe
etbht.3-)
• Th 22a: ‘the inside as the outside and the
outside as the inside’ (p.sa n.6oun n-.qe m-.p.sa
n.bol auw p.sa n.bol n-.qe m-.p.sa n.6oun)
• Th 22b: ‘a hand in the place of a hand and a
foot in the place of a foot’ (ou.2i` e.p.ma
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