Good question. I don't have the Greek text in front of me (nor the chops to translate it), but in general, being generally familiar with the Neoplatonic tradition, "God" in the singular can frequently be understand as the class of divine beings. The One is the unitary principle, and arrayed around it are all things that partake of its ultimate qualities (good, immutable, etc.), namely the henads or gods. Some refer to "The One" as the Godhead, but it would be a mistake, I think, to think of it as having any type of persona.
The Christians synthesized this idea with their conception of God, via Pseudo-Dionysius. Thus God the Father bears many of the attributes one would associate with "The One." Pagan Neoplatonists, on the other hands, would extend these qualities across the spectrum of divine beings, who abide at the pinnacle of the cosmos, ontologically speaking.
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Re: perfect, therefore unchanging
Date: 2021-11-06 05:38 pm (UTC)The Christians synthesized this idea with their conception of God, via Pseudo-Dionysius. Thus God the Father bears many of the attributes one would associate with "The One." Pagan Neoplatonists, on the other hands, would extend these qualities across the spectrum of divine beings, who abide at the pinnacle of the cosmos, ontologically speaking.