entities: ENT_VAL_MONOGENES

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_VAL_MONOGENES Monogenes   Valentinian Aeon / Only-begotten Aeon divine sonship; unique knowledge of the Father; only-begotten principle; Nous variant; Decad       A           Monogenes ("Only-begotten") is one of the ten Decad aeons in the Valentinian Pleroma, paired with Macaria ("Blessedness"), and produced by the syzygy of Logos and Zoe (Irenaeus AH I.2.5). He occupies a special position in some Valentinian traditions because the title "Monogenes" is also applied to Nous (the second aeon, paired with Aletheia), who alone has knowledge of the Father (Bythos): "Nous alone, which is also called Only-begotten and Father and Beginning of all things, was able to know the size of the Father" (Irenaeus AH I.2.1). This creates a theological ambiguity in Valentinianism: there is a Decad-level Monogenes (paired with Macaria in the Decad sequence) and a title Monogenes applied to the second Ogdoad aeon Nous. The term "Monogenes" is also the Greek theological term used for Christ's divine Sonship in the Gospel of John (1:14, 18; 3:16), making this concept a bridge point between Valentinian aeon theology and orthodox Christology. Layton (1987) pp. 276-302; Irenaeus AH I.2.5. aeon

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