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Pistis Sophia · 160 of 160 · tr. George Horner

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Otherwise we did sin, we also, our Lord and our Light.... ( Seven lines vacant ) [355 ] the righteous (one). They came out (by) three (and) three unto the four regions of the heaven, they preached the evangel of the Kingdom in all the world, the Christ working with them in the word of the strengthening and the signs which follow them and the wonders. And thus they knew the kingdom of the God in all the earth and in all the world of the Israel, unto witness to all the nations, these who become from the places of rising to place of setting: (two lines of ornament, two lines erasure, and two more lines of ornament.) 201
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Divine Lighttheology

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

The passage explicitly names 'our Lord and our Light' as a central reference point for the group.

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Gnosis Direct Knowledgesoteriology

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

The text emphasizes knowing the kingdom of God and the Christ working in signs and wonders as a means of revelation.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The divine is addressed directly as 'our Lord' and described as active through the Christ.

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Numerical Mysticismtheology

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

The passage references specific numerical groupings such as 'three (and) three' and 'four regions of the heaven'.

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