Hippolytus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. V, Hippolytus… (1885)
“ But Sophia, being begotten, and born after many more (Æons) , is not able to acquire possession of the power inherent in the Unbegotten One. For in the Unbegotten One, he says, all things exist simultaneously, but in the begotten (Æons) the female is projective of substance, and the male is formative of the substance which is projected by the female. ”
Hippolytus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. V, Hippolytus… (1885)
“ Some, as we learn from Hippolytus, made up the number to thirty, by the addition of Christ and the Holy Ghost,—a fact which Bunsen thinks conclusively proves that the alleged generation of Æons was a subsequent addition to Valentinus’ system.↑ There is some confusion in Hippolytus’ text, which is, however, removeable by a reference to Irenæus (i. 1) .↑ We subjoin the meanings of these names:— Ten Æons from Nous and Aletheia, (or) Logos and Zoe, viz.:— 1. Bythus = Profundity. 2. Mixis = Mixture. 3. Ageratos = Ever-young. 4. Henosis = Unification. 5. Autophyes = Self-grown. ”
