Apocrypha · Chapter 132 of 148
Wisdom of Faith
Jesus continued: "And the rulers appoint five servitors of the sphere to watch over the soul and the counterfeit spirit in the womb of the mother.
2"And when the child is born, the counterfeit spirit groweth with it, stirring up in it wrath, pride, lust, and all the desires of the world."
Words in this chapter
What these words meant in the original — and where else they appear.
About Pistis Sophia
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: Pistis Sophia (London: J. M. Watkins), G. R. S. Mead, 1921 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.
Source: Pistis Sophia (London: J. M. Watkins), G. R. S. Mead (1921) · public domain