But where

did they get the texts they use for their 'aphorisms'? The article doesn't speak to that.

From Tiny Sect, Weighty Issue for Justices

Were they some kind of revelation to one of this group's leaders? The article isn't about that, it's about the law and the separation of Church and State.

(Of course, as we all know, the Seven Aphorisms and the Ten Commandments were then followed by the Nine Suggestions and then the Eight Guidelines...)