{That power of God which is called Great} (h(8820)Dunamis tou
theou h(8820)kaloumen(8820)Megal(885c)). Apparently here already the oriental
doctrine of emanations or aeons so rampant in the second century.
This "power" was considered a spark of God himself and Jerome (in
 Mt 24 ) quotes Simon (Page) as saying: _Ego sum sermo Dei, ...
ego omnipotens, ego omnia Dei_. Simon claimed to _impersonate
God_.