Pleroma foveolatum

Description

Pleroma generally refers to the totality of divine powers. The word means fullness from ("I fill") comparable to which means "full", and is used in Christian theological contexts: both in Gnosticism generally, and by St. Paul the Apostle in Colossians 2:9 (the word is used 17 times in the NT). Pleroma is also used in the general Greek language and is used by the Greek Orthodox Church in this general form since the word appears in the book of Colossians. Elaine Pagels of Princeton University views the reference in Colossians as something that was to be interpreted in the Gnostic sense.