- In some
Gnostic systems, the
supreme being is
known as the Monad, the One, the Absolute, Aiōn
Teleos (the
Perfect Aeon, αἰών τέλεος),
Bythos (Depth or...
-
Valentinus believed in the pre-existent Aeon
known as Proarche, Propator, and
Bythus who
existed alongside Ennœa, and they
together begot Monogenes and Aletheia:...
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offspring of
Night and Silence. In
place of
Night and
Silence they
substitute Bythus and Sige;
instead of Chaos, they put Nous; and for Love (by whom, says the...
- (Yaldabaoth) who
appears in the
Ophite system as the
first offspring of
Bythus and Ennoia. The
Severians held that
Ialdaboth was a
great ruler of the powers...
