THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY

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GNOSTICISM

(Louis Berkhof, A History of Christian Doctrines, 47-49 <<>> 30-32)

Valentinus Basilides
(dualism)

(middle beings, aeons) (emanations of the divine),

(pleroma)
(fullness of the divine essence)

(Demiurge)

(celestial
being)

(secret knowledge of Being)

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Revised from Louis Berkhof, History of ChristianDoctrines, trans. CharlesChao.
Used by Permission of Reformation Translation Fellowship
P. O. Box 366, Peitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan.

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