demiurgus

Definitiones

1. A chief magistrate.
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2. Any being that made the universe out of primal matter, demiurge
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Aequivalentia

Exempla

“tum inter magistratus gentis (‘damiurgos’ vocant; decem numero⟳ creantur) certamen nihilo⟳ segnius quam inter multitudinem esse. Then among the magistrates of the people [of the Aegean League] (called ‘demiurges’; ten were appointed) an argument broke out no less heated than among the crowd. – Liv. 32 22 (written circa 10 BC)”

“Note: it might seem odd that Irenaeus would use the term here given the usual implications, but he is arguing against Gnosis in this work and using Gnostic terminology to do so.”

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