human
[94]--writing, apparently, before reaching full Initiation. Barnabas speaks of communicating
gpt
[95] and after expounding the Law mystically, declares that
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[96] Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, a disciple of S. John,[97] speaks of himself as
gpt
[98] and he speaks of them as
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[99] Again he says:
gpt
Might I not write to you things more full of mystery? But I fear to do so, lest I should inflict injury on you who are but babes. Pardon me in this respect, lest, as not being able to receive their weighty import, ye should be strangled by them. For even I, though I am bound [for Christ] and am able to understand heavenly things, the angelic orders, and the different sorts of angels and hosts, the distinction between powers and dominions, and the diversities between thrones and authorities, the mightiness of the æons, and the pre-eminence of the cherubim and seraphim, the sublimity of the Spirit, the kingdom of the Lord, and above all the incomparable majesty of Almighty God--though I am acquainted with these things, yet am I not therefore by any means perfect, nor am I such a disciple as Paul or Peter. [100] This passage is interesting, as indicating that the organisation of the celestial hierarchies was one of the subjects in which instruction was given in the Mysteries. Again he speaks of the High Priest, the Hierophant,