Monad

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In some Gnostic systems, the supreme being is known as the Monad, the One, the Absolute. The Monad is a monarchy with nothing above it, existing as God and Father of everything, the invisible One above all. He is the invisible Spirit, more than a god, since there is nothing above him, and everything exists in him.

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When

First attested: 100 CE
Attested period: 100 – 300
Historical notes: Mentioned in the Apocryphon of John, written c. 120 CE.

Relationships

co occurs with: YHWH, Parent, Jesus, Demiurge, Archons, Aeons, Sophia, Christ, Yaldabaoth, Logos, Bythos

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)

Source passages

“Valentinus taught that the Monad is the high source of the Pleroma, the region of light constituting "the fullness of the Godhead."”
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“Monad – Adaptation of the Greek philosophical concept”
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“Many Gnostic systems, particularly those of the Syrian or Egyptian, teach that the universe began with an original, unknowable God referred to as the Parent, Bythos ('Depth') or the Monad.”
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