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Whatever then you wish, ask about the tower, and I will reveal it to you, that you may rejoice with the saints. I say to her: Lady, since you have once deemed me worthy to have everything revealed to me, reveal it. And she says to me: Whatever it is possible to be revealed to you, will be revealed. Only let your heart be toward God, and do not doubt what you may see. I asked her: Why is the tower built upon the waters, lady? I told you, she says, before, and you seek diligently; seeking then, you find the truth. Why then the tower is built upon waters, listen: because your life was saved and will be saved through water. And the tower is founded by the word of the almighty and glorious name, and is held up by the unseen power of the Master. Answering I say to her: Lady, this matter is great and wonderful. And the six young men who are building, who are they, lady? These are the holy angels of God who were first created, to whom the Lord delivered all his creation, to increase and to build and to rule all creation. Through these, then, the building of the tower will be completed. And the others who are bringing the stones, who are they? They also are holy angels of God; but these six are superior to them. Therefore the building of the tower will be completed, and all together will rejoice around the tower and will glorify God, because the building of the tower was completed. I asked her, saying: Lady, I wished to know the origin of the stones and their power, of what sort it is. Answering she says to me: Not that you are more worthy than all that it should be revealed to you; for there are others before you and better than you, to whom these visions ought to have been revealed; but that the name of God may be glorified, it was revealed and will be revealed to you on account of the double-minded, those who reason in their hearts whether these things are so or not. Tell them that all these things are true, and there is nothing outside of the truth, but all things are strong and sure and well-founded. Hear now about the stones that are going into the building. The stones, then, that are square and white and that fit their joints, these are the apostles and bishops and teachers and deacons who walked according to the holiness of God and served as bishops and taught and ministered purely and holily to the elect of God, some of whom have fallen asleep, and some are still living; and they were always in agreement with one another and had peace among themselves and listened to one another; for this reason in the building of the tower their joints fit together. And those being dragged from the deep and being placed into the building and fitting in their joints with the other stones already built, who are they? These are they who have suffered for the sake of the name of the Lord. The other stones being brought from the dry land, I wish to know who they are, lady. She said: Those going into the building and not being quarried, these the Lord has approved, because they walked in the uprightness of the Lord and kept his commandments. And those being brought and placed into the building, who are they? They are young in the faith and faithful. And they are admonished by the angels to do good, because no wickedness was found in them. And those whom they cast away and were throwing, who are they? These are they who have sinned and wish to repent; for this reason they were not thrown far outside the tower, because they will be useful for the building, if they repent. those therefore who are about to repent, if they repent

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ὃ ἂν οὖν θελήσῃς ἐπερώτα περὶ τοῦ πύργου, καὶ ἀποκαλύψω σοι, ἵνα χαρῇς μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων. λέγω αὐτῇ· Κυρία, ἐπεὶ ἅπαξ ἄξιόν με ἡγήσω τοῦ πάντα μοι ἀποκαλύψαι, ἀποκάλυψον. ἡ δὲ λέγει μοι· Ὃ ἐὰν ἐνδέχηταί σοι ἀποκαλυφθῆναι, ἀποκαλυφθήσεται. μόνον ἡ καρδία σου πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἤτω καὶ μὴ διψυχήσεις ὃ ἂν ἴδῃς. ἐπηρώτησα αὐτήν· ∆ιατί ὁ πύργος ἐπὶ ὑδάτων ᾠκοδόμηται, κυρία; Eἶπά σοι, φησίν, καὶ τὸ πρότερον, καὶ ἐκζητεῖς ἐπιμελῶς· ἐκζητῶν οὖν εὑρίσκεις τὴν ἀλήθειαν. διατί οὖν ἐπὶ ὑδά των ᾠκοδόμηται ὁ πύργος, ἄκουε· ὅτι ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν διὰ ὕδατος ἐσώθη καὶ σωθήσεται. τεθεμελίωται δὲ ὁ πύργος τῷ ·»ματι τοῦ παντοκράτορος καὶ ἐνδόξου ὀνόματος, κρατεῖται δὲ ὑπὸ τῆς ἀοράτου δυνάμεως τοῦ δεσπότου. Ἀποκριθεὶς λέγω αὐτῇ· Κυρία, μεγάλως καὶ θαυμαστῶς ἔχει τὸ πρᾶγ μα τοῦτο. οἱ δὲ νεανίσκοι οἱ ἓξ οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες τίνες εἰσίν, κυρία; Oὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἅγιοι ἄγγελοι τοῦ θεοῦ οἱ πρῶτοι κτισθέντες, οἷς παρέδωκεν ὁ κύ ριος πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν αὐτοῦ, αὔξειν καὶ οἰκοδομεῖν καὶ δεσπόζειν τῆς κτί σεως πάσης. διὰ τούτων οὖν τελεσθήσεται ἡ οἰκοδομὴ τοῦ πύργου. Oἱ δὲ ἕτεροι οἱ παραφέροντες τοὺς λίθους τίνες εἰσίν; Καὶ αὐτοὶ ἅγιοι ἄγγε λοι τοῦ θεοῦ· οὗτοι δὲ οἱ ἓξ ὑπερέχοντες αὐτούς εἰσιν. συντελεσθήσεται οὖν ἡ οἰκοδομὴ τοῦ πύργου, καὶ πάντες ὁμοῦ εὐφρανθήσονται κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου καὶ δοξάσουσιν τὸν θεόν, ὅτι ἐτελέσθη ἡ οἰκοδομὴ τοῦ πύργου. ἐπηρώτησα αὐτὴν λέγων· Κυρία, ἤθελον γνῶναι τῶν λίθων τὴν ἔξοδον καὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῶν, ποταπή ἐστιν. ἀποκριθεῖσά μοι λέγει· Oὐχ ὅτι σὺ ἐκ πάντων ἀξιώτερος εἶ ἵνα σοι ἀποκαλυφθῇ· ἄλλοι γάρ σου πρότεροί εἰσιν καὶ βελτίονές σου, οἷς ἔδει ἀποκαλυφθῆναι τὰ ὁράματα ταῦτα· ἀλλ' ἵνα δοξασθῇ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ, σοὶ ἀπεκαλύφθη καὶ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται διὰ τοὺς διψύχους, τοὺς διαλογιζομένους ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν εἰ ἄρα ἔστιν ταῦτα ἢ οὐκ ἔστιν· λέγε αὐτοῖς ὅτι ταῦτα πάντα ἐστὶν ἀληθῆ, καὶ οὐθὲν ἔξωθέν ἐστιν τῆς ἀληθείας, ἀλλὰ πάντα ἰσχυρὰ καὶ βέβαια καὶ τεθε μελιωμένα ἐστίν. Ἄκουε νῦν περὶ τῶν λίθων τῶν ὑπαγόντων εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν. οἱ μὲν οὖν λίθοι οἱ τετράγωνοι καὶ λευκοὶ καὶ συμφωνοῦντες ταῖς ἁρμογαῖς αὐτῶν, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ ἐπίσκοποι καὶ διδάσκαλοι καὶ διάκονοι οἱ πο ρευθέντες κατὰ τὴν σεμνότητα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐπισκοπήσαντες καὶ διδάξαντες καὶ διακονήσαντες ἁγνῶς καὶ σεμνῶς τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς τοῦ θεοῦ, οἱ μὲν κεκοι μημένοι, οἱ δὲ ἔτι ὄντες· καὶ πάντοτε ἑαυτοῖς συνεφώνησαν καὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς εἰρήνην ἔσχαν καὶ ἀλλήλων ἤκουον· διὰ τοῦτο ἐν τῇ οἰκοδομῇ τοῦ πύργου συμφωνοῦσιν αἱ ἁρμογαὶ αὐτῶν. Oἱ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ ἑλκόμενοι καὶ ἐπι τιθέμενοι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν καὶ συμφωνοῦντες ταῖς ἁρμογαῖς αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν ἑτέρων λίθων τῶν ἤδη ᾠκοδομημένων, τίνες εἰσίν; Oὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ παθόντες ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ κυρίου. Τοὺς δὲ ἑτέρους λίθους τοὺς φερο μένους ἀπὸ τῆς ξηρᾶς θέλω γνῶναι τίνες εἰσίν, κυρία. ἔφη· Τοὺς μὲν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ὑπάγοντας καὶ μὴ λατομουμένους, τούτους ὁ κύριος ἐδοκίμασεν, ὅτι ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν τῇ εὐθύτητι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατωρθώσαντο τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ. Oἱ δὲ ἀγόμενοι καὶ τιθέμενοι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τίνες εἰσίν; Νέοι εἰσὶν ἐν τῇ πίστει καὶ πιστοί. νουθετοῦνται δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἰς τὸ ἀγαθοποιεῖν, διότι οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν αὐτοῖς πονηρία. Oὓς δὲ ἀπέβαλλον καὶ ἐρίπτουν, τίνες εἰσίν; Oὗτοί εἰσιν ἡμαρτηκότες καὶ θέλοντες μετανοῆσαι· διὰ τοῦτο μακρὰν οὐκ ἀπερίφησαν ἔξω τοῦ πύργου, ὅτι εὔχρηστοι ἔσονται εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν, ἐὰν μετανοήσωσιν. οἱ οὖν μέλλοντες μετανοεῖν, ἐὰν μετα