[275] ἐπισυμπλέκοντες καὶ δεκαπλασιάσαντες.
[276] τῆς ἄνω οἰκονομίας. The word can here mean nothing else.
[277] α = 1, β 2, γ 3, δ 4, ε 5, ζ 7, η 8, θ 9, ι 10, κ 20, λ 30 = 99.
[278] Because the Episemon has no τόπος.
[279] στοιχεῖον here used for “character.”
[280] ΛΛ = M.
[281] ὑστέρημα; the usual Gnostic name for the Void.
[282] This section passes over Irenæus’ refutation of the last, and forms the beginning of the Xth Chap. (p. 164, H.).
[283] There must be some mistake here, as the Sun and Moon were included among the seven planetary heavens.
[284] Not of course the Egyptian god, but the Gnostic “Limit” or Cross. The passage is not very clear.