able One, and thirty
uncontainable powers surround him.

The Fourth paternity is a face of the Invincible One and thirty
invincible powers surround him.

The Fifth Paternity is a face of the All-powerful One and thirty
1ll-powerful powers surround him.

The Sixth paternity is a face of the All-Wise One and thirty all-wise
powers surround him.

The Seventh paternity is a face of the Unknown One and thirty unknown
powers surround him.

The Eighth paternity is a face of the Solitary One and thirty solitary
powers surround him.

The Ninth paternity is a face of the Ingenerable One, and thirty
ingenerable powers surround him.

The Tenth paternity is a face of the Unshakable One and thirty
unshakable powers surround him.

The Eleventh Paternity is a face of the Universal Mystery, and thirty
universal mysteries surround him.

The Twelfth Paternity is a face of the Triple-Powered One, and thirty
triple-powers surround him.

And in the midst of the Immeasurable Deep there are five Powers which
are called by these ineffable names:

The first is called Love, and from her comes all love.

The second is called Hope, and it is by her that we hope in the
Alone-begotten, the Son of God.

The third is called Faith, and it is by her that we believe the
mysteries of the Ineffable One.

The fourth is called Gnosis, and it is by her that we know the First
Father, Him because of whom we live that we may know Him. [Gnosis] the
Mystery of Silence, who spake before all things, that which is hidden,
the First Monad, for whom the Universe became being. It is upon the
head of this Mystery that the three hundred and sixty-five substances
form a crown like the hair of human kind, and the Temple of the Pleroma
is as a stairway beneath her feet. This is the Gate of God (26).

The fifth is called Peace, and it is by her that we give Peace to all,
to those within and to those without, for it is in her that all things
have been created.

This is that Abyss Immeasurable in which is found three hundred and
sixty-five Paternities, thanks to whom they have devised the year.

This is the Abyss which surrounds the Temple of the Pleroma, where is
revealed the Triple-Power with his branches and his trees, and
Mousanios and those which belong to him. There also is Aphredon and
his twelve Holy Ones, and a Basket is in the midst of them. They come
to carry in it the praises, the hymns, the prayers and supplications of
the Mother of the