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Historical Library · Other Early Christian Apocrypha
Overcoming the Powers
Provisional translation of the available English witness, not a summary. Images interpret the narrated conversations, Mary’s reported vision, and symbolic teachings; they do not establish historical events or reconstruct lost pages. Opening pages 1–6 and central pages 11–14 are missing.
Source and translation notes
Anonymous. Mary is a recipient and interpreter of revelation in the narrative, not its claimed author. Her identity is unspecified; this edition does not identify her as Mary Magdalene or another Mary.
Papyrus Berolinensis 8502,1, with Greek fragments · Coptic/Greek (source-language review pending)
English witness: Mark M. Mattison · Public Domain dedication stated on source page
Heading and section break are modern navigation aids, not ancient verse divisions. Numbered reading units are modern paragraph divisions, not ancient verse numbers.
- Provisional bridge rendering based on the supplied public-domain English witness.
- Square brackets preserve manuscript restoration signals.
- Direct review of the ancient-language witnesses remains pending.
Gospel of Mary 4:4
Recognition beyond Judgment
Overcoming the Powers · Gospel of Mary 4
Story guide: Dissolving earth and sky forms interpret the soul’s reply to Ignorance.
Open this scene in the reader →4[And] the soul said, “Why do you judge me, since I have not judged? I was bound, even though I have not bound. They did not recognize me, but I have recognized that everything will dissolve—both the things of the [earth] and the things of [heaven].”
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