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Buthos or Bythos

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Butini, Dominique
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(Βύθος, the abyss) was the primal essence, among the Valentinian Gnostics, where the spirit is lost in contemplation. According to this system all existence has its ground in the self-limitation of the Buthos, which has in it a fulness of divine life that flows out in the complete series of ceons (q.v.). -Gardner, Faiths of the World, s.v. (See GNOSTICS).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Buthos or Bythos'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/buthos-or-bythos.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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