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demiurge

The supernatural maker of the world who is subordinate to the Supreme Being or God. The term comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato's myth in the Timaeus about the divine creation of the universe. Plato's demiurge copies the Forms on to the receptacle of space-time or womb of becoming.



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16) Nach dem "Apokryphon des Johannes" sind ihre Namen: Athoth, Eloaiou, Astaphaios, Jao, Sabaoth, Adonin, Sabbede (NHC II, 1, 11, 25), nach der Schrift "Vom Urspung der Welt": Jaldabaoth, Jao, Sabaoth, Adonaios, Eloaios, Oraios und Astaphaios (NHC II, 5, 101, 25-30), bei den Ophiten (nach Origenes) Ialdabaoth, Iao, Sabaoth, Adonaios, Astaphaios, Aiolaios, Horaios (Contra Celsum IV 30).
 
 
 
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