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Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (88)
Accept the wisdom of Christ, (who is) patient and mild, and guard this, O my son, knowing that God's way is always profitable.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter V: Philosophy the Handmaid of Theology. (2)
"Now," says Solomon, "defend wisdom, and it will exalt thee, and it will shield thee with a crown of pleasure." For when thou hast strengthened...
Corpus Hermeticum
13. The Secret Sermon on the Mountain (8)
Thus shall the mercy that flows on us from God not cease. Henceforth rejoice, O son, for by the Powers of God thou art being purified for the articula...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter II: The Knowledge of God Can Be Attained Only Through Faith. (1)
"In all thy ways acknowledge her, that she may direct thy ways, and that thy foot may not stumble." By these remarks he means to show that our deeds o...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 9: Of the Paradise, and then of the Transitoriness of all Creatures; how all take their Beginning and End; and to what End they here appeared. The Noble and most precious Gate [or Explanation] concerning the reasonable Soul. (15)
Therefore, thou Child of Man, take Heed, let not your Ears be amused: When you hear the false Shepherds [or Pastors] judge and condemn the Children of...
Meister Eckhart - Sermons
Sermon IV: True Hearing (1)
The everlasting and paternal wisdom saith, "Whoso heareth Me is not ashamed." If he is ashamed of anything he is ashamed of being ashamed. Whoso...
Book of Enoch
Chapter XCIX (10)
But in those days blessed are all they who accept the words of wisdom, and understand them, And observe the paths of the Most High, and walk in the pa...
Theologia Germanica
Chapter LII (52.1)
Christ saith: “No man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”54 Now mark how we must come unto the Father through Christ. The man shall set a watch over...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVI: Scripture the Criterion By Which Truth and Heresy Are Distinguished. (3)
Now, it is a very great thing to abandon opinion, by taking one's stand between accurate knowledge and the rash wisdom of opinion, and to know that...
Theologia Germanica
Chapter XXIII (23.2)
This is the lovely life of Christ, for He walked in the aforesaid paths perfectly and wholly unto the end of His bodily life on earth. Therefore there...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVII: Passages From Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom. (8)
"Now all those things are confirmed by the faith that is in Christ. 'Come, ye children,' says the Lord, ' hearken to me, and I will teach you the...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter VII: The Eclectic Philosophy Paves the Way for Divine Virtue. (3)
"For by doing the will of God we know the will of God." "Open, then," says the Scripture, "the gates of righteousness; and I will enter in, and...
The Masnavi
The Man who was Tattooed (21-30)
Every man takes refuge in some form of service, And chooses for himself some asylum; Do thou seek refuge in the shadow of the wise man, Of all forms...
Book of Enoch
Chapter XCIV (5)
And hold fast my words in the thoughts of your hearts, And suffer them not to be effaced from your hearts; For I know that sinners will tempt men to e...
Book of Enoch
Chapter XCIV (1)
And now I say unto you, my sons, love righteousness and walk therein; For the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation, But the paths of unrig...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XXVII: The Law, Even in Correcting and Punishing, Aims At the Good Of Men. (10)
"Blessed is the man that hath found wisdom, and the mortal who has seen understanding; for out of its mouth," manifestly Wisdom's, "proceeds...
Testimony of Truth
Testimony of Truth (4)
But as for one who is in ignorance, it is difficult for him to diminish his works of darkness which he has done. Those who have known Imperishability,...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 2: A short stirring to meekness, and to the work of this book (2)
Do on then, I pray thee, fast. Look now forwards and let be backwards; and see what thee faileth, and not what thou hast, for that is the readiest...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (49)
The wise man is governed by God, and on this account is blessed. A scientific knowledge of God causes a man to use few words.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XIII: Description of the Gnostic Continued. (11)
Whence he never prefers pleasure and profit to the divine arrangement, since he trains himself by the commands, that in all things he may be well...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXI (15)
Ob- serve this commandment and do it, my son, that thou mayst be upright in all thy deeds.
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