Summary

Hippolytus Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. V, Hippolytus… (1885)

And on this account the image of the subsequently generated Thelema is (that of a) male; but (the image) of the unbegotten Ennoia is (that of a) female, since volition is, as it were, a power of conception. For conception always cherished the idea of a projection, yet was not of itself at least able to project itself, but cherished the idea (of doing so) . When, however, the power of volition (would be present) , then it projects the idea which had been conceived.
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