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The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning the Chastisements

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Section 5

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V. And the commander-in-chief

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said

:

Whither

wouldst

thou

go

,

highly

favoured

one

?

to

the

West

or

to

the

South

?

And

the

highly

favoured

answered

:

Let

us

go

to

the

South

.

And

immediately

there

appeared

the

cherubim

and

the

seraphim

and

four

hundred

angels

,

and

led

out

the

highly

favoured

one

to

the

South

,

where

came

out

the

river

of

fire

,

and

there

there

lay

a

multitude

of

men

and

women

,

some

up

to

the

girdle

,

others

up

to

the

neck

,

and

others

up

to

the

crown

of

the

head

:

and

seeing

them

the

all

holy

Mother

of

God

cried

out

with

a

loud

voice

to

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

and

said

:

Who

are

these

,

and

what

is

their

sin

who

stand

in

the

fire

up

to

the

girdle

?

And

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

said

:

These

,

all

holy

one

,

are

they

who

inherited

the

curse

of

father

and

mother

,

and

for

this

cause

they

are

thus

chastised

here

as

accursed

.

Notes

4
Cf. Paul, 31.