Note 625 — Chapter X · THE SYSTEM OF THE PISTIS SOPHIA AND ITS RELATED TEXTS[459]
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This division of the Twelve Aeons into two halves seems at first sight inconsistent with the description in the Pistis Sophia proper which always speaks of them as Twelve. Yet it is plain that the author of the Pistis Sophia knew the legend here given, as he makes John the Divine speak (p. 12, Copt.) of “the rulers who belong to the Aeon of Jabraoth” and had made peace with the mysteries of the light. These “rulers who repented” are again mentioned on p. 195, Copt. In the other part of the Μέρος τευχῶν Σωτῆρος (p. 356, Copt.), it is also said that the souls of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are to be placed in “the Place of Jabraoth and of all the rulers who repented” until Jesus can take them with Him to the light. So the Papyrus Bruce (Amélineau, p. 239).