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ACTS OF THOMAS : M. M. NINAN ______________________________________________________ whose proud light they have received, and are enlightened by the sight of their lord; whose immortal food they have received, that hath no failing (excrementum, Syr.), and have drunk of the wine that give them neither thirst nor desire. And they have glorified and praised with the living spirit, the Father of truth and the mother of wisdom.” ”One who resides in the mansions of light” Wwisdom Pro 8:30 then I was beside him, like a master workman 18
ACTS OF THOMAS : M. M. NINAN ______________________________________________________ Most scholars see here Gnostic tendencies. The song starts with God as light. The text here used is a translation from a Greek version. In the later Syriac version, these Gnostic references are suppressed. For example, the last phrase: "the Living Spirit, the Father of Truth and Mother of Wisdom" becomes “the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” However, this may be pressing the matter too far. God as light is not essentially Gnostic. Even today, the Eastern Church Quarbana service starts with the adoration of “God who lives in the temple of light” according to the St.James liturgy. The depiction of Holy Spirit as Mother of Wisdom is clearly depicted in the Proverbs as a co-creator of the Universe. While Gnostics do emphasize these aspects, it is not the distinctive aspect of Gnosticism. We cannot really accuse Bardasenes the heresy of Gnosticism based on these references. 8 And when he had sung and ended this song, all that were there present gazed upon him; and he kept silence, and they saw that his likeness was changed, but that which was spoken by him they understood not, forasmuch as he was a Hebrew and that which he spoke was said in the Hebrew tongue. But the flute-girl alone heard all of it, for she was by race an Hebrew and she went away from him and played to the rest, but for the most part she gazed and looked upon him, for she loved him well, as a man of her own nation; moreover he was comely to look upon beyond all that were there. And when the flute-girl had played to them all and ended, she sat down over against him, gazing, and looking earnestly upon him. But he looked upon no man at all; neither took heed of any but only kept his eyes looking toward the ground, waiting the time when he might depart thence. But the cup-bearer that had buffeted him went down to the well to draw water; and there chanced to be a lion there, and it slew him and left him Lying in that place, having torn his limbs in pieces, and forthwith dogs seized his members, and among them one black dog holding his right hand in his mouth bare it into the place of the banquet. 9 And all when they saw it were amazed and inquired which of them it was that was missing. And when it became manifest that it was the hand of the cup-bearer which had smitten the Apostle, the flutegirl brake her flute and cast it away and went and sat down at the Apostle's feet, saying: “This is either a god or an Apostle of God, for I heard him say in the Hebrew tongue: ' I shall now see the hand that hath smitten me dragged by dogs', which thing ye also have now beheld; for as he said, so hath it come about.” And some believed her, and some not. <strong>Thomas</strong> in the Bridal Chamber But when the king heard of it, he came and said to the Apostle: Rise up and come with me, and pray for my daughter: for she is mine only begotten, and to-day I give her in marriage. But the Apostle was not 19
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