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attempts to rape Eve who now contains Sophia's divine power; several texts depict him as failing when Sophia's spirit transplants itself into the
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1718:Broek 2013
1693:Segal 2002
1654:Wisse 1981
1642:Schaff n.d
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1579:References
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1534:δημιουργός
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1503:omniscient
1499:cataphatic
1431:Five Seals
1276:Zostrianos
1256:Codex XIII
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2135:Antiquity
1545:demiurgus
1304:Allogenes
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894:Autogenes
849:heterodox
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777:Sethoitae
634:Carl Jung
450:Nusayrism
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320:Nicolaism
298:Cerinthus
268:Simonians
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239:Mandaeism
217:Maghāriya
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2284:Modalism
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2185:Donatism
2180:Docetism
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1441:Euchites
1398:See also
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1228:Irenaeus
1194:Irenaeus
1107:demiurge
1074:Creation
1056:Platonic
1000:Theology
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785:Irenaeus
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587:Docetism
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274:Menander
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116:Demiurge
54:a series
52:Part of
2623:Maximón
2242:Ophites
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1392:Barbelo
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1080:emanate
1038:Genesis
994:Buckley
990:masbuta
946:Audians
934:Phase 6
928:Phase 5
918:Phase 4
912:Phase 3
886:Phase 2
872:Barbelo
864:Phase 1
811:Ophites
781:Ophites
766:History
666:Thelema
522:Codices
342:Ophites
325:Perates
308:Marcion
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