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pleroma

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pleroma
the Gnostic concept of the spiritual world, representing the fullness of the Divine Being and the eons emanating therefrom.
See also: Mysticism


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To explain the meaning of "the Son of God incarnate in his full perfection" Voegelin frequently turned to the Epistle to the Colossians (29) where he found the critical passage explaining what is meant by "incarnation" in the second chapter in which Paul says that in Christ "katoikei pan to pleroma tes theotetos" that is, "dwells all the fullness of divine reality," as Voegelin preferred to translate the neologism theotes.
They are in the world only on parole and are soon to be returned to the pleroma where they started originally.
Hier besteht das Pleroma aus 30 Aonen oder Welten, die verschiedene Namen tragen und paarweise angeordnet sind (also 15 Paare bilden).
 
 
 
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