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pleroma

pleroma

9.9
The full presence and power of God or the spiritual world
  • noun
  • /pləˈroʊmə/
  • Formal
translation icon : pleroma
  • Throughout this letter, Paul uses terms like gnosis, pleroma, and sophia—knowledge, fullness, and wisdom—to directly subvert the false teaching that was denigrating the Lord.

Examples

  • While each man and woman is created in the image of God, the image of God nonetheless comes to its fullness or pleroma only in the human race as a whole.

    Academic text (1993)

  • While these sects differed from one another, they agreed that the creation of this world was the aberration of a delinquent member of the pleroma, rather than the work of the true God, and that salvation was escape from this world.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Pleroma says:

    Blog text (1)

  • In Gnostic thought, the concept of pleroma represents the totality of divine powers and the fullness of spiritual presence.

  • The Church is often seen as the pleroma, embodying the collective spiritual power of its members united in faith.

  • According to early Christian writings, understanding the pleroma is essential for grasping the nature of salvation and divine presence.

Synonyms

divinity
vspleroma
11 8.1

The state of being like a god or very holy

stresses totality of spiritual presence and power rather than simple godlikeness
omnitude
vspleroma
1 9.9

A state of being everything that exists

refers specifically to total divine presence and power rather than general totality
divineness
vspleroma
8.4

The state of being like a god or very holy

focuses on the full spiritual power and presence rather than mere deity nature

How Full

totality
32 6.5
pleroma
  • Formal
9.9
fullness
7 2.7
presence
116 9.9
absence
216 2.1

Surface Forms

pleroma singular
pleromas plural

Etymology

Pleroma comes from the Greek plērōma, which means 'fullness' or being 'full', similar to the idea of 'plenty'. In religious use it names the 'complete presence' of the divine, so the origin explains why it means the full, total power or presence of God.