The Gospel of the Holy Twelve

Known Also as The Gospel of the Perfect Life

Rev. Gideon J. Ouseley

• Publisher: Papamoa Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789122183
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

The Gospel of the Holy Twelve is a publication from the early Christian era which was first serialised in The Lindsey and Lincolnshire Star newspaper between July 30, 1898 and March 10, 1901. The first collected edition of essays (or 'Lections') by the author, a former clergyman, Rev. Gideon Jasper Richard Ouseley (1834-1906) was published in 1901.
The Gospel of the Holy Twelve presents vegetarian versions of traditional teachings and events described in the canonical New Testament. This Christian Dispensation that was pieced together from the most ancient and complete collection of Christian fragments, preserved in one of the Monasteries of the Buddhist monks in Tibet, where it was hidden by some of the Essene community for safety from the hands of the Corrupters and for the first time to be translated from the Aramaic.

 

Lection XXV — The Sermon On The Mount (Part I)

1. JESUS seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain: and when he was seated, the twelve came unto him, and he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said:

2. Blessed in spirit are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

3. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of God.

4. Yea, blessed are ye, when men shall hate you’ and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

5. Woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received in this life your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you’ for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

6. Ye are the salt of the earth, for every sacrifice must be salted with salt, but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot.

7. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Parent who is in heaven.

8. Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass from the law or the prophets till all be fulfilled. But behold One greater than Moses is here and he will give you the higher law, even the perfect Law, and this Law shall ye obey.

9. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these commandments which he shall give, and shall teach men so, they shall be called the least in the kingdom; but whosoever shall do, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven.

10. Verily they who believe and obey shall save their souls, and they who obey not shall lose them. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall, exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees ye shall not enter the kingdom of Heaven.

11. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

12. Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time thy adversary deliver thee to the Judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee. Thou shalt by no means come out thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

13. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.

14. Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. That ye may be the children of your Parent Who maketh the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the Just and on the unjust.

15. For if ye love them which love you what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners even do the same. And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even so the taxgatherers?

16. And if a desire be unto thee as thy life, and it turn thee from the truth, cast it out from thee, for it is better to enter life possessing truth, than losing it, to be cast into outer darkness.

17. And if that seem desirable to thee which costs another pain or sorrow, cast it out of thine heart; so shalt thou attain to peace. Better it is to endure sorrow, than to inflict it, on those who are weaker.

18. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Parent Who is in heaven is perfect.

 

Lection XXVI — The Sermon On The Mount (Part II)

1. TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Parent who is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

2. But when thou givest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth, and take heed that thine alms may be in secret; and the Secret One which seest in secret shall approve then openly.

3. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

4. But thou, when thou prayest enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father-Mother who is in secret; and the secret One that seeth in secret shall approve thee openly.

5. And when ye pray in common, use not vain petitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your heavenly Parent knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask After this manner therefore pray ye, when ye are gathered together:

6. Our Parent Who art in heaven: Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done; in earth as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread, and the fruit of the living Vine. As Thou forgivest us our trespasses, so may we forgive the trespasses of others. Leave us not in temptation. Deliver us from evil: For Thine are the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever and ever, Amun.

7. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Parent will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Parent in heaven forgive you your trespasses.

8. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

9. And I say unto you, Except ye fast from the world and its evil ways, ye shall in no wise find the Kingdom; and except ye keep the Sabbath and cease your haste to gather riches, ye shall not see the Father-Mother in heaven. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men to fast, and the Holy One who seeth in secret will approve thee openly.

10. Likewise also do ye, when ye mourn for the dead and are sad, for your loss in their gain. Be not as those who mourn before men and make loud lamentation and rend their garments, that they may be seen of men to mourn. For all souls are in the hands of God, and they who have done good, do rest with your ancestors in the bosom of the Eternal.

11. Pray ye rather for their rest and advancement, and consider that they are in the land of rest, which the Eternal hath prepared for them, and have the just reward of their deeds, and murmur not as those without hope.

12. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth not rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

13. The lamps of the body are the eyes: if therefore thy sight be clear, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eyes be dim or lacking, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

14. No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

15. Therefore I say unto you, Be not over anxious for your life what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat and the body than raiment? And what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his life?

16. Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Parent feedeth them. Are ye not much better cared for than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why spend all your thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

17. Wherefore shall not God who clothes the grass of the field, which to day is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

18. Therefore be not over anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (all Which things do the Gentiles seek). For your heavenly Parent knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. Meet not in advance the evils of the morrow; sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Lection XXVII — The Sermon On The Mount (Part III)

1. JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again; and as ye do unto others, so shall it be done unto you.

2. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull the mote out of thine eye; and behold a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye; and then shall thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

3. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs’ neither cast ye your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rend you.

4. Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for everyone that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to them that knock it shall be opened.

5. What man is there of you who, if his child ask bread, will give it a stone? Or, if it ask a fish, will give it a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Parent Who is in heaven give good things to them that ask?

6. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. And what ye would not that men should do unto you, do ye not so unto them; for this is the Law and the prophets.

7. Enter ye in at the strait gate, for strait is the way and narrow the gate that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. But wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat.

8. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

9. Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is only fit to be hewn down and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know the good from the evil.

10. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father-Mother Who is in heaven. Many will say to me in that...

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• PROLOGUE
• Lection I - The Parentage And Conception Of John The Baptist
• Lection II - The Immaculate Conception Of Jesus The Christ
• Lection III - The Nativity of John The Baptist
• Lection IV - The Nativity Of Jesus The Christ
• Lection V - Manifestation Of Jesus To The Magi
• Lection VI - The Childhood And Youth Of Jesus the Christ - He Delivereth A Lion from The Hunters
• Lection VII - The Preaching of John The Baptist
• Lection VIII - Baptism of Jesu-Maria The Christ
• Lection IX - The Four Temptations
• Lection X - Joseph And Mary Make A Feast Unto Jesus - Andrew And Peter Find Jesus
• Lection XI - The Anointing By Mary Magdalene
• Lection XII - The Marriage In Cana - The Healing Of The Nobleman’s Son
• Lection XIII - The First Sermon In The Synagogue Of Nazareth
• Lection XIV - The Calling Of Andrew And Peter - The Teaching of Cruelty In Animals - The Two Rich Men
• Lection XV - Healing Of The Leper And The Man With Palsy - The Deaf Man Who Denied That Others Could Hear
• Lection XVI - Calling of Matthew - Parable of The New Wine In The Old Bottles
• Lection XVII - Jesus Sendeth Forth The Twelve And Their Fellows
• Lection XVIII - He Sendeth Forth Of The Two and Seventy
• Lection XIX - Jesus Teacheth How to Pray - Error Even In Prophets
• Lection XX - The Return Of The Two and Seventy
• Lection XXI - Jesus Rebuketh Cruelty To A Horse - Condemneth the Service of Mammon - Blesseth Infants
• Lection XXII - The Restoration Of Iairus’ Daughter
• Lection XXIII - Jesus And The Samaritan Woman
• Lection XXIV - Jesus Denounces Cruelty - He Healeth the Sick
• Lection XXV - The Sermon On The Mount (Part I)
• Lection XXVI - The Sermon On The Mount (Part II)
• Lection XXVII - The Sermon On The Mount (Part III)
• Lection XXVIII - Jesus Releases The Rabbits And Pigeons
• Lection XXIX - He Feedeth Five Thousand With Six Loaves And Seven Clusters Of Grapes - Healing Of The Sick - Jesus Walketh On The Water
• Lection XXX - The Bread Of Life And The Living Vine
• Lection XXXI - The Bread of Life And The Living Vine - Jesus Teacheth The Thoughtless Driver
• Lection XXXII - God The Food And Drink Of All
• Lection XXXIII - By The Shedding Of Blood - Of Others Is No Remission Of Sins
• Lection XXXIV - Love Of Jesus For All Creatures - His Care For A Cat
• Lection XXXV - The Good Law - The Good Samaritan - Mary And Martha - On Divine Wisdom
• Lection XXXVI - The Woman Taken In Adultery- The Pharisee and the Publican
• Lection XXXVII - The Regeneration Of The Soul
• Lection XXXVIII - Jesus Condemneth The Ill Treatment Of Animals
• Lection XXXIX - The Kingdom Of Heaven (Seven Parables)
• Lection XL - Jesus Expounds His Inner Teaching To The Twelve
• Lection XLI - Jesus Setteth Free The Caged Birds - The Blind Man Who Denied That Others Saw
• Lection XLII - Jesus Teacheth Concerning Marriage - The Blessing of Children
• Lection XLIII - Jesus Teacheth Concerning The Riches Of This World - And the Washing Of Hands - And Eating Of Uncleaned Meats
• Lection XLIV - The Confession of the Twelve - Christ the True Rock
• Lection XLV - Seeking For Signs - The Unclean Spirit
• Lection XLVI - The Transfiguration on the Mount - The Giving of the Law
• Lection XLVII - The Spirit Giveth Life - The Rich Man and the Beggar
• Lection XLVIII - Jesus Feedeth One Thousand With Five Melons - Healeth the Withered Hand On The Sabbath Day - Rebuketh Hypocrisy
• Lection XLIX - The True Temple of God
• Lection L - Christ the Light of the World
• Lection LI - The Truth Maketh Free
• Lection LII - The Pre-Existence Of Christ
• Lection LIII - Jesus Healeth The Blind On The Sabbath - Jesus At The Pool Of Siloam
• Lection LIV - The Examination of the Blind Man - A Living Type of the House of God
• Lection LV - Christ The Good Shepherd - One With The Father
• Lection LVI - The Raising of Lazarus From His Sleep In The Tomb
• Lection LVII - Concerning Little Children - The Forgiveness Of Others - Parable Of The Fishes
• Lection LVIII - Divine Love To The Repentant
• Lection LIX - Jesus Forewarneth His Disciples - Glad Tidings to Zaccheus
• Lection LX - Jesus Rebuketh Hypocrisy
• Lection LXI - Jesus Foretelleth The End
• Lection LXII - The Parable Of The Ten Virgins
• Lection LXIII - Parable Of The Talents
• Lection LXIV - Jesus Teacheth In The Palm Circle - The Divine Life And Substance
• Lection LXV - The Last Anointing by Mary Magdalene - Neglect Not The Present Time
• Lection LXVI - Jesus Again Teacheth His Disciples Concerning The Nature Of God - The Two In One
• Lection LXVII - The Last Entry Into Jerusalem - The Sheep And The Goats
• Lection LXVIII - The Householder And The Husbandmen - Order Out Of Disorder
• Lection LXIX - The Christ Within The Soul - The Resurrection And The Life - Salome’s Question
• Lection LXX - Jesus Rebukes Peter For His Haste
• Lection LXXI - The Cleansing Of The Temple
• Lection LXXII - The Many Mansions In The One House
• Lection LXXIII - Christ The True Vine
• Lection LXXIV - Jesus Foretelleth Persecutions
• Lection LXXV - The Last Paschal Supper
• Lection LXXVI - The Washing Of Feet - The Eucharistic Oblation
• Lection LXXVII - The Agony In The Gethsemane
• Lection LXXVIII - The Betrayal
• Lection LXXIX - The Hebrew Trial Before Caiaphas
• Lection LXXX - The Sorrow and Penance Of Judas
• Lection LXXXI - The Roman Trial Before Pilate
• Lection LXXXII - The Crucifixion
• Lection LXXXIII - The Burial Of Jesus
• Lection LXXXIV - The Resurrection Of Jesus
• Lection LXXXV - Jesus Appeareth To Two At Emmaus
• Lection LXXXVI - Jesus Appeareth In The Temple Blood Sacrifices Cease
• Lection LXXXVII - Jesus Appeareth To The Twelve
• Lection LXXXVIII - The Eighth Day After The Resurrection
• Lection LXXXIX - Jesus Appeareth At The Sea Of Tiberias
• Lection XC - What Is Truth?
• Lection XCI - The Order of the Kingdom (Part I)
• Lection XCII The Order of the Kingdom (Part II)
• Lection XCIII - The Order of the Kingdom (Part III)
• Lection XCIV - The Order of the Kingdom (Part IV)
• Lection XCV - The Ascension Of Christ
• Lection XCVI - The Pouring Out Of The Spirit - The Taking of Mary And Joseph
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