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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_489" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_489" /> == | ||
<p> <i> | <p> <i> '''''ē''''' </i> ´ <i> '''''on''''' </i> : This word originally meant "duration," "dispensation." in the philosophy of [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] the word is <span> αἰών </span> , <i> '''''aiō̇n''''' </i> , from which this word is transliterated. [[In]] the [[Gnostic]] philosophy it has a special meaning and is there used to solve the problem of the world order. In the infinite separation between [[God]] and the world, it was taught, there must of necessity be mediating powers. These powers are the eons and are the successive emanations from God from eternity. They are spiritual, existing as distinct entities. They constituted the [[Divine]] fullness or the Divine Pleroma. The name was applied to these beings for two reasons: because they were thought to partake of the eternal existence of God and because they were supposed to govern the various ages. The idea of the eons in various forms may be found in nearly all oriental philosophy that attempted to deal with the problem of the world order. It appears in the writings of Philo, in Shintoism, in the old [[Zoroastrian]] religion. [[See]] [[Gnosticism]] . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17896" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17896" /> == | ||
<p> ( <span> αἰών </span> <span> , an age), </span> originally, the life or duration of any person or thing. [[In]] the system of [[Gnosticism]] we find the term used to signify spiritual beings who emanated from the Deity, and who presided over the various periods of the history of the world. (See | <p> ( <span> αἰών </span> <span> , an age), </span> originally, the life or duration of any person or thing. [[In]] the system of [[Gnosticism]] we find the term used to signify spiritual beings who emanated from the Deity, and who presided over the various periods of the history of the world. (See [[Gnostics]]). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77469" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77469" /> == | ||
