[Footnote 225: One of the later documents of the _Pistis Sophia_ speaks repeatedly of certain τριδυναμεις or τριδυναμοι (both spellings are used) which seem to hold a very exalted rank in the scale of beings, alike in the spiritual and the material parts of the universe.] [Footnote 226: φ, χ, θ, η, κ, τ, β, γ, δ.] [Footnote 227: λ, μ, ν, ρ, ς, ζ, ξ, ψ.] [Footnote 228: τὰ φωνήεντα.] [Footnote 229: α, ε, η, ι, ο, υ, ω.] [Footnote 230: μορφὴν αὐτοῖς περιεποίησεν, “has put shape round them.”] [Footnote 231: Reading Ἐπειδὴ with Irenæus instead of the Ἐπὶ δὲ of Hippolytus.] [Footnote 232: So that the “ineffable” name of Christ consisted of 30 letters. So Epiphanius, _Haer._, XXXIV, p. 448, Oehl. No guess hitherto made as to its transliteration into Greek letters seems entirely satisfactory; but Harvey (_Iren._, I, p. 146, nn. 1, 2), shows that χὶ, ρὼ, εἴψιλον (for which spelling Nigidius Figulus and Aulus Gellius are quoted), ἰῶτα, σῖγμα, ταῦ, οὐ (for ὀμικρόν), and, again, σῖγμα, can be made to count 30.] [Footnote 233: The text has ἀναλογίας, for which Miller rightly restores οἰκονομίας from Irenæus. Cf. p. 318 Cr. _infra_.] [Footnote 234: πεφηνέναι. Irenæus has πεφυκέναι, “grew.”] [Footnote 235: See the Transfiguration according to Matt. xvii. and Mark ix.] [Footnote 236: Or “the Episemon.”] [Footnote 237: π = 80, ε 5, ρ 100, ι 10, σ 200, τ 300, ε 5, ρ 100, α 1 = 801. So Α 1 + Ω 800 = 801.] [Footnote 238: Ἡ παρασκευή. “The Preparation” (for the Passover) _i. e._ Friday.] [Footnote 239: τὸν τῶν ἕξ ἀριθμὸν, δύναμιν ποιήσεως κτλ. So Irenæus’ Latin translation, “_Scientem eum numerum qui est sex virtutem fabricationis et regenerationem habentem_.”] [Footnote 240: 6 + 24 = 30.] [Footnote 241: τῆς αὐτοβουλήτου βουλῆς ... ὁ καρπός, “the Fruit of the self-counselled Council,” Irenæus.] [Footnote 242: μιμήσει τὴς Ἑβδομάδος δυνάμεως ἐψύχωσε κόσμον, “imparted in imitation of the seven powers animation to this world,” (Macmahon); but see Irenæus in _loc. cit._] [Footnote 243: As before, this probably means “Desire.”] [Footnote 244: This seems the first time we meet with the idea of “The Column of Praises” of the Manichæans which mounting from the earth and bearing with it the prayers and praises of mankind plays with them a considerable part in the redemption of Light from Matter.] [Footnote 245: Ps. viii. 2.] [Footnote 246: Ps. xix. 1.] [Footnote 247: Irenæus puts what follows into the mouth of “the all-wise Sige.” A section dealing with the name of Aletheia is omitted by Hippolytus.] [Footnote 248: Or perhaps “Unity in Solitude.”] [Footnote 249: _i. e._ “Ineffable.”] [Footnote 250: Four, unless we spell the word as he apparently does, Σειγή.] [Footnote 251: In the section omitted (see n. 2 _supra_) the “body of Aletheia” is said to be δωδεκάμελος or “of 12 members,” which points to some different notation.] [Footnote 252: Cf. Rev. xix. 11-13.]