Codex XI

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  • 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).