Gnosticism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Monad=== {{Main|Monad (Gnosticism)}} In many Gnostic systems, God is known as the ''Monad'', [[Neoplatonism#The One|the One]].{{refn|group=note|Other names include [[Absolute (philosophy)|The Absolute]], ''Aion teleos'' (The Perfect [[Æon]]), ''Bythos'' (Depth or Profundity, Βυθός), ''Proarkhe'' (Before the Beginning, προαρχή), and ''He Arkhe'' (The Beginning, ἡ ἀρχή).}} God is the high source of the [[pleroma]], the region of light. The various emanations of God are called æons. According to [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]], this view was inspired by the [[Pythagoreans]], who called the first thing that came into existence the ''Monad'', which begat the dyad, which begat the numbers, which begat the [[Point (geometry)|point]], begetting [[Line (geometry)|lines]], etc. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page