Setheus
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Setheus is one of the great celestial powers dwelling in the Sixth Heaven in Gnostic cosmology. He is described as dwelling in the sanctuary like a king and as God, containing within himself the only-begotten God, the monad, and the creative Word. The text portrays him as the one to whom all creation prays as God, Lord, and Saviour, and whom all beings bless for his beauty and comeliness.
When
- First attested
- 200 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 1978
- Historical notes
- Referenced in the Bruce Codex discovered near Alexandria in 1769, translated to German in 1892 and English in 1978.
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In Gnosticism, Setheus is one of the great celestial powers dwelling in the Sixth Heaven...This is Setheus who dwells in the sanctuary like a king, and he is as God. This is the creative Word which commands the All that they should work.”
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