Epistle of the Apostles

Secret Sayings   Jackson Snyder

In 1895, 15 leaves of this Coptic text were found in Cairo. Later, fragments in Latin were discovered in Vienna. Previous to this time, the Epistle was completely unknown. Scholars have dated the work to the first half of the second century.

Joseph and Mary sent Jesus to school so that he might learn to read Greek. The teacher told him to "say, Alpha." "First, tell me what Beta is," was his answer.

To Jesus' place of burial came three women, Sarah, Martha, and Mary Magdalene. They brought ointment to anoint the body and were crying, for they found the tomb open, and the body gone. The Lord appeared and said, "For whom are you weeping? Do not weep; I am the one you are looking for. One of you must go to our brethren with the news, that the Master has risen from the dead."

Mary came to us and told us, and we said, "What have we to do with you, woman? He that is dead and buried, can he live?" She went back to our Lord and told him that "None of them believed me." He said to her, "Let someone else go and tell them again." 

Sarah came with the same news; we called her a liar. She then reported back to our Lord. Then the Lord said to Mary and her sisters, "Let's go to them."

Veiled he came and found us inside. He appeared to us as a ghost. We doubted him and did not believe. He said to us, "Come closer; do not be afraid. I am the same teacher you, Peter, denied three times. Do you now deny a fourth? Why are you doubting, unbelieving? Am not I he who spoke to you concerning my body, death, and resurrection? So that you will know for sure that it is I, Peter, put your finger in the nail print of my hand; you, Thomas, in my side; and you, Andrew, see whether my footstep leaves a print on the ground." (It is written by the prophet that a ghost or demon leaves no footprint on the ground.)

We felt him and knew that he had truly risen from the dead. We fell to the ground in repentance and he said to us, "Stand and I will reveal to you what is on earth and above heaven, and the resurrection to the Kingdom of Heaven for you and those who believe in me.

"In passing through the heavens, sojourning from the Father of all, I put on the wisdom of the Father, and clothed myself with his power. I passed angels and archangels as though I was one of them. I passed orders, dominions and princes, and saw them through my Father's wisdom. I was followed closely by the archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel through to the fifth level of Heaven. This is the kind of power I received from the Father! With the voice of the Father's wisdom, I bid the archangels to go up and complete their service at the altar of the Father. I had become their all in all, since I had the mercy and perfected glory of him who sent me, and since I was returning to him.

"You know about how the angel Gabriel brought the message to Mary?" We said, "Yes, O Lord." He continued, "It was I who appeared to Mary in the form of the archangel, and I spoke with her. Her heart received what I told her. She believed. She laughed! Then the Logos went into her and became flesh. I was my own servant in an angel's image. I will return to this image when I go to my Father."

"When you celebrate the Passover and remember my death, one of you will be thrown into prison for my name's sake. This one will be very sorrowful, for he will not be able to celebrate with you. But I will send my power in the form of an angel. The prison door will open wide and he will come to you to hold vigil with you and to rest. When the cock crows and you finish my Agape feast, he will again be thrown into the prison for a testimony, until he comes out to preach as I commanded."

We said to him, "Have you not completed the drinking of the Passover? Must we do it over and over again?" He said to us, "Remember me until I come from the Father. You will know me by my wounds."

We said, "In what kind of power or form will you return?" He answered, "I will burst forth like the sun, shining seven times brighter, while the clouds carry me on their splendorous wings and the cross goes on before. Then I will judge the living and the dead."

We said, "How many years?" He said, "My Father will come in 150 years, between Passover and Pentecost." 

We asked, "Once you said, 'I will come.' Now you say, 'he who sent me will come.' Who will come?" He answered, "I am totally in the Father, and he is in me."

We asked, "Will you really leave us? Where will we find a teacher?" He answered, "I am both here and there, as is the one who sent me." 

We continued, "Is it possible for you to be here and there?" He said, "I am totally in the Father and the Father is in me after his image, his form, his power, his perfection and his light. I am his perfect Logos. As you witness redemption through me you will see the wonders of his image and the manifestations of his perfection. Look now, a new commandment I give you, that you love one another, obey each other, and allow peace to rule. Love your enemies and do not do to others what you do not want done to yourselves."

"Preach and teach this new commandment to those who believe in me, and preach about the Kingdom of my Father. I have the power so that you may to bring the children of the heavenly Father near. Just preach, and they will believe. It is your duty to lead his children to Heaven."

We said, "We know that you have the power to do this, but what of us?" He said to us, "Truly I say, preach and teach, and I will be with you, that you may become joint heirs with me of the Kingdom of Heaven. Truly, you will be my brothers and sisters, my companions, for my Father delights in you and in those who will believe in me through you. Truly I say, such a great joy has been prepared for you that angels and powers desire to see it, but they will not be allowed to see the greatness of my Father.

"You will see a light brighter and more perfect than perfection. For the Son is perfected through the perfect Father, the Light, through whose power I conquered death by resurrection; the second accomplishment surpassing the first. I am totally at the right hand of the Father - I have brought it to pass!"

The twelve said, "You, O Lord, have become salvation and life to us in all things. Do you speak to us of such hope?" He said to us, "Have confidence; have courage. Truly I say, such a great rest will be yours. You will no longer need to eat, drink, mourn, care, or sing; and you won't have to worry about what you will wear, neither earthly garment nor perishing. You will no longer take part in the doings of creation below, but will belong to the incorruptibility of my Father and you will never perish. As I am in the Father, so also will you be in me."

We said again, "In what form? In some flesh or in spirit like an angel?" He answered us, "I have put on your flesh, the same in which I was born, died, and was buried; the same in which I rose again through my heavenly Father, that the prophesy of David might be fulfilled concerning my death and resurrection: 

Lord, how numerous have they become that oppress me; many have risen up against me. Many say to my soul, He has no salvation by his God. But you, O Lord, are my refuge, my glory, and he who lifts up my head. With my voice I cried to God, and he heard me from the mount of his sanctuary. I laid down and fell asleep; and I rose up, for God raised me up. I was not afraid of thousands of people who surrounded me and rose up against me. Arise, O Lord my God, and save me. For you have smitten all who show me enmity without cause; and you have shattered the teeth of sinners. Deliverance is of God, and your blessing upon your people.

All that was said by the prophets was performed and has taken place and is completed in me, for I spoke in them; how much more will what I have told you really happen, so that he who sent me may be glorified by you and by those who believe in me."

Afterward, we said to him, "Lord, you have shown yourself merciful to us in all things, and saved us. You have patiently explained everything that we asked. Permit us to continue, we pray." He said, "I know that you are listening and long to listen. Ask me what you wish. Look! As long as you meditate on what you hear, I will speak to you.

"Truly I say to you, as the Father awakened me from the dead you shall also rise up above the heavens to the place that I have told you about from the beginning. He who sent me has prepared it for you. For this reason I have perfected all mercy. For without carnal relations I was born into the family of mankind. Without flesh before, I put it on and endured manhood so that you who were born might be reborn and experience resurrection of your body. You and all who hope and believe in the one who sent me will have garments that will not perish. My Father has found pleasure in you; to whomever I desire I will bestow the blessed hope of the Kingdom."

We said, "Your message is very great; you give us hope!" He said, "Believe that everything I tell you will happen, and it will!" We confessed, "Yes, O Lord!" He said, "Truly I tell you that I have received all power from my Father so that I might bring those in darkness to the light and those in corruptibility into incorruptibility and those in error into righteousness and those in death into life so that those in captivity may be loosed. What is impossible on the part of humanity is possible on the part of the Father. I am the hope of the hopeless, the helper of those who have no helper, the treasure of those in need, the physician of the sick, and the resurrection of the dead."

We said to him, "Lord, will the flesh be judged with the soul and spirit? Will one rest in heaven and the other be punished forever?" He said to us, "How long will you continue to ask questions?" Then we continued, "Lord, since you have commanded us to preach, prophesy and teach, it is necessary that we hear and understand accurately."

He told us, "Truly I say, the body will rise with the soul and spirit." And we said to him, "Lord, how can what is dead and scattered come alive? We do not ask as though we deny what you are telling us; we believe what you say will happen!" He became angry and said, "You of little faith, how long will you question me? Keep my commandments. Do what I tell you without delay; hesitate not out of respect for persons. Serve in the straight, direct and narrow way. Thereby in every respect the Father will rejoice about you."

We said again to him, "Lord, look: we anger you with so many questions!" He said to us, "I know that you question me from your faith, and sincerely with your whole heart. So your questions make me glad. Truly I tell you that I am well pleased, and my Father within me rejoices at your questions. The boldness in which you speak makes me rejoice, and affords you life." 

When he had said this, we too were glad, for he had spoken out of gentleness.

Then he asked us a question: "Does the flesh or the spirit fall away?" We answered him, "The flesh." He said, "Now, what has fallen away will arise, what is ill will be sound, so that my Father might be praised. He has proven this to me. So I prove it to you and all who believe in me. 

"Truly, the body and soul will rise alive together so that, as one, they may confess the works they have done and be judged by them. They will be selected and exhibited before those who have believed and done the commandments of my Father who sent me. Afterwards, the judgment of the righteous will take place - such is the will of my Father. He said to me, 'Son, on judgment day you will not fear the rich nor spare the poor. Deliver each one to eternal punishment according to his transgressions.' But to those who have loved me and fulfilled my commandments, I will give rest and life in the kingdom of my heavenly Father. Behold the power he has granted me and delivered to me! That I might give what I want to whom I want, those in whom hope has been awakened.

"For this reason I descended to speak with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and to your fathers the prophets, bringing them the news that they may arise from their rest below and ascend into heaven. I have given them the right hand of fellowship, the baptism of life, and full forgiveness and pardon for their wickedness, just as I have given you and will give those who believe in me from now on. However, the one who has only a head knowledge of me will find that it will do that one no good at the judgment, if he has not fulfilled my commandments. He has run his course in vain! His end is already determined: ruin and painful punishment, for though he may believe in my name, he transgressed my commandment! To you I have given the opportunity to be children of the light in God, thus pure of wickedness and exempt from the consequences of judgment. So goes it for those who will believe through you, that all who believe shall be rescued from the chains, spears and terrible fire!"

We said, "You have made us rejoice in our security in every respect. In faithfulness and truthfulness you have preached to our fathers and the prophets, to us and to all." He said to us, "Truly I say to you, I will cause all believers, present and future, to rise to heaven, the place where my Father has prepared for the elect and the most elect. He will give rest as he has promised, and eternal life! But those who have transgressed my commandment by teaching a substitution, subtracting from and adding to my commandments for their own glory, alienating my rightful believers -- they will have no part in the life that is eternal."

We said, "Will there exist another teaching and grievance?"  He replied, "The wicked ones will manifest, just as those who fulfill what is good and beautiful. Then a righteous judgment will take place. These wicked ones will be judged according to the works they have done and how they have acted; they will be delivered to ruin!"

We said then, "We are very blessed, for we see and hear you speak personally, and we behold first-hand mighty deeds you do." He answered, "But more blessed than you are the ones who do not hear or see me, yet believe in me, for they will be called Children of the Kingdom and Perfect in the Perfect One. To these I will become eternal life in the Kingdom of my Father."

We said again, "You have told us, 'There is coming a time and an hour when I will go to my Father.' Lord, we wonder how we can possibly believe that you will leave us!" He answered only, "Go and preach to the twelve tribes of Israel and to the Gentiles, in the East and West, to the North and South in Israel!  Many will believe in the Son of God."

We said, "Lord, who will listen to us? Who will believe us? How can we teach, tell, and do the wonders, signs, and mighty deeds you have done?" He said, "Go and preach my Father's mercy. What my Father has accomplished through me he will also accomplish through you. I will give you my peace, my spirit, my power, so that they might believe. I will transmit this same power to them, so that they might transmit it to the Gentiles. 

"Behold; you will meet a man named Saul (interpreted 'Paul'). He is a Jew, circumcised according to the Law. With fear, trembling, and terror he will hear my voice from Heaven. His eyes will be blinded; you will cross them with your spittle. His eyes will be opened, and he will praise God, my heavenly Father. He will become well known among the nations by his preaching and teaching. Yet he will be hated by many and delivered to his enemies. He will testify before mortal kings. He will complete my testimony.  Even though at first he persecuted and hated me, he will be converted, then preach and teach. He will be among my very elect: a chosen vessel, a wall that will not fall. The last of the last will become a preacher to the Gentiles, perfect in the will of my Father. 

"As you have learned from the prophets of scripture, so you must become leaders. Every word that I have spoken to you and you have written down about me (that I am the Logos-Word of the Father and the Father is in me), you must become to that man Saul, as it befits you. Teach him and show him what the scriptures have said about me and how they have been fulfilled in me, then he will become the salvation of the Gentiles."

We said, "Have we the same hope of inheritance as the prophets?" He answered, "Are all the fingers of your hand alike? Is each ear of corn the same as the next? Do trees grow the same fruit? Doesn't the fruit grow from the tree according to its nature?" 

"Lord," we said, "are you again speaking in parables?" He said, "Do not be grieved. Truly I say to you, you are my brothers and companions in the Kingdom of Heaven with my Father, for so it has pleased him. Truly I say this to you and the ones who you will teach to be believers in me: this hope is yours."

We said again, "When will we meet that Saul and when will you go to your Father, our God and Lord?" He answered us, "Saul will set out from Cilicia bound for Damascus in Syria to tear down the congregation which you will gather together. I will speak through you, and he will come quickly. He will act according to his faith that the prophesy might be fulfilled which says,

Behold, out of Syria I will call a new Jerusalem, and will subdue Zion and it will be fruitful and will be called the daughter of my Father, but I will call it my bride; for so has it pleased him who has sent me.

But I will turn him aside so that he might not complete an evil plan! Yet the glory of my Father will shine through him, for after I have gone away, I will speak to him from Heaven; then my predictions about him will come true."

We said to him, "Lord, you have preached such meaningful things to us, and have revealed great secrets never before spoken of. In every way you have comforted us and been gracious. For after your resurrection, you confided in us that we really might be saved. You have told us about the signs and wonders in heaven and earth that would happen before the end of the world. Teach us how to recognize these signs." He told us, "I will show you not only what will become of you, but also of those who will believe because of your teaching. In those days and years this will happen...." 

He said nothing. 

We encouraged him, "Lord, tell us what will happen." "All flesh, believers and unbelievers alike, will behold a trumpet in the heavens, great stars in the sky during the day, a dragon suspended between heaven and earth, and fiery stars and hailstone dropping fire. The sun and moon will fight each other in the midst of frightening thunder, lightening and earthquakes. Cities will fall down and people will be killed by the rubble, the rain will fail and there will be continuous drought, famines will cause both quick and prolonged death. So many will die that there will not be enough graves to hold them. When a child and a relative lies on the bed together, on will be taken and one left. Natural affection will die - caregivers will abandon children, children will turn from their parents, and neighbors will ignore each others' needs. Everything is hatred and affliction and jealousy, and they will take from one and give to another. But what comes after this will be worse! For then my Father will be angry because humankind's wickedness. Their offenses are many. The horror of their impurity is corrupting their lives."

We said, "Lord, what about those who hope in you?" He answered, "How long will you be slow of heart? Truly I say to you, as the prophet David spoke concerning me and mine, so will it be for those who will believe in me. There will be many deceivers in the world - enemies of righteousness - who are described by David who said,

Their feet are quick to shed blood, their tongues weave deceit, the venom of serpents in under their lips. 

I see you as you ponder theft, casting in your lot with fornicators, slandering your brothers and setting traps for the sons of your own mother. What do you think of that? Should I be like you? See how the prophet of God has spoken about these ones, that his words might be fulfilled."

We said then, "Lord, won't the gentiles ask us, 'Where is your God?'" He said, "The elect will be revealed, since they will depart the world after being afflicted by such distress."

We said to him, "Will they exit this world through plague?" He said, "No. But if they suffer, it will be but a test for them to determine whether they have faith, remember my words, and keep my commandment. They will rise up after a few days, so that the one who sent me might be glorified, and I might be glorified. For he has sent me to tell you these things. So you may tell all Israel and the gentiles that they may be saved from the distress of plague that I describe by believing in me. But whoever escapes the distress of death will be kept in prison and tortured as a thief is tortured."

We asked, "Are those who have escaped the plague like unbelievers, and will you punish them as you say?" He said to us, "These ones I am speaking of have believed in my name, but they have lived like sinners. Though they believe, they act as if they did not." 

Again we asked, "Lord, have they who have escaped have no life, then?" He said, "Whoever has lived to glorify my Father, he is in the dwelling of my Father."

Then we asked, "Teach us what will happen after this." He replied, "In those years and days there will be war upon war. The four corners of the world will be shaken - they will wage war with one another! Then will come a disturbance in the clouds heralding darkness and drought, with persecution of both believers and the elect. These people will succumb to dissension and conflicts, then will sin against one another. Among them are those who believe in my name, but teach vain doctrine and practice evil. Many will follow them because they have riches. They will submit to their riches, their depravity, alcoholism, and bribery. Respect of Persons will rule them.

"Those who want to see the face of God, who do not give undue respect to the sinful rich, and do not fear false teachers, rather, who reprove them, will be crowned in the realm of the Father: Those who reprove their neighbors will be saved as well, for one who does this is a son of wisdom and faith. But one who does not become a son of wisdom hates, persecutes and ignores his brother, despising him and casting him off. But those who walk in truth and faith-knowledge in me and have the knowledge of wisdom and perseverance for righteousness' sake have a great reward. Those who are reviled, tormented, persecuted, who hunger and thirst because they have persevered.  Blessed will they be in Heaven, where they will always dwell with me. Woe to those who despise them! Their end is destruction!"

We said to him, "Will all this really happen?" He countered with a question, "How will the judgment of righteousness take place for sinners and righteous?" We said, "At that time, will they say to you, 'You have separated darkness from light, evil from good, but have allowed us choice between sin and righteousness?'" He said, "Adam was given the power to choose which of the two he wanted; so he stretched his hand out and chose light, and left the darkness behind. Everyone is given the ability to believe in the light. This is the life of the Father. Whoever has chosen light and believed in me will live. If anyone merely acknowledges light but does what is of darkness, not only will he have no defense, but he will not even be able to look the Son in the face. I will say to him, 'You took the effort to seek, and you have found. You have asked and you have received. So you cannot blame us, can you? Why did you abandon me and my Kingdom? Why have you known me and denied me?' So each one must be prepared to live as well as to die! Whoever keeps my commandment will be a son of light. For the faithful I came from Heaven. The Word became flesh and died. The Word came teaching and guiding: some will be saved, but the other will be ruined for eternity, punished both in flesh and spirit by fire."

Then we confessed, "We are truly disturbed on account of these, Lord." He said, "You do well; so should the righteous be anxious for the fate of sinners. The former naturally pray, imploring God on behalf of the latter." We said, "Does anyone entreat you on the behalf of sinners?" He said, "Yes. I do hear the requests of the righteous about them." 

We said to him, "You have stimulated our thinking with all these teachings, and have been gracious to us; and we will preach your doctrine to whom it is fitting. So, ... will we be rewarded?" He said to us, "Just go and preach. Be good ministers and servants." 

"Lord, you are our father," we said! He said, "Are all fathers? Are all servants? Are all teachers?" We said, "Didn't you say, 'Call no man on earth father and master, for your father and teacher is in Heaven?' Now you tell us that we should become fathers, teachers, and servants to many children like you." He said, "You have spoken rightly. Truly I say to you that all that have listened to you and believe will receive the light of the seal in my hand. Yes, through me you will become fathers and teachers." 

We said, "How is it possible for these three to become one?" He answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, you will be called fathers because, through your compassion and lust for life, you will be able to reveal to people that they can receive the baptism of life and forgiveness of sin by my hand from Heaven. Teachers, for you have taught them my word without anguish, and have warned them to turn away from things you have warned them about. You did not revere the resources of the rich, nor esteem them because of their position; rather, you kept the commandment of the Father. Thus you have a reward with my heavenly Father, and those whom you father will have forgiveness of sins, eternal life, and a share in the Kingdom."

We said, "Lord, if they had ten thousand mouths they would still be unable to give you fitting thanks." He said, "I will tell you something to help equip you to do for others what I have done for you: Be as the wise virgins who did not sleep, but lit their lights and went to meet the Lord, who was the bridegroom, to go with him into the bridegroom's chamber. But the foolish virgins were full of talk, and were not able to stay awake." We said to him, "Who are the wise, and who are the foolish?" He said, "The wise virgins are the prophet daughters of God." But we were sad and cried for the virgins who slumbered and were shut out. He said, "The five wise virgins are Faith, Love, Joy, Peace, and Hope. Believers that possess the five wise virgins will become leaders of the faithful. For I am the Lord, the Bridegroom. The ones that have received me have gone into the house of the bridegroom with me, laid themselves down with the bridegroom, and rejoiced! But the five foolish virgins slept. When they awoke, they went to the bridegroom's house and knocked at the doors (which had been closed to them). So they cried, because they were shut out."

We said to him, "Lord, their wiser sisters are in the house. Why don't they open to them? Aren't they sorrowful on their account?" He said, "Yes, they sorrow and have great concern. They plead with the bridegroom on their sisters' behalves, yet are not granted their request." 

We said, "When will they go infor their sisters' sakes?" He said, "Whoever is shut out remains shut out." 

We said, "Lord, is this the last word on the matter?" No reply.

We continued, "Who then are the foolish virgins?" He said, "Listen up. Insight, Knowledge, Obedience, Endurance, Mercy: these have slept within those who have believed in me. So since those who fell asleep didn't obey my commandment, they will be outside the Kingdom and without the shepherd's fold. Whoever remains outside the fold will become a wolf's meal. And although someone merely hears my words, she still may be judged and die after much suffering, discomfort, and long endurance. Though she is in great pain, cut into pieces, smitten with long, painful punishments, yet she will not die quickly."

We said, "Lord, you have answered our questions well." He said to us, "Understand! Grasp these words!" 

We said, "Five expect to enter your Kingdom; five are outside. Yet the five within the bridegroom's chamber who were watchful will not rejoice because of their sisters who slept." He said, "But they will rejoice that they have entered with the Lord, yet will be grieved for their sisters. See, these daughters of Elohim number ten." 

We said, "Lord, it suits your greatness that you demonstrate your grace toward their sisters." He said to us, "This scenario is not of you, but it is his who sent me; moreover, I agree with him.

"But as you go along, preach and teach truly and rightly. Do not respect anybody for who they have become in the world, especially the rich and revelers in riches - those who do not keep my commandment." 

We said to him, "Lord, do you speak only of the rich?" He said to us, "I speak of those who are not rich, also. The one who gives of what he has to another who has not will be called a doer of the Word, and not a hearer only. 

"If someone should fall under the weight of his burden, that is, if he should sin against his neighbor, that neighbor should admonish him. After doing so, if he should repent, he will be saved. The neighbor who has been wronged will obtain eternal life. But if one encourages another in sins, such will be judged very strictly. If the blind leads the blind, both will fall into the ditch! Even so, both unrighteous encourager and the sinner will be sentenced with the same punishment, as the prophet said, 'Woe to those who counsel a sinner for the sake of a bribe, whose god is their belly.' You see how judgment is? Truly I say to you, on the day of judgment I will not fear the rich nor have pity on the poor.

"So if you see someone in sin with your own eyes, correct that one in private. If he listens to you, you have won him to correction. If he does not, then approach him with one or two others, then you may correct your brother. If even then he doesn't listen, as far as you are concerned, he is a gentile and a tax collector. If you hear talk about another, do not believe it, spread it, or love listening to it - it is to be considered slander. It is written, 'Let your ear listen to nothing against your brother, but if you have seen, then censure, correct, and convert him.'"

Then we said, "Lord, you have taught and exhorted us in everything! But shall we always expect dissension, dispute, envy, confusion, hatred, and distress among the believers of what is preached in your name? For you have said, 'They have not regarded each other well, but found fault.' Is it sin to hate the one who has corrected you?" He answered, "Why do you suppose that the judgment will take place at all? So that the wheat may be gathered to the barn and the chaff thrown into the fire. So will burn those who hate. But the one who loves me and finds fault with those who don't keep my commandments will be hated and persecuted; all will despise and mock that one! He will be lied about so as to create a conspiracy against the one who loves me. But the rebuke of the righteous may become the salvation of the sinner, though, because of the bad feeling involved, good may be prevented from being done. Those who have endured such hatred and spite will be considered as martyrs by the Father, because they were righteously zealous about righteousness. Furthermore, such exhortation and conviction will soon be expedient." 

We said, "Tell us how?" He said to us, "Another teaching will appear that will bring conflict with it. Such teachers of it are motivated by vainglory; their teaching are such an offense as to warrant death to the believer in them, since they will nullify my commandment deceptively, even to the extent that those who believe in me will lose eternal life! But woe to those who use my word and commandment as a pretext for gain, and woe to those who listen but turn away from the teaching of life! Both teacher and disciple will be eternally punished!"

As he brought our discourse to a close, he said, "Look here. After three days and three hours the one who sent me will come so that I may go with him." As he spoke, there came thunder, lightning, and an earthquake. The skies divided, and a bright cloud descended and took him away. We heard the voices of many angels as one rejoicing and praising with these words: "Assemble us, O priest, in the light of glory!" When the Lord was ascending and approaching the blueness, we heard him say, "Go in peace." 

The Odes of Shalomé (The Odes of Solomon)

Shalomé of the Cross was the daughter of Mary and sister of Yahshua of Nazareth. She is mentioned several times in the New Testament Scriptures as a witness to the crucifixion. The Egyptian Scriptures portray her as a person much more important than a mere onlooker. In them, she is a fervent disciple who harbors and nurtures her brother as she learns the Way of the True Worshipper. To this same Shalomé tradition has attributed forty-one songs composed in the Aramaic language of the holy family. Her spiritual insight has much in common with that of the Beloved Disciple and the Teacher of Righteousness. Yet Shalomé has more to offer than a religious comparison of darkness and light. Her songs comprise a young woman’s unique and often mystical vision of the ‘divine feminine,’ love both mundane and ethereal, and hope that reaches far beyond the boundaries of earth and sky.

The Authentic Peter: The Preaching of Simeon Kefa from the Journal of T. Flavius Clemens (Clement)

THE AUTHENTIC PETER: Ever wonder why Simon Peter only got a couple short letters in our Scriptures? Wouldn’t someone have recorded Peter’s AUTHENTIC acts and preaching? Of course his preaching was recorded! By Clement, an affluent Gentile convert, at the command of James the Just. So why would the Church Fathers bury the preaching of their first pope since Clement was their second pope? Because Peter's teachings are HEBRAIC. This volume is one-of-a-kind, containing teachings on many subjects, including deliverance, healing, true worship, and lost doctrines. We dispensed with churchy language in restored the original Hebraic names and titles of people, places and concepts - and a full GLOSSARY.