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Theodotus

Section 37

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Author: Theodotus

XXXVII. For Gnostic virtue everywhere makes man good, and meek

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,

and

harmless

,

and

painless

,

and

blessed

,

and

ready

to

associate

in

the

best

way

with

all

that

is

divine

,

in

the

best

way

with

men

,

at

once

a

contemplative

and

active

divine

image

,

and

turns

him

into

a

lover

of

what

is

good

by

love

.

For

what

is

good

,

as

there

it

is

contemplated

and

comprehended

by

wisdom

,

is

here

by

self

-

control

and

righteousness

carried

into

effect

through

faith

:

practising

in

the

flesh

an

angelic

ministry

;

hallowing

the

soul

in

the

body

,

as

in

a

place

clear

and

stainless

.

Notes

58
For ἀβλαβές in the text, we must, translating thus, read ἀβλαβῆ. If we translate, as we may, “Gnostic virtue is a thing everywhere good, and meek,” etc., no change is required in the reading.
59
τὸ καλὸν.