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Codex XI
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Texts
A Valentinian ExpositionGood Works Translation of A Valentinian Exposition, a Valentinian theological treatise on the Pleroma, the fall of Sophia, and the Demiurge, from Sahidic Coptic (Nag Hammadi Codex XI).AllogenesSethian revelation dialogue — Allogenes' visionary ascent through the aeons of Barbelo to the unknowable Invisible Spirit, guided by the luminary Youel. Codex XI, Nag Hammadi Library.HypsiphroneA fragmentary first-person narrative in which a female figure named Hypsiphrone descends from the place of her virginity and encounters the enigmatic Phainops at a spring of blood. Codex XI, Nag Hammadi Library.On the AnointingA brief Valentinian liturgical prayer on the sacrament of anointing, appended to A Valentinian Exposition. Codex XI, Nag Hammadi Library.On the Baptism AA Valentinian liturgical text interpreting baptism as passage from the cosmos into the Aeon, through the Jordan. Codex XI, Nag Hammadi Library.On the Baptism BA Valentinian liturgical text on the second baptism as a cascading series of spiritual transitions. Codex XI, Nag Hammadi Library.On the Eucharist AA brief Valentinian eucharistic prayer giving thanks to the Father through the Son and the Anointed One. Codex XI, Nag Hammadi Library.On the Eucharist BA fragmentary Valentinian eucharistic prayer touching on food, drink, purity, and dying in holiness. Codex XI, Nag Hammadi Library.The Interpretation of KnowledgeGood Works Translation of the Valentinian homily The Interpretation of Knowledge, from Sahidic Coptic (Nag Hammadi Codex XI).