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Psalm CCXXXV
of the Manichaean Bema Psalms


This is the memorial of the Living Spirit :
this is the memorial of the Twelve Maidens:
this is the memorial of the Helmsmen ;
this is the memorial of the Splenditenens ;
this is the memorial of the King of Honour ;
this is the memorial of the King of Glory ;
the memorial of the great stout-hearted Omophorus.

This is the purity of the Apostle of Light ; this is the
purity of the Saviour Christ ; this is the purity of the
Pacraclete-Spirit ; this is the purity of the Love (agapa)
. . . . . . . . ; this is the purity of the good Faith ;
this is the purity of the Perfection ; this is the purity of Patience;
this is the purity of Wisdom (Sophia) and Godliness.

This is the honour of the Paraclete-Spirit ; the honour of fasting,
Prayer, and Almsgiving : the honour of the commandment that
we lie not ; the honour of the commandment that we kill not ;
the honour of the commandment that we eat no flesh ;
the honour of the commandment that we make ourselves pure ;
the honour of the commandment of blessed Poverty ;
the honour of Humility and Kindliness.

My brethren let us pray with a great power . . . . . [large section illegible.]
. . . . . . . . . of your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
one another. Ye Catechumens, repent in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
praying with a great prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


[large sections illegible.] . . . . above the elements. He gave . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be a sign of the Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thine is the glory and the victory,our Lord Mani , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
. . . . our Lord Sisinnios, this is the . . . . . . . Innaios. Victory to Gabriab, our Lord . .
. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . victory to Salmaios, our Lord Pappos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
our Lord Ozeos; glory to Addas, our Lord . . . . . Be there victory to all the Living Ones
. . . . . . . . . to the soul of Plousiane, the Soul of Theona, and the soul of the blessed Mary


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