Sentence:  To be the Savior and the Lord , Jesus Christ has to be a historical individual with a biography all his own ; he dare not be a cosmic <WSD>aeon</WSD> that swoops to earth for a while but never identifies itself with man 's history . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe