Laws in Authoritative Teaching

Authoritative Teaching is the Nag Hammadi Library Codex VI, 3, was written in approximately 150-255 A.D., as a description of the life of the soul, its origin, condition, struggle and ultimate bliss. We have used the MacRae translation.


Gluttony cannot mix with moderation. For if the chaff is mixed with the wheat, the chaff is not contaminated, but the wheat. – Authoritative Teaching, Codex VI, 3


Before anything came into being, the Father alone existed, and nothing came into being without His wish. – Authoritative Teaching, Codex VI, 3


Our hearts are set on the things that exist, but there is a great strength hidden within us. – Authoritative Teaching, Codex VI, 3


As the soul learns about her Light, as she goes about stripping off this world, while her true garment clothes her within; her bridal clothing is placed upon her in beauty of mind, not in pride of flesh. – Authoritative Teaching, Codex VI, 3


The ignorant do not teach God, and scorn those who do. – Authoritative Teaching, Codex VI, 3


The rational soul learns about God. – Authoritative Teaching, Codex VI, 3


The rational soul labors with inquiring, enduring distress in the body, learning about the Inscrutable One. – Authoritative Teaching, Codex VI, 3



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References

MacRae, George W., Trans. Douglas M. Parrott, Ed. "Authoritative Teaching." The Nag Hammadi Library. Ed. James M. Robinson. San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1981. 278-283.

Read the full text of Authoritative Teaching at Early Christian Writings.