Note 657 — Chapter X · THE SYSTEM OF THE PISTIS SOPHIA AND ITS RELATED TEXTS[459]
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pp. 219, 220, Amélineau, op. cit.; Schmidt, K.-G.S. p. 226. She seems to be here called “the Great Virgin of the Spirit.” Cf. the Ὑπέθεντο γὰρ Αἰῶνα τινὰ ἀνώλεθρον ἐν παρθενικῷ διάγοντι πνεύματι, ὁ βαρβηλὼθ ὀνομάζουσι, “For [some of them] suppose a certain indestructible Aeon continuing in a Virgin spirit whom they call Barbelo” of Irenaeus, Bk I. c. 27, § 1, p. 222, Harvey.