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The cosmic expression of divine Wisdom by which God created the universe
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A Greek term; it can mean anything from a divine utterance to the principle of cosmic reason that orders and governs the universe
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A movement in the early church that developed into Christianity’s first major heresy
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A branch of Gnosticism; it argued that Christ, being good, could not also be human; he only seemed to have a physical body
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The dark reality that existed before God’s Creation
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God’s first act forged its birth
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The symbol of John’s Gospel
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