Art of the Gnostic Gospels

The Great Ignorance

"When this [the end] takes place, God will bring the great Ignorance upon the whole universe so that… nothing may desire anything contrary to nature. All the souls of this space which have a nature such as to remain immortal only in this space will remain; they will know nothing different from this space or better than it. There will be no report or knowledge of things above… so that the souls below will not be tormented by the desire of what is impossible, like a fish desiring to graze on the mountains with sheep; for such a desire would mean destruction for them."

(St. Hippolytus of Rome, Refutation of All Heresies: Basilide’s System)

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