Pleroma

Religious concept Pleroma (Koine Greek: πλήρωμα, literally "fullness") generally refers to the totality of divine powers. It is used in Christian theological contexts, as well as in Gnosticism. The term also appears in the Epistle to the Colossians, which is traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle. The word is used 17 times in the New Testament. In Valentinianism it represents as virtualities of the Son. Etymology The word literally means "fullness", from the verb plēróō (πληρόω, "to fill"), from plḗrēs (πλήρης, "full"). Christianity New Testament[better source needed] The word itself is a relative term, capable of many shades of meaning, according to the subject with which it is joined and the antithesis to which it is contrasted. It denotes the result of the action of the verb pleroun; but pleroun is either to fill up an empty thing (e.g. Matthew 13:48), or to complete an incomplete thing (e.g. Matthew 5:17); and the verbal substantive in -ma may express either the objective accusative after the verb, 'the thing filled or completed,' or the cognate accusative, 'the state of fullness or completion, the fulfilment, the full amount,' resulting from the