Essenes Gospel and its falsification Dez 18

elements from the Doctrine of the Essene Prophet. Although
they made concessions to the term "temple," it is clear that
this concept, despite their approach, does not reflect the true
meaning. At the beginning the term "temple" is exchanged
with “town” or “camp”. Towards the end, the authors of the
Silvanus teachings “lean far out of the window,” yet retains
in the metaphor of the temple the need to keep the body
pure.
The true debauchery referred to the dependence of the soul
upon worldly values, i.e. not only to sexual excesses. It consists
of the so-called three nets of Belials: the search for
treasures, gluttony and drunkenness as well as sexual excesses.
These are the “lovers with whom the soul practices fornication.”
The authors of the document, citing Paul, accept the concept
of debauchery only as a sexual excess in confirming the precepts
of the Doctrine of Grace.
In doing so, the falsifiers intended to make certain that in
connection with feelings of sexual desire, people would
recongnize that it is almost impossible to control these desires,
which in the words of Jesus, equate to no less than
adultery. Therefore, the potential Christian, accepting the
teaching of grace, feels confirmed in his belief that it is impossible
to obey the Divine Commandments. The falsifiers,
however, concealed from the outset that through physical
rebirth and the attainment of original purity, true love for his
neighbour suppresses these desires as well as subconscious
fears, etc. It appears that the plagiarists also knew the difference
between the pit and the grave. However, they deliberately
referred to these concepts wrongly. They applied many
synonyms (such as the Holy Spirit, Christ, etc.), resulting in
confusion.
136