"No
one can know when the husband and the wife have intercourse with one
another, except the two of them. Indeed, marriage in the world is a
mystery for those who have taken a wife. If there is a hidden quality
to the marriage of defilement, how much more is the undefiled marriage
a true mystery! It is not fleshly, but pure. It belongs not to desire,
but to the will. It belongs not to the darkness or the night, but to
the day and the light. If a marriage is open to the public, it has
become prostitution, and the bride plays the harlot not only when she
is impregnated by another man, but even if she slips out of her bedroom
and is seen. Let her show herself only to her father and her mother,
and to the friend of the bridegroom and the sons of the bridegroom. These
are permitted to enter every day into the bridal chamber.
But let the others yearn just to listen to her voice and to enjoy her
ointment, and let them feed from the crumbs that fall from the table,
like the dogs. Bridegrooms and brides belong to the bridal chamber. No
one shall be able to see the bridegroom with the bride unless he become
such a one."
The
Gospel of Philip
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