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Anon., Acts Of Thomas, 156-157
nan And then Judas began to pray and to speak thus: O companion and defender (ally) and hope of the weak and confidence of the poor: refuge and lodging of the weary: voice that came forth of the height (sleep, Gr.): comforter dwelling in the midst: port and harbour of them that pass through the regions of the rulers: physician that healest without payment: who among men wast crucified for many: who didst go down into hell with great might: the sight of whom the princes of death endured not; and thou camest up with great glory, and gathering all them that fled unto thee didst prepare a way, and in thy footsteps all they journeyed whom thou didst redeem; and thou broughtest them into thine own fold and didst join them with thy sheep: son of mercy, the son that for love of man wast sent unto us from the perfect country (fatherland) that is above, the Lord of all possessions (undefiled possessions, Syr.): that servest thy servants that they may live: that fillest creation with thine own riches: the poor, that wast in need and didst hunger forty days: that satisfiest thirsty souls with thine own good things; be thou with Iuzanes the son of Misdaeus and with Tertia and Mnesara, and gather them into thy fold and mingle them with thy number; Be unto them a guide in the land of error: be unto them a physician in the land of sickness: be unto them a rest in the land of the weary: sanctify them in a polluted land: be their physician both of bodies and souls: make them holy temples of thee, and let thine holy spirit dwell in them.
nan Having thus prayed over them, the apostle said unto Mygdonia: Unclothe thy sisters. And she took off their clothes and girded them with girdles and brought them: but Iuzanes had first gone before, and they came after him; and the apostle took oil in a cup of silver and spake thus over it: Fruit more beautiful than all other fruits, unto which none other whatsoever may be compared: altogether merciful: fervent with the force of the word: power of the tree which men putting upon them overcome their adversaries: crowner of the conquerors: help (symbol) and joy of the sick: that didst announce unto men their salvation that showest light to them that are in darkness; whose leaf is bitter, but in thy most sweet fruit thou art fair, that art rough to the sight but soft to the taste; seeming to be weak, but in the greatness of thy strength able to bear the power that beholdeth all things. Having thus said [a corrupt word follows]: Jesu: let his victorious might come and be established in this oil, like as it was established in the tree (wood) that was its kin, even his might at that time, whereof they that crucified thee could not endure the word: let the gift also come whereby breathing upon his (thine) enemies thou didst cause them to go backward and fall headlong and let it rest on this oil, whereupon we invoke thine holy name. And having thus said, he poured it first upon the head of Iuzanes and then upon the women's heads, saying: In thy name, O Jesu Christ, let it be unto these souls for remission of sins and for turning back of the adversary and for salvation of their souls. And he commanded Mygdonia to anoint them but he himself anointed Iuzanes. And having anointed them he led them down into the water in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost.

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1. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 26.2 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 26.2. בְּחָנֵנִי יְהוָה וְנַסֵּנִי צרופה [צָרְפָה] כִלְיוֹתַי וְלִבִּי׃ 26.2. Examine me, O LORD, and try me; test my reins and my heart."
2. Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah, 17.1, 20.12 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 17.1. אֲנִי יְהוָה חֹקֵר לֵב בֹּחֵן כְּלָיוֹת וְלָתֵת לְאִישׁ כדרכו [כִּדְרָכָיו] כִּפְרִי מַעֲלָלָיו׃ 17.1. חַטַּאת יְהוּדָה כְּתוּבָה בְּעֵט בַּרְזֶל בְּצִפֹּרֶן שָׁמִיר חֲרוּשָׁה עַל־לוּחַ לִבָּם וּלְקַרְנוֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶם׃ 20.12. וַיהוָה צְבָאוֹת בֹּחֵן צַדִּיק רֹאֶה כְלָיוֹת וָלֵב אֶרְאֶה נִקְמָתְךָ מֵהֶם כִּי אֵלֶיךָ גִּלִּיתִי אֶת־רִיבִי׃ 17.1. The sin of Judah is written With a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; It is graven upon the tablet of their heart, And upon the horns of your altars." 20.12. But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, That seest the reins and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For unto Thee have I revealed my cause."
3. New Testament, Apocalypse, 2.23 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 2.23. I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
4. New Testament, John, 3.5 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 3.5. Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
5. New Testament, Matthew, 28.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 28.19. Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
6. Anon., Acts of Thomas, 157, 27, 58, 121 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) 121. And when Narcia had brought these things, Mygdonia stood before the apostle with her head bare; and he took the oil and poured it on her head, saying: Thou holy oil given unto us for sanctification, secret mystery whereby the cross was shown unto us, thou art the straightener of the crooked limbs, thou art the humbler (softener) of hard things (works), thou art it that showeth the hidden treasures, thou art the sprout of goodness; let thy power come, let it be established upon thy servant Mygdonia, and heal thou her by this freedom. And when the oil was poured upon her he bade her nurse unclothe her and gird a linen cloth about her; and there was there a fountain of water upon which the apostle went up, and baptized Mygdonia in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost. And when she was baptized and clad, he brake bread and took a cup of water and made her a partaker in the body of Christ and the cup of the Son of God, and said: Thou hast received thy seal, get for thyself eternal life. And immediately there was heard from above a voice saying: Yea, amen. And when Narcia heard that voice, she was amazed, and besought the apostle that she also might receive the seal; and the apostle gave it her and said: Let the care of the Lord be about thee as about the rest.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
acts of thomas	Visnjic (2021), The Invention of Duty: Stoicism as Deontology, 381
adultery	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 161
anointing	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
anointment	Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 1470
asclepius	Visnjic (2021), The Invention of Duty: Stoicism as Deontology, 381
baptism	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
body and soul	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
body as temple	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130, 161
clothing dirty	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 161
clothing removal of	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 161
corruption (phthora)	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
demons and baptism	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
desire (epithumia)	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
gospel of peter	Visnjic (2021), The Invention of Duty: Stoicism as Deontology, 381
hades	Visnjic (2021), The Invention of Duty: Stoicism as Deontology, 381
health,and purity	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130, 161
heart purity and impurity of	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
holy spirit	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
invocation	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
jesus,descent into hell	Visnjic (2021), The Invention of Duty: Stoicism as Deontology, 381
knowledge	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 161
laying on of hands	Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 1470
marriage	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 161
ritual theories of	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
salbung(en)	Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 1394
sexual relations abstinence from	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 161
sexual relations and baptism	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130
sexual relations in second- and third-century christian sources	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 130, 161
signation	Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 1394
sophrosune (moderation)	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 161
the laying on of hands	Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 1470
virgins in christianity'	Blidstein (2017), Purity Community and Ritual in Early Christian Literature, 161