Sabaoth
Sabaoth is an archon associated with Mars and the 6th and 7th Heavens. Pistis Sophia supported Sabbaoth in his rebellion against his father, so she established the kingdom for Sabbaoth over everyone that he might dwell above the twelve gods of chaos receiving great authority against all the forces of chaos. His name is derived from Sabbath, which corresponds to the 7th Heaven of rest that he rules indicating either rest from his struggle or as the one who will not rest on his father's creation but change it.
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When
- First attested
- 100 CE
- Attested period
- 100 – 400
- Historical notes
- Documented by Origen in Contra Celsum, vi. 31.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Yaldabaoth, Ialdabaoth
- co occurs with
- Adonaios, Elaios, Horaios, Eloaios, Oraios, Athoth, Harmas, Kalila-Oumbri, Yabel, Abel, Abrisene, Yobel, Armoupieel, Melcheir-Adonein, Belias, Adonin, Sabbataios, Saklas, Eloiein, Elilaios, Adonai, Seth, Astaphaios, Yao, Cain, David, Iao
- parent of
- Christ
- allied with
- Pistis Sophia
- student of
- Sophia
- child of
- Yaldabaoth
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Yaldabaoth (or no. 6 Yaldaboath, no. 7 Sabaoth)”
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“Severian Encratites (also associated with Sethians) believed Sabaoth and Ialdabaoth to be one and the same, the God of law, and therefore evil. Celsus, a 2nd-century Greek philosopher, identified Ialdabaoth with Cronus and Sabaoth and Adonai with Zeus.”
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