The Secret Book of John (Apocryphon of John) is a 2nd-century AD Sethian Gnostic text of secret teachings.
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Nag Hammadi Codices: Hypostasis of the Archons (NHC II,4), Apocryphon of John (NHC II,1; III,1; IV,1; BG 8502)

Nag Hammadi's chief ruler boasts he alone is God. A voice answers: you are blind.

2nd-3rd c. CE composition

The chief ruler claims to be the only God and is called blind for it. Why would a religious text mock the being who made the world?

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