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Introduction, by the American Editor.

[6815] There seems to be a relative gradation meant among these extra-Pleroma beings, as there was among the Æons of the Pleroma; and, further, a relation between the two sets of beings—Achamoth bearing a relation to Propator, the Demiurge to Nus, etc.

Chapter XX—The Demiurge Works Away at Creation, as the Drudge of His Mother Achamoth, in Ignorance All the While of the Nature of His Occupation.

[6816] Duplicis substantiæ illius disclusæ.

[6817] Sublimantia.

[6818] Ogdoadis primogenitalis: what Irenæus calls “the first-begotten and primary Ogdoad of the Pleroma” (See our Irenæus, Vol. I.; also above, chap. vii. p. 506.)

[6819] Noëros.

[6820] Nubeculas.

[6821] Arbusculas.

[6822] Puerilium dicibulorum.

[6823] Sibi here must refer to the secondary agent of the sentence.

Chapter XXI.—The Vanity as Well as Ignorance of the Demiurge. Absurd Results from So Imperfect a Condition.

[6824] Tenendum.

[6825] Alioquin.

[6826] Adeo rerum non erat compos.

[6827] Censu.

[6828] Scilicet.

[6829] Isa. xlv. 5; xlvi. 9.

Chapter XXII.—Origin of the Devil, in the Criminal Excess of the Sorrow of Achamoth. The Devil, Called Also Munditenens, Actually Wiser Than the Demiurge, Although His Work.

[6830] Infamia apud illos.

[6831] Tolerabilior.

[6832] Capit: “capax est,” nimirum “infamiæ” (Fr. Junius).

[6833] Ex nequitia.

[6834] Achamoth’s.

[6835] Irenæus’ word is Κοσμοκράτωρ; see also Eph. vi. 12.

Chapter XXIII.—The Relative Positions of the Pleroma. The Region of Achamoth, and the Creation of the Demiurge. The Addition of Fire to the Various Elements and Bodies of Nature.

 

 

 

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