Gospel of Truth — 3
Gospel of Truth — III Last week left off our survey of Valentinus’ Gospel of Truth with this thought: “He registered them first, having prepared them to be given to those who came from him. Those whose name he knew first were called last, so that the one who has knowledge is he whose name the Father has pronounced. For he whose name has not been spoken is ignorant. Indeed, how shall one hear if his name has not been uttered? For he who remains ignorant until the end is a creature of forgetfulness and will perish with it. If this is not so, why have these wretches no name, why do they have no sound? Hence, if one has knowledge, he is from above. If he is called, he hears, he replies, and he turns toward him who called him and he ascends to him and he knows what he is called. [Sidebar: Appreciate for a moment the passionate poesy of this passage: “If this is not so, why have these wretches no name, why do they have no sound?” Are we to conclude from this that wretc...