Name of Nag Hammadi text, Tractate 1, Codex IX., also name of the main character of the text, who names the "God most High", encountered by Abraham. Melchizedek, is called "the great Paralemptor of Light" (purifier) in "Pistis Sophia", (Askew Codex). Genisis 14.-18. "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine. And he was priest of God Most High". Psalms 110-4; " Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek". http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/melchiz.html