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The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning the Chastisements

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IV. And she saw in another place a

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great

darkness

:

and

the

all

holy

said

:

What

is

this

darkness

and

who

are

they

who

are

being

chastised

?

And

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

said

:

Many

souls

are

lying

in

this

darkness

.

And

the

all

holy

one

said

:

Let

this

darkness

be

taken

away

in

order

that

I

may

see

this

chastisement

also

.

And

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

said

to

the

highly

favoured

one

:

It

is

not

possible

,

all

holy

,

that

thou

shouldst

see

this

chastisement

also

.

And

the

angels

guarding

them

answered

and

said

:

We

have

a

command

from

the

invisible

Father

that

they

shall

not

see

the

light

till

thy

blessed

Son

shall

shine

forth

.

And

plunged

in

grief

the

all

holy

lifted

up

her

eyes

to

the

angels

touching

the

undefiled

word

of

the

Father

,

and

said

:

In

the

name

of

the

Father

and

the

Son

and

the

Holy

Spirit

let

the

darkness

be

taken

away

,

that

I

may

see

this

chastisement

also

.

And

straightway

that

darkness

was

lifted

up

and

covered

the

seven

heavens

:

and

there

lay

a

great

multitude

of

both

men

and

women

,

and

there

arose

a

great

lamentation

and

a

great

cry

began

.

And

seeing

them

the

all

holy

wept

and

said

to

them

:

What

are

ye

doing

,

wretched

ones

?

Who

are

ye

?

And

how

are

ye

found

there

?

and

there

was

no

voice

or

hearkening

.

And

the

angels

guarding

them

said

:

Why

do

ye

not

speak

to

the

highly

favoured

one

?

And

those

who

were

under

chastisement

said

to

her

:

O

highly

favoured

one

,

from

eternity

we

see

not

the

light

,

and

we

are

not

able

to

keep

off

that

up

there

.

And

splashing

pitch

flowed

down

upon

them

:

and

seeing

them

the

all

holy

wept

.

And

again

those

who

were

being

chastised

said

to

her

:

How

dost

thou

ask

concerning

us

,

holy

lady

,

Mother

of

God

?

Thy

blessed

Son

came

to

The

earth

and

did

not

make

enquiry

concerning

us

,

neither

Abraham

the

patriarch

,

nor

John

the

Baptist

,

nor

Moses

the

great

prophet

,

nor

the

Apostle

Paul

,

and

unto

us

their

light

shone

not

:

and

now

,

all

holy

Mother

of

God

,

the

armour

of

the

Christians

,

the

bringer

of

great

comfort

on

account

of

the

Christians

,

how

dost

thou

ask

concerning

us

?

Then

the

all

holy

Mother

of

God

said

to

Michael

,

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

:

What

is

their

sin

?

And

Michael

,

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

,

said

:

These

are

they

who

did

not

believe

in

the

Father

and

the

Son

and

the

Holy

Spirit

,

and

did

not

confess

thee

to

be

the

Mother

of

God

,

and

that

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

was

born

of

thee

and

took

flesh

,

and

for

this

cause

they

are

chastised

there

.

And

again

weeping

,

the

all

holy

Mother

of

God

said

to

them

:

Why

did

ye

so

greatly

err

,

wretched

ones

?

Did

ye

not

hear

that

the

whole

creation

names

my

name

?

And

having

said

these

words

the

darkness

fell

over

them

as

it

was

from

the

beginning

.

Notes

2
Rev. of Peter, 21. Paul, 37.
3
Cf. Paul, 41.