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Irenaeus, Refutation Of All Heresies, 1.4.1


nanThe following are the transactions which they narrate as having occurred outside of the Pleroma: The enthymesis of that Sophia who dwells above, which they also term Achamoth, being removed from the Pleroma, together with her passion, they relate to have, as a matter of course, become violently excited in those places of darkness and vacuity [to which she had been banished]. For she was excluded from light and the Pleroma, and was without form or figure, like an untimely birth, because she had received nothing [from a male parent]. But the Christ dwelling on high took pity upon her; and having extended himself through and beyond Stauros, he imparted a figure to her, but merely as respected substance, and not so as to convey intelligence. Having effected this, he withdrew his influence, and returned, leaving Achamoth to herself, in order that she, becoming sensible of her suffering as being severed from the Pleroma, might be influenced by the desire of better things, while she possessed in the meantime a kind of odour of immortality left in her by Christ and the Holy Spirit. Wherefore also she is called by two names--Sophia after her father (for Sophia is spoken of as being her father), and Holy Spirit from that Spirit who is along with Christ. Having then obtained a form, along with intelligence, and being immediately deserted by that Logos who had been invisibly present with her--that is, by Christ--she strained herself to discover that light which had forsaken her, but could not effect her purpose, inasmuch as she was prevented by Horos. And as Horos thus obstructed her further progress, he exclaimed, IAO, whence, they say, this name Iao derived its origin. And when she could not pass by Horos on account of that passion in which she had been involved, and because she alone had been left without, she then resigned herself to every sort of that manifold and varied state of passion to which she was subject; and thus she suffered grief on the one hand because she had not obtained the object of her desire, and fear on the other hand, lest life itself should fail her, as light had already done, while, in addition, she was in the greatest perplexity. All these feelings were associated with ignorance. And this ignorance of hers was not like that of her mother, the first Sophia, an AEon, due to degeneracy by means of passion, but to an [innate] opposition [of nature to knowledge]. Moreover, another kind of passion fell upon her her (Achamoth), namely, that of desiring to return to him who gave her life.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. New Testament, John, 19.30 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

19.30. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
2. Clement of Alexandria, Excerpts From Theodotus, 45.2 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

3. Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies, 6.32.5-6.32.6 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

4. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, 1.2.2-1.2.5, 1.3.3, 1.4.2-1.4.5, 1.5.1-1.5.2, 1.5.4, 1.11.1, 1.21.3, 1.29.4, 1.30.3, 1.30.12, 6.32.5 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

5. Nag Hammadi, On The Origin of The World, 98.11-98.23 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

6. Nag Hammadi, The Gospel of Philip, 71 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

7. Nag Hammadi, The Gospel of Truth, 17.10-17.20 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

8. Nag Hammadi, The Hypostasis of The Archons, 94.6-94.8, 94.14-94.17 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

9. Nag Hammadi, The Tripartite Tractate, 77.11-77.31, 80.14, 81.19-81.25, 107.22, 128.27-128.28, 128.30 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

10. Septuagint, 4 Maccabees, 13-16, 18, 2-3, 6-7, 1



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
achamoth van den Broek (2013), Gnostic Religion in Antiquity, 180
achamōth,expulsion from pleroma O'Brien (2015), The Demiurge in Ancient Thought, 223
aeons,emergence of O'Brien (2015), The Demiurge in Ancient Thought, 222
aeons Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72, 92; Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
angel Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
anointing Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 909
ascetic Seim and Okland (2009), Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity, 182
baptism Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
body Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72
christ,as aeon O'Brien (2015), The Demiurge in Ancient Thought, 222
christ Thomassen (2023), Before Valentinus: The Gnostics of Irenaeus. 95, 96, 168, 171
cognitive theory Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72, 92
conversion,of soul Dunderberg (2008), Beyond Gnosticism: Myth, Lifestyle, and Society in the School of Valentinus. 239
cosmology,cosmogony Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72
cosmology Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
creator,creation Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
demiurge Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72; Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259; Thomassen (2023), Before Valentinus: The Gnostics of Irenaeus. 168
emotion (pathos) Dunderberg (2008), Beyond Gnosticism: Myth, Lifestyle, and Society in the School of Valentinus. 112
emotions [ passions Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72, 92
experience Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
father,the Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 92
father Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
gnosis,gnostic(ism) Nissinen and Uro (2008), Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity, 462
gnostic,gnosticism Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
gnostic myth Osborne (2001), Irenaeus of Lyons, 271
holy spirit O'Brien (2015), The Demiurge in Ancient Thought, 222
horos,boundary,cross Thomassen (2023), Before Valentinus: The Gnostics of Irenaeus. 96
image of god Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
indefinite dyad Thomassen (2023), Before Valentinus: The Gnostics of Irenaeus. 40, 168
irenaeus,irony Dunderberg (2008), Beyond Gnosticism: Myth, Lifestyle, and Society in the School of Valentinus. 239
jesus Thomassen (2023), Before Valentinus: The Gnostics of Irenaeus. 96
jews [ hebrew Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72
limit van den Broek (2013), Gnostic Religion in Antiquity, 180
matter (material substance/existence) Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 92
metaphysics Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
monad,in valentinian system O'Brien (2015), The Demiurge in Ancient Thought, 223
monogenes\u2003 Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
movement [ primus motus Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 92
nag hammadi Seim and Okland (2009), Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity, 182
origen,comparison to valentinian gnosticism O'Brien (2015), The Demiurge in Ancient Thought, 222
passion Seim and Okland (2009), Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity, 182
passions [ emotions Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72, 92
philosophy Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
plato,influence on valentinus O'Brien (2015), The Demiurge in Ancient Thought, 223
platonism Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 92
pleroma Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 92; Seim and Okland (2009), Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity, 182
pleroma\u2003 Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
power Seim and Okland (2009), Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity, 182
pronoia\u2003 Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 92
protarchon Thomassen (2023), Before Valentinus: The Gnostics of Irenaeus. 40, 171
rebirth Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 909
resurrection Hellholm et al. (2010), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 909
ritual' Nissinen and Uro (2008), Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity, 462
ritual Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
ritual practices Seim and Okland (2009), Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity, 182
savior Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
savior [ jesus,christ,and son Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72
sethianism Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72
sophia,higher / lower van den Broek (2013), Gnostic Religion in Antiquity, 180
sophia Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 92; Osborne (2001), Irenaeus of Lyons, 271; Seim and Okland (2009), Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity, 182; Thomassen (2023), Before Valentinus: The Gnostics of Irenaeus. 95, 96, 168, 171
sophia prounikos Thomassen (2023), Before Valentinus: The Gnostics of Irenaeus. 40, 95
sophias partner Thomassen (2023), Before Valentinus: The Gnostics of Irenaeus. 96, 171
soul,generation of O'Brien (2015), The Demiurge in Ancient Thought, 223
soul Seim and Okland (2009), Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity, 182
stoic,stoicism Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
stoicism Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72, 92
therapeia\u2003 Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72
trinity O'Brien (2015), The Demiurge in Ancient Thought, 222
valentinian(ism) Nissinen and Uro (2008), Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity, 462
valentinian/valentinians Linjamaa (2019), The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics, 72, 92
valentinians Seim and Okland (2009), Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity, 182
valentinus,valentinianism Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
wisdom Novenson (2020), Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity, 259
wisdom (sophia) Dunderberg (2008), Beyond Gnosticism: Myth, Lifestyle, and Society in the School of Valentinus. 112