From Chrestian to Christian - Philip beyond the grave
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 5:17 pm
It's finally there, "concise Philip"
Thomas Miscellaneous, Part VI, 2022
(6) When we were Hebrew we were made orphan; we had only our mother. Yet after we became Chrestian, father came to be with mother to us.
(20) ΙΣ is a hidden name, but the ΧΡΣ is a name that appeared: while ΙΣ doesn’t exist in any language, he is called ΙΗΣ. The ΧΡΣ is his name, however. In Syrian it is Messias, in Greek it is ΧΣ.
The Nazarenos who appeared is with he who is hidden!
(51) The apostles - who were there in our beginning - called him ΙΗΣ the Nazoraios Messias; and that means ΙΗΣ the Nazoraios the ΧΣ. The last name is ‘the ΧΣ’, the first is ‘ΙΣ’, and that in the middle is ‘the Nazarenos’. Messias has two meanings: both ‘the ΧΡΣ’ as well as ‘he who is measured.’ ΙΣ in Hebrew means the rescue, Nazara means the truth: the Nazarenos therefore means the truth.
(53) If you say “I am a Jude” then no one will be moved. If you say “I am a Roman” then no one will be stirred. If you say “I am a Greek, a barbarian, a slave or free” then no one will be disturbed.
Yet if you say “I am a Chrestian” then […] will tremble.
(63) If one goes down to the water and comes up without taking anything and says “I am a Chrestian” then he has taken the name on loan. Yet if he takes the spirit which is pure, he has the gift of the name. He who has taken a gift doesn’t get her carried away from him – yet he who has taken on loan gets cut.
(72) Those who beget the name of the father, the child and the spirit which is pure don’t only beget them, but they are begotten to you. If one does not beget them, the other name will get carried away from him. Yet one takes them in the chrism of the […] of the power of the ⲥ⳨ⲟⲥ, which is what the apostles called “the right hand with the left hand” - this one Indeed is no longer a Chrestian, but an ΧΡΣ.
(101) The chreism has been made master over the baptism; for because of the chrism did they call us Christian, not because of the baptism. And the ΧΣ was called so because of the chrism, as the father indeed anointed the child, the child however anointed the apostles – and the apostles anointed us.
(103) The master said it beautifully: some went to the reign of king of the heavens laughing, and they came outward one […]: a Chrestian […]
(108) Horses beget horses, humans beget humans, and gods beget gods.
It is the same in […] marriage: there isn’t in […] come to be outward in […] there is no Judean outward in the […] existing and outward in the Judeans the Christians […]
9 pivotal logia, with validated transcription and each lemma hyperlinked to the Coptic Dictionary Online as usual, accompanied by their literal translation, interpretation, papyrus scan and hyperlink.
And substantiated by Tertullian, Tacitus and Suetonius among others (not to forget Justin Martyr), each of whom loudly attest to the existence of Chrestians. With hyperlinks to their MS, as usual
https://www.academia.edu/89583617/From_ ... _the_grave
Thomas Miscellaneous, Part VI, 2022
It ought to be common knowledge that no Greek or Latin manuscript ever writes out the name for Jesus or Christ in full: where the Greek exclusively uses ⲓⲥ ⲭⲥ, the Latin employs ⲓⲏⲥ ⲭⲣⲥ, even literally transcribing those Greek letters.
The Coptic tradition is the exception and mixes these, and does so even in single manuscripts - and the entire Nag Hammadi Library (NHL) provides ample attestation to that.
An absolutely grand exception is the fact that the NHL does write the full word for "Christ" yet as Chrest, ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲟⲥ - a matter addressed in my 'Jesus the Chrest'
This paper deals with an even more exceptional case, namely the fact that the NHL contains the only text in the entire world that combines ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ as well as ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ in one and the same text; Philip is this most unique text, and Philip contains it all: ⲓⲥ̅, ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲥ, ⲭⲥ̅, ⲭⲣⲥ̅, ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ and ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ
That is not all: Philip explains what these ligatures signify, whence they derive, yet most importantly: which came before what.
Philip instructs us about Chrestianity preceding Christianity, and how and why Chrestians came to be named Christian
The Coptic tradition is the exception and mixes these, and does so even in single manuscripts - and the entire Nag Hammadi Library (NHL) provides ample attestation to that.
An absolutely grand exception is the fact that the NHL does write the full word for "Christ" yet as Chrest, ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲟⲥ - a matter addressed in my 'Jesus the Chrest'
This paper deals with an even more exceptional case, namely the fact that the NHL contains the only text in the entire world that combines ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ as well as ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ in one and the same text; Philip is this most unique text, and Philip contains it all: ⲓⲥ̅, ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲥ, ⲭⲥ̅, ⲭⲣⲥ̅, ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ and ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ
That is not all: Philip explains what these ligatures signify, whence they derive, yet most importantly: which came before what.
Philip instructs us about Chrestianity preceding Christianity, and how and why Chrestians came to be named Christian
(6) When we were Hebrew we were made orphan; we had only our mother. Yet after we became Chrestian, father came to be with mother to us.
(20) ΙΣ is a hidden name, but the ΧΡΣ is a name that appeared: while ΙΣ doesn’t exist in any language, he is called ΙΗΣ. The ΧΡΣ is his name, however. In Syrian it is Messias, in Greek it is ΧΣ.
The Nazarenos who appeared is with he who is hidden!
(51) The apostles - who were there in our beginning - called him ΙΗΣ the Nazoraios Messias; and that means ΙΗΣ the Nazoraios the ΧΣ. The last name is ‘the ΧΣ’, the first is ‘ΙΣ’, and that in the middle is ‘the Nazarenos’. Messias has two meanings: both ‘the ΧΡΣ’ as well as ‘he who is measured.’ ΙΣ in Hebrew means the rescue, Nazara means the truth: the Nazarenos therefore means the truth.
(53) If you say “I am a Jude” then no one will be moved. If you say “I am a Roman” then no one will be stirred. If you say “I am a Greek, a barbarian, a slave or free” then no one will be disturbed.
Yet if you say “I am a Chrestian” then […] will tremble.
(63) If one goes down to the water and comes up without taking anything and says “I am a Chrestian” then he has taken the name on loan. Yet if he takes the spirit which is pure, he has the gift of the name. He who has taken a gift doesn’t get her carried away from him – yet he who has taken on loan gets cut.
(72) Those who beget the name of the father, the child and the spirit which is pure don’t only beget them, but they are begotten to you. If one does not beget them, the other name will get carried away from him. Yet one takes them in the chrism of the […] of the power of the ⲥ⳨ⲟⲥ, which is what the apostles called “the right hand with the left hand” - this one Indeed is no longer a Chrestian, but an ΧΡΣ.
(101) The chreism has been made master over the baptism; for because of the chrism did they call us Christian, not because of the baptism. And the ΧΣ was called so because of the chrism, as the father indeed anointed the child, the child however anointed the apostles – and the apostles anointed us.
(103) The master said it beautifully: some went to the reign of king of the heavens laughing, and they came outward one […]: a Chrestian […]
(108) Horses beget horses, humans beget humans, and gods beget gods.
It is the same in […] marriage: there isn’t in […] come to be outward in […] there is no Judean outward in the […] existing and outward in the Judeans the Christians […]
9 pivotal logia, with validated transcription and each lemma hyperlinked to the Coptic Dictionary Online as usual, accompanied by their literal translation, interpretation, papyrus scan and hyperlink.
And substantiated by Tertullian, Tacitus and Suetonius among others (not to forget Justin Martyr), each of whom loudly attest to the existence of Chrestians. With hyperlinks to their MS, as usual
https://www.academia.edu/89583617/From_ ... _the_grave