Cosmocrator

Origin

, from grc("universe") + κόσμος("ruler") + κράτωρ.

Full definition of cosmocrator

Noun

1. (chiefly Christianity) A ruler of the entire world or cosmos.
• 1967, Gustav Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, Cosmocrator — in Valentinian gnosticism, Cosmocrator is ruler of the material cosmos in the guise of Diabolos (the devil). His consort is Barbelo and together "they sing praises to the Powers of the Light," which would indicate that Cosmocrator is not wholly evil.
• 1972, Israel Oriental Studies, In the same vein, according to the Jewish lists of ten cosmocrators the tenth and last king will be God himself.
• 2004, Jack T. Sanders, The New Testament Christological Hymns, It is the confluence of Old Testament and Hellenistic terminology that makes him more than a mere cultic hero or lord; he is cosmocrator, lord of the cosmos, for the powers in v. 10 are cosmic powers.
• 2015, Revd Allen Brent, The Imperial Cult and the Development of Church Order, Pursuing the same project with the same ontological purpose, Proclus will later admit the seven cosmocrators as the seven planets into his Neoplatonist scheme. "The planets are called 'cosmocrators'" but they are no longer rebellious aeons fragmenting the pleroma through their ignorance.
• 2020, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Christian Gnosis, In addition to the Demiurge, they also speak of a Cosmocrator (ruler of the world) and of evil spirits.