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they say that the passion which occurred is indicated by the apostasy through Judas, who was the twelfth of the Apostles, they say that the betrayal is shown, and that He suffered in the twelfth month; for they wish that he preached for one year after his baptism. Further, that this is most clearly shown in the case of the woman with the issue of blood; for having suffered for twelve years she was healed by the presence of the Saviour, by touching the hem of his garment, and for this reason the Saviour said, Who touched me? teaching the disciples the mystery which took place among the Aeons, and the healing of the suffering Aeon; for she who suffered twelve years was that power, whose substance, as they say, was being extended and flowing into the infinite, unless she had touched his garment, that is, the Truth of the first Tetrad, which is indicated by the hem, she would have been dissolved into her own substance; but she stopped and ceased from her passion; for the power that went out from him, and they wish this to be Horos, healed her, and separated the passion from her. And that the Saviour, who is from all, is the All, they say is shown through this saying, every male that opens the womb; who, being the All, opened the womb of the Enthymesis of the suffering Aeon, which had been cast out of the Pleroma; which indeed they also call the second Ogdoad, about which we will speak a little later. And they say that for this reason it was said openly by Paul: and he is all things; and again, all things into him, and from him are all things; and again, in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; and this, to sum up all things in Christ through God suppl. thus, they interpret to have been said, and if there are any other such things. 1.1.6 Then concerning their Horos, whom indeed they also call by several names, they declare that he has two operations, the confirmatory and the separative; and insofar as he establishes and supports, he is Stauros (Cross), but insofar as he divides and separates, he is Horos (Limit); they say that Stauros l. the Saviour thus indicated his operations; and first the confirmatory in saying: he who does not bear his cross and follow me, cannot be my disciple; and, taking up his cross, he follows me; but his separative in saying: I came not to bring peace, but a sword. And they say that John also indicated this very thing, saying: whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire; and by this he indicated the operation of Horos; for they interpret that fan to be the Cross, which indeed f. l. must also consume all material things, as fire the chaff; but to purify those who are saved, as the fan the wheat. And they say that Paul the Apostle himself also makes mention of this Cross thus: for the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God; and again: but far be it from me to glory in anything, except in the cross of Jesus, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Such things therefore they all say concerning their Pleroma, and their creation l. of the universe, forcing what has been well said to fit what has been badly invented by them; and not only from the Gospels and the apostolic writings do they try to make their proofs, perverting the interpretations, and making the explanations crafty; but also from the law and the prophets, since many parables and allegories have been spoken, and can draw the ambiguous to many things by means of explanation, some others dreadfully, more dreadfully and deceitfully adapting them to their own fiction, lead captive from the truth those who do not guard a firm faith in one God, Father almighty, and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 1.1.7 The things said by them outside the Pleroma are such as these; the Enthymesis of the Sophia above, which they also call Achamoth, having been separated from the Pleroma above with her passion, they say, in shadows and

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γεγονὸς πάθος ὑποσημαίνεσθαι λέγουσι τῆς ἀποστασίας διὰ Ἰούδαν, ὃς δωδέκατος ἦν τῶν Ἀποστόλων, γενομένης προδοσίας δείκνυσθαι λέγουσι, καὶ ὅτι τῷ δωδεκάτῳ μηνὶ ἔπαθεν· ἐνιαυτῷ γὰρ ἑνὶ βούλονται αὐτὸν μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα αὐτοῦ κεκηρυχέναι. Ἔτι τε ἐπὶ τῆς αἱμοῤῥούσης σαφέστατα τοῦτο δηλοῦσθαι· δώδεκα γὰρ ἔτη παθοῦσαν αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος παρουσίας τεθεραπεῦσθαι, ἁψαμένην τοῦ κρασπέδου αὐτοῦ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εἰρηκέναι τὸν Σωτῆρα, τίς μου ἥψατο; διδάσκοντα τοὺς μαθητὰς τὸ γεγονὸς ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι μυστήριον, καὶ τὴν ἴασιν τοῦ πεπονθότος αἰῶνος· ἡ γὰρ παθοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη, ἐκείνη ἡ δύναμις, ἐκτεινομένης αὐτῆς, καὶ εἰς ἄπειρον ῥεούσης τῆς οὐσίας, ὡς λέγουσιν, εἰ μὴ ἔψαυσε τοῦ φορήματος αὐτοῦ, τουτέστι τῆς ἀληθείας τῆς πρώτης τετράδος, ἥτις διὰ τοῦ κρασπέδου μεμήνυται, ἀνελύθη ἂν εἰς τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτῆς· ἀλλὰ ἔστη καὶ ἐπαύσατο τοῦ πάθους· ἡ γὰρ ἐξελθοῦσα δύναμις τούτου, εἶναι δὲ ταύτης ταύτην τὸν Ὅρον θέλουσιν, ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτὴν, καὶ τὸ πάθος ἐχώρισεν ἀπ' αὐτῆς. Τὸ δὲ, Σωτῆρα τὸν ἐκ πάντων ὄντα τὸ πᾶν εἶναι, διὰ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ τούτου, πᾶν ἄῤῥεν διανοῖγον μήτραν, δηλοῦσθαι λέγουσιν· ὃς τὸ πᾶν ὢν, διήνοιξε τὴν μήτραν τῆς Ἐνθυμήσεως τοῦ πεπονθότος Αἰῶνος, καὶ ἐξορισθείσης ἐκτὸς τοῦ πληρώματος· ἣν δὴ καὶ δευτέραν ὀγδοάδα καλοῦσι, περὶ ἧς μικρὸν ὕστερον ἐροῦμεν. Καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου δὲ φανερῶς διὰ τοῦτο εἰρῆσθαι λέγουσι· καὶ αὐτός ἐστι τὰ πάντα· καὶ πάλιν, πάντα εἰς αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὰ πάντα· καὶ πάλιν, ἐν αὐτῷ κατοικεῖ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος· καὶ τὸ, ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι δὲ τὰ πάντα ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ διὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ suppl. οὕτως, ἑρμηνεύουσιν εἰρῆσθαι, καὶ εἴ τινα ἄλλα τοιαῦτα. 1.1.6 Ἔπειτα περὶ τοῦ Ὅρου αὐτῶν, ὃν δὴ καὶ πλείοσιν ὀνόμασι καλοῦσι, δύο ἐνεργείας ἔχειν αὐτὸν ἀποφαινόμενοι, τὴν ἑδραστικὴν καὶ τὴν μεριστικήν· καὶ καθὰ μὲν ἑδράζει καὶ στηρίζει, Σταυρὸν εἶναι, καθὸ δὲ μερίζει καὶ διορίζει, Ὅρον· τὸν μὲν Σταυρὸν l. Σωτῆρα οὕτως λέγουσι μεμηνυκέναι τὰς ἐνεργείας αὐτοῦ· καὶ πρῶτον μὲν τὴν ἑδραστικὴν ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν· ὃς οὐ βαστάζει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ μοι, μαθητὴς ἐμὸς οὐ δύναται γενέσθαι· καὶ, ἄρας τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀκολουθεῖ μοι· τὴν δὲ διοριστικὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν· οὐκ ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην, ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν. Καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτὸ τοῦτο μεμηνυκέναι, εἰπόντα· τὸ πτύον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ διακαθαριεῖ τὴν ἅλωνα, καὶ συνάξει τὸν σῖτον εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην αὐτοῦ, τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ· καὶ διὰ τούτου τὴν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ Ὅρου μεμηνυκέναι· πτύον γὰρ ἐκεῖνον τὸν Σταυρὸν ἑρμηνεύουσιν εἶναι, ὃν δὴ f. l. δεῖ καὶ ἀναλίσκειν τὰ ὑλικὰ πάντα, ὡς ἄχυρα πῦρ· καθαίρειν δὲ τοὺς σωζομένους, ὡς τὸ πτύον τὸν σῖτον. Παῦλον δὲ τὸν Ἀπόστολον καὶ αὐτὸν ἐπιμιμνήσκεσθαι τούτου τοῦ Σταυροῦ λέγουσιν οὕτως· ὁ λόγος γὰρ ὁ τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῖς μὲν ἀπολλυμένοις μωρία ἐστὶ, τοῖς δὲ σωζομένοις ἡμῖν δύναμις Θεοῦ· καὶ πάλιν· ἐμοὶ δὲ μὴ γένοιτο ἐν μηδενὶ καυχᾶσθαι, εἰ μὴ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, δι' οὗ ἐμοὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωται, κᾀγὼ τῷ κόσμῳ. Τοιαῦτα μὲν οὖν περὶ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτῶν, καὶ τοῦ πλάσματος πάντες l. τοῦ πάντος λέγουσιν, ἐφαρ μόζειν βιαζόμενοι τὰ καλῶς εἰρημένα τοῖς κακῶς ἐπινενοημένοις ὑπ' αὐτῶν· καὶ οὐ μόνον ἐκ τῶν εὐαγγελικῶν καὶ τῶν ἀποστολικῶν πειρῶνται τὰς ἀποδείξεις ποιεῖσθαι, παρατρέποντες τὰς ἑρμηνείας, καὶ ῥᾳδιουργοῦντες τὰς ἐξηγήσεις· ἀλλὰ, καὶ ἐκ νόμου καὶ προφητῶν, ἅτε πολλῶν παραβολῶν καὶ ἀλληγοριῶν εἰρημένων, καὶ εἰς πολλὰ ἕλκειν δυναμένων τὸ ἀμφίβολον διὰ τῆς ἐξηγήσεως, ἕτεροι δὲ δεινῶς, δεινοτέρως τῷ πλάσματι αὐτῶν καὶ δολίως ἐφαρμόζοντες, αἰχμαλωτίζουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας τοὺς μὴ ἑδραίαν τὴν πίστιν εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν πατέρα παντοκράτορα, καὶ εἰς ἕνα κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ διαφυλάσσοντας. 1.1.7 Τὰ δὲ ἐκτὸς τοῦ πληρώματος λεγόμενα ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἐστι τοιαῦτα· τὴν Ἐνθύμησιν τῆς ἄνω Σοφίας, ἣν καὶ Ἀχαμὼθ καλοῦσιν, ἀφορισθεῖσαν τοῦ ἄνω πληρώματος σὺν τῷ πάθει λέγουσιν, ἐν σκιαῖς καὶ