Hippolytus

“ Power of Jesus Over Humanity.
After, then, there ensued some one (treaty of) peace and harmony between all the Æons within the Pleroma, it appeared expedient to them not only by a conjugal union to have magnified the Son, but also that by an offering of ripe fruits they should glorify the Father. Then all the thirty Æons consented to project one Æon, joint fruit of the Pleroma, that he might be (an earnest) of their union, [1] and unanimity, and peace. ”

“ But conversion, [4] and entreaty, and supplication, he constituted as a path to repentance and power over the animal essence, which is denominated right. [5] The Creator [6] (acted) from fear; (and) that is what, he says, Scripture affirms: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” [7] For this is the beginning of the affections of Sophia, for she was seized with fear, next with grief, then with perplexity, and so she sought refuge in entreaty and supplication. ”

“ And whatever other such statements they advance respecting this (Æon) , these they allege to hold good of the animalish (one) , whom they assert to be creator of the world. Now he is of the appearance of fire. ”