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Pleroma logo #21000 Pleroma (Greek πλήρωμα) generally refers to the totality of divine powers. The word means fullness from πληρόω (`I fill`) comparable to πλήρης which means `full`, and is used in Christian theological contexts: both in Gnosticism generally, and by St. Paul the Apostle in {bibleverse||Colossians|2:9|KJV} (the word is used 17 t...
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pleroma logo #22641fullness; abundance
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pleroma logo #21003(from the article `Christianity`) ...Genesis then sought to prevent Gnostics from discovering their past origins, present powers, and future destinies. Gnostics (the pneumatics) ... ...history are depreciated. This world is therefore alien to God, who is for the Gnostics depth and silence, beyond any name or predicate, the ... [2 rel...
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Pleroma logo #21203Literally the Greek term means a filling up, it was used by the Gnostics to denote the world of light, or the spiritual world of aeons full of divine life. -- J.J.R.
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