About this episode
This episode explores the concept of the Third Order Powers in Gnosticism and their role in spiritual redemption and prayer.
It wasn’t only the singular Christ that was created–He who is the One image of the Son of God; it was the face of everyone who prays to the Father for help. This army of the Christ is the Third Order of Powers. These Third Order Powers are the Pleroma of the Christ, created as living images of the Son, the ALL, and the Aeons of the Fullness. They are far more powerful than we Second Order Powers and infinitely more powerful than the phantoms of the deficiency. There is one of those Third Order Powers for every one of us Second Order Powers down here, emanated for our redemption and liberation. The Tripartite Tractate says the Third Order Powers came forth in a “multifaceted form in order that the one to whom help was to be given might recognize them” as the answer to their prayers. “He also sees the one who gave it to him,” meaning the One, the Son, the Christ.
People in this episode
Host: Cyd Ropp
Topics covered
- Gnosticism
- spirituality
- redemption
- prayer
- Pleroma
- Christ
Keywords
- Gnosticism
- Third Order Powers
- Christ
- spirituality
- redemption
- prayer
- Pleroma
- Aeons
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Tripartite Tractate
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