The entire Valentinian cosmogony is built around the very foundations of Christology i.e. the nature of Jesus Christ. This one verse alone can make Christianity stand above all religions for aeons to come.
How great is this mystery?
Most psychic Christians would stop at this interpretation that "In Christ dwells all the fullness of deity in bodily form" and will not go beyond that but that's not the highest pleromic interpretation of the verse, Saint Paul is eyeing something very big here, it is the greatest mystery which was hidden from Aeons (anthropomorphic divine beings) and humans for ages and now the Holy Father wills that this mystery be known to all the pneumatics.
The meaning of the verse 2:9 changes dramatically if we take the Greek terminologies used by Saint Paul quite seriously.
"In Christ dwells all the pleroma of deity in bodily form."
Pleroma is a Greek word which means the totality of divine powers or Aeons (anthropomorphic gods) and not an abstract concept of fullness which the psychic ordinary Christians tend to hold. This was the Colossian problem, I wouldn't call it a heresy or neither the Christians at Colossians were heretics or Gnostics because there was no orthodoxy at the time of Paul, I rather see it as a concern of Saint Paul to ensure that his ministries understand the mystery of Christ correctly and unambiguously, the Christians at Colossians were worshiping each Aeons separately and individually and Paul insists that they need not have to worship each of the individual Aeons separately because all the Aeons reside in the body of Christ. Saint Paul specifically asserts that they reside in him and form his body. This is the highest Pleromic Revelation that a Gnostic can have. This is the truth, this is the Christ in you.
It is indeed amazing that Aeons were in the Father and they were able to emanate in as much as they were not able to perceive and recognize the one in whom they were. I hope everyone receives this light in their places and follow the path of righteousness.
How great is this mystery?
COLOSSIANS 1:24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, 26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to his working which works in me mightily. (NKJV)
Most psychic Christians would stop at this interpretation that "In Christ dwells all the fullness of deity in bodily form" and will not go beyond that but that's not the highest pleromic interpretation of the verse, Saint Paul is eyeing something very big here, it is the greatest mystery which was hidden from Aeons (anthropomorphic divine beings) and humans for ages and now the Holy Father wills that this mystery be known to all the pneumatics.
The meaning of the verse 2:9 changes dramatically if we take the Greek terminologies used by Saint Paul quite seriously.
"In Christ dwells all the pleroma of deity in bodily form."
Pleroma is a Greek word which means the totality of divine powers or Aeons (anthropomorphic gods) and not an abstract concept of fullness which the psychic ordinary Christians tend to hold. This was the Colossian problem, I wouldn't call it a heresy or neither the Christians at Colossians were heretics or Gnostics because there was no orthodoxy at the time of Paul, I rather see it as a concern of Saint Paul to ensure that his ministries understand the mystery of Christ correctly and unambiguously, the Christians at Colossians were worshiping each Aeons separately and individually and Paul insists that they need not have to worship each of the individual Aeons separately because all the Aeons reside in the body of Christ. Saint Paul specifically asserts that they reside in him and form his body. This is the highest Pleromic Revelation that a Gnostic can have. This is the truth, this is the Christ in you.
It is indeed amazing that Aeons were in the Father and they were able to emanate in as much as they were not able to perceive and recognize the one in whom they were. I hope everyone receives this light in their places and follow the path of righteousness.
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