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Gospel of Thomas · 48 of 114 · tr. Thomas O. Lambdin

Logion 48

Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move Away,' and it will move away."
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Themes
Cosmic Sympathycosmology

The Stoic and Plotinian doctrine that all parts of the cosmos are bound by hidden affinities, so that a movement in one part resonates through the whole; the metaphysical basis for astrology, magic, and divination.

Internal harmony is shown to exert direct influence on external material reality through hidden cosmic affinities.

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Divine Marriagesoteriology

The reunification of complementary divine principles (male-female, spirit-matter) as a symbol of wholeness and salvation.

[auto] In the context of Thomasine literature, 'two making peace' often alludes to the reunification of male and female principles.

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Gnosis Direct Knowledgesoteriology

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

[auto] Authority over nature is contingent on an internal state of peace rather than external ritual or faith.

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Kingdom Withinanthropology

The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.

[auto] The phrase 'in this one house' implies an interior locus of divine power accessible through internal unity.

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Microcosm Macrocosmcosmology

The human being as a small-scale image of the entire cosmos; the body, soul, and intellect mirroring the structure of the heavens and the divine — distinct from correspondence in that it makes the human the privileged mirror.

The passage demonstrates the human interior state possessing authority over the external cosmic order.

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Mystical Unionsoteriology

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

[auto] Making peace between two entities within one house suggests a merging or union that grants spiritual authority.

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Opposites Transcendedanthropology

The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.

[auto] The reconciliation of 'two' into peace signifies the dissolution of duality as a prerequisite for power.

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Unity Of Beingtheology

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

[auto] The passage emphasizes the power derived from two entities becoming one in peace within a single house.

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