Christ and the Virgin by Samael Aun Weor

Author:Samael Aun Weor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion
Publisher: Glorian Publishing
Published: 2012-12-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The Gnostic Church

Now we are going to teach the devotees of the Virgin of Carmel the path of true Christianity.

Let us study the third chapter of the first Epistle of the Apostle Paul to Timothy; let us read:

“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.

“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

“Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

“Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

“And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

“Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

“For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

“But if I tarry long, that thou may know how thou ought to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”

This is the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Saint Timothy, pious and God-fearing man.

This is the holy doctrine of Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas, Clement of Alexandria, Hippolytus, Epiphanius, Carpocrates, who founded several monasteries in Spain, Tertullian, Saint Ambrose, Saint Stephen who died a martyr, Saint Justinian, etc.

This is the ancient doctrine that Christ taught in secret to his 70 disciples, and the reason why the saints were persecuted in Jerusalem.

This is the doctrine of the great princes of the Church. This is the doctrine of the Gnostics , which belonged to the primeval Gnostic Catholic Church dignitaries.

This is the ancient Christianity that Paul preached in Rome when he arrived loaded with chains. This is Christianity, which the Virgin of Carmel studied under the augustan shadows of the temple of Jerusalem.

Let us look at some other teachings of the Apostle Paul.

“Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

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