It is always a matter of difficulty for

the rigidly objective mind to understand

the point of view of the Gnostic scripture-
One thing, however, is certain
in times when the rigid ortho
lived
they
the
of
canon was not yet established.
doxy
writers.
:
They were
in the closest touch with the
living tradition of scripture-writing,
they knew the manner of it.
and
The
probability is that paragraphs
3 are from the pen of the redactor or
compiler of the Acts, and that the narra
And
tive, beginning with the words
Lord
stood
in
the
midst
of
the
Cave,"
my
i
"
incorporated from prior material a
mystic vision or apocalypse circulated
is
in the inner circles.
The compiler knows the general Gospel-
story, and seems prepared to admit its