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The Father’s Name

1Now the name of the Father is the Son.

2He’s the one who first gave a name to the one who comes out from him, who was himself, and he gave birth to him as a Son.

3He gave him his name which belonged to him.

4He’s the one to whom everything around the Father belongs.

5The name and the Son are his.

6It’s possible for him to be seen; the name, however, is invisible, because it alone is the mystery of the invisible which comes to ears that are filled completely with it by him.

7For indeed, the Father’s name isn’t spoken, but it’s revealed through a Son.

8In this way, then, the name is great.

9Who, then, will be able to utter a name for him, the great name, except him alone to whom the name belongs, and the children of the name, those in whom the Father’s name rests, and who themselves, in turn, rest in his name?

10Since the Father is unbegotten, it’s he alone who gave birth to him for himself as a name, before he had made the generations, so that the Father’s name might be over their head as Lord, which is the true name, confirmed in his command in complete power.

11For the name isn’t from words and naming; the name, rather, is invisible.

12He gave a name to him alone.

13He alone sees him, he alone having the power to give him a name, because whoever doesn’t exist has no name.

14For what name will they give one who doesn’t exist?

15But the one who exists, exists also with his name, and he alone knows it, and he’s given a name to him alone.

16This is the Father; his name is the Son.

17He didn’t hide it within, then, but it existed.

18The Son alone gave a name.

19The name, then, belongs to the Father, as the name of the Father is the beloved Son.

20Where, indeed, would he find a name, except from the Father?

21But doubtless one will ask their neighbor, “Who is it who’ll give a name to the one who existed before them, as if offspring didn’t receive a name from those who gave them birth?” First, then, it’s right for us to consider what the name is.

22It’s the true name, the name from the Father, because it’s the proper name.

23So he didn’t receive the name on loan, the way others do, according to the form in which each one will be produced.

24This, then, is the proper name.

25There’s no one else who gave it to him.

26But he’s unnameable, indescribable, until the time when he who’s complete spoke of him alone.

27And it’s he who has the power to speak his name and to see him.

28So when it pleased him that his beloved name should be his Son, and he gave the name to him who came out from the depth, he disclosed his secrets, knowing that the Father is without evil.

29Because of this, he brought him out so that he might speak about the place, and his resting place from which he had come, and to glorify the fullness, the greatness of his name, and the Father’s sweetness.