The Gospel of the Egyptians (Codex IV Witness)

This is a parallel Coptic manuscript witness to the primary Codex III version.

The Gospel of the Egyptians (Codex IV Witness)

The holy book of the Egyptians about the great invisible Spirit, the Father whose name cannot be uttered, he who came forth from the heights of the perfection, the light of the light of the aeons of light, the light of the silence of the providence and the Father of the silence, the light of the word and the truth, the light of the incorruptions, the infinite light, the radiance from the aeons of light of the unrevealable, unmarked, ageless, unproclaimable Father, the aeon of the aeons, Autogenes, self-begotten, self-producing, alien, the really true aeon.

Three powers came forth from him; they are the Father, the Mother, and the Son, from the living silence, what came forth from the incorruptible Father. These came forth from the silence of the unknown Father.

From that place, Domedon Doxomedon came forth, the aeon of the aeons and the light of each one of their powers. And thus the Son came forth fourth; the Mother fifth; the Father sixth. He was [...] but unheralded; it is he who is unmarked among all the powers, the glories, and the incorruptions.

From that place, the three powers came forth, the three ogdoads that the Father brings forth in silence with his providence, from his bosom, that is, the Father, the Mother, and the Son.

The first ogdoad, because of which the thrice-male child came forth, which is the thought, and the word, and the incorruption, and the eternal life, the will, the mind, and the foreknowledge, the androgynous Father.

The second ogdoad-power, the Mother, the virginal Barbelon, epititioch[...]ai, memeneaimen[...], who presides over the heaven, karb[...], the uninterpretable power, the ineffable Mother. She originated from herself [...]; she came forth; she agreed with the Father of the silent silence.

The third ogdoad-power, the Son of the silent silence, and the crown of the silent silence, and the glory of the Father, and the virtue of the Mother, he brings forth from the bosom the seven powers of the great light of the seven voices. And the word is their completion.

These are the three powers, the three ogdoads that the Father, through his providence, brought forth from his bosom. He brought them forth at that place.

Domedon Doxomedon came forth, the aeon of the aeons, and the throne which is in him, and the powers which surround him, the glories and the incorruptions. The Father of the great light who came forth from the silence, he is the great Doxomedon-aeon, in which the thrice-male child rests.

A hidden, invisible mystery came forth, the seven vowels, 22 times each.

And in this way, the three powers gave praise to the great, invisible, unnameable, virginal, uncallable Spirit, and his male virgin. They asked for a power. A silence of living silence came forth, namely glories and incorruptions in the aeons, myriads added on, the three males, the three male offspring, the male races, filled the great Doxomedon-aeon with the power of the word of the whole pleroma.

Then the thrice-male child of the great Christ, whom the great invisible Spirit had anointed, he whose power was called Ainon, gave praise to the great invisible Spirit and his male virgin Yoel, and the silence of silent silence, and the greatness that is ineffable. The thrice-male child brought praise, and asked for a power from the great, invisible, virginal Spirit.

Then there appeared at that place the male virgin Youel, and then the child of the child, Esephech, appeared.

And thus he was completed, namely, the Father, the Mother, the Son, the five seals, the unconquerable power which is the great Christ of all the incorruptible ones.

Then the great self-begotten living Word came forth, the true god, the unborn physis, the son of the great Christ, who came forth from the great invisible and incorruptible Spirit.

The great Logos, the divine Autogenes, and the incorruptible man Adamas gave praise, and they asked for a power and eternal strength for the Autogenes, for the completion of the four aeons.

And thus there came forth from above the power of the great light, the Manifestation. She gave birth to the four great lights: Harmozel, Oroiael, Davithe, Eleleth, and the great incorruptible Seth, the son of the incorruptible man Adamas.

And the Father nodded approval; the whole pleroma of the lights was well pleased. Their consorts came forth for the completion of the ogdoad of the divine Autogenes: the Grace of the first light Harmozel, the Perception of the second light Oroiael, the Understanding of the third light Davithe, the Prudence of the fourth light Eleleth.

And the Father nodded approval; the whole pleroma of the lights was well pleased. The ministers came forth, and the consorts of these came forth by the will of the good pleasure of the Father. Thus were the five ogdoads completed, a total of forty, as an uninterpretable power.

Then the great Seth, the son of the incorruptible man Adamas, gave praise to the great, invisible, uncallable, unnameable, virginal Spirit, and the male virgin, and the thrice-male child, and asked for his seed.

Then there came forth from that place the great power of the great light Plesithea, the mother of the angels, the mother of the lights, the glorious mother, the virgin with the four breasts. Then the great Seth rejoiced about the gift which was granted him by the incorruptible child.

After five thousand years, the great light Eleleth spoke: "Let someone reign over the chaos and Hades."

Then the great Seth saw the activity of the devil, and his many guises, and his schemes, which will come upon his incorruptible, immovable race.

Then the great Seth gave praise to the great, uncallable, virginal Spirit, and the male virgin Barbelon, and the thrice-male child Telmael Telmael Heli Heli Machar Machar Seth, the power which really truly lives.

Then there appeared to them the great attendant Yesseus Mazareus Yessedekeus, the living water, and the great leaders, James the great and Theopemptos and Isaouel, and they who preside over the spring of truth.

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This is the book which the great Seth wrote, and placed in high mountains on which the sun has not risen, nor is it possible that it should do so. The great Seth wrote this book with letters in one hundred and thirty years.

The Gospel of the Egyptians. The God-written, holy, secret book. Grace, understanding, perception, and prudence be with him who has written it. Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, Ichthus. God-written is the holy book of the great, invisible Spirit. Amen.

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