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  • Now this being is the Creator (Demiurgus), who is, in respect of His love, the Father; but in respect of His power, He is Lord; and in respect of His wisdom, our Maker and Fashioner; by transgressing whose commandment we became His enemies.

    ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

  • The doctrines of predestination, of original sin, of the innate depravity of man and the evil fate of the greater part of the race, of the primacy of Satan in this world, of the essential vileness of matter, of a malevolent Demiurgus subordinate to

    Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard, 1860-1933 1920

  • Marduk, then, is the real Demiurgus or world-creator, a dignity, however, which was not originally his.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • What delighted him, first of all, is the beauty of the world, constructed after His own likeness by the Demiurgus.

    Saint Augustin Louis Bertrand 1903

  • It was inevitable that such a frank eulogy of the old gods at the expense of the Christian Demiurgus should give offense.

    The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901

  • The doctrines of predestination, of original sin, of the innate depravity of man and the evil fate of the greater part of the race, of the primacy of Satan in this world, of the essential vileness of matter, of a malevolent Demiurgus subordinate to

    Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch Leonard Huxley 1896

  • Deity, but the Gnostic developments of the Demiurgus idea are independent.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

  • Thus the idea of the Demiurgus is related to the idea of Iśvara in so far as both imply a distinction not generally recognized in Europe between the creator of the world and the Highest

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

  • The Æons, the Demiurgus, the God of matter, do not come near this God though they are called Gods.

    History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • Demiurgus, the creator, whose son Jesus was; they maintained that the body of Jesus was only apparent; they enforced the severest discipline against the body, which was evil, in that it was material; and marriage, flesh, and wine were forbidden.

    The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Annie Wood Besant 1890

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