Besorah Philippos — 2. Life, Death, Light, and Darkness

Work ID: 6a9d6c656f7fbbdc98e6d9a1 · Chapter ID: 6a9d6c65cb7d97685d959e7a · Canonical title: Besorah Philippos

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The world is compared to winter and the coming age to summer: seed is sown now for a later harvest.

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The Anointed comes to acquire strangers, save captives, redeem others, and reclaim what had been pledged.

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Good and evil, light and darkness, right and left are described as paired realities within the present order rather than final absolutes.

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Everything belonging to the present world dissolves back toward its root, while what has been raised above the world is described as indissoluble.

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