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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Demiurge |
 | | The Demiurge, fearing lest Jesus, whom he had intended as his Messias, should spread the knowledge of the Supreme God, had him crucified by the Jews. | | | Moreover, according to Greek philosophy the world-maker is not necessarily identical with God, as first and supreme source of all things; he may be distinct from and inferior to the supreme spirit, though he may also be the practical expression of the reason of God, the Logos as operative in the harmony of the universe. | | | The purpose of Christ's coming as Saviour and Redeemer was to rescue us from the power of the Demiurge, the lord of the world of this darkness, and bring us to the light of the Good God, His Father in heaven. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04707b.htm
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| | Gnosticism [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] |
| | The passion of Sophia -- her production of the Demiurge, his enslavement of the human "sparks" in the material cosmos, and the subsequent redemption and restoration -- are but one episode in the infinite, unfolding drama of spiritual existence. | | | According to Gnostic mythology (in general) We, humanity, are existing in this realm because a member of the transcendent godhead, Sophia (Wisdom), desired to actualize her innate potential for creativity without the approval of her partner or divine consort. | | | Platonism, also, warned against the soul's becoming too attached to the realm of the senses, since this realm is changing and illusory, and does not accurately reflect the divinity. |
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http://www.iep.utm.edu/g/gnostic.htm
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| | DEMIURGE - LoveToKnow Article on DEMIURGE |
| | In Plato t5iljswvpfhr is the name given to the creator c f the world (Timaeus, 40) and the word was so adopted by ~s he Gnostics (see GNosTIcIsM). | | | To properly cite this DEMIURGE article in your work, copy the complete reference below: |
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http://www.1911ency.org/D/DE/DEMIURGE.htm
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