The Letter to Theodore in the Patrologia Graeca
For the past several weeks I have been going systematically through the Patrologia Graeca, volume by volume, looking at two sets of terminology that have played an outsized role in the controversy surrounding the Letter to Theodore: the language of the “mystical” (mystikos) and the language of nakedness (gymnos).
The purpose is not simply to count words. Nor am I expecting to discover another Church Father casually referring to a book called “the Mystic Gospel of Mark.”
The question is more basic.
What did Christians actually mean when they called something mystical? What kinds of things could belong to that category? Gospel interpretation? Initiation? Baptism? The Eucharist? The Last Supper? The Passion? Burial? Resurrection? Pascha?
And separately, what did Christians actually mean when they used gymnos—“naked”? Does the word itself carry the sexual significance that has so often been read into the Letter to Theodore, or does Christian usage point in many different directions?
After going through a very large amount of this material, I think it is useful to explain the working hypothesis that is guiding the investigation.
It begins with a distinction inside the Letter to Theodore itself.
I do not think the Letter necessarily uses “the more spiritual Gospel” and “the Mystic Gospel” as two interchangeable names for exactly the same textual object.
The Letter first describes what Mark did at Alexandria. Mark took his earlier Gospel and enlarged it by transferring additional sayings and deeds into it, producing a pneumatikoteron euangelion—a “more spiritual Gospel.”
That, in my reading, is the larger Alexandrian Gospel.
There is an important control on this distinction in Clement’s surviving writings.
In Quis dives salvetur?, Clement quotes the Markan story of the rich man, material belonging before Jericho, and then explains how Jesus’ words should be understood. The Savior teaches his own with “divine and mystic wisdom.” His sayings should not simply be received according to their superficial or carnal sense; their hidden significance has to be investigated.
That means something important for the argument: Gospel material can already be mystical before Jericho.
So my theory is not that everything before Jericho is ordinary and everything after Jericho suddenly becomes mystical. Clement himself makes that impossible.
A Gospel passage can possess mystical meaning without therefore being identical with the specifically designated “Mystic Gospel.”
The Raised Youth and the Fuller Alexandrian Gospel
That distinction becomes important when we return to the first substantial quotation in the Letter to Theodore.
The passage concerns the raised young man. But Clement does not introduce it by saying, “Here are the words of the Mystic Gospel.” He appeals simply to “the Gospel’s own words.”
The young man dies and is raised. He looks upon Jesus and loves him. He asks to remain with him. Six days pass. He comes to Jesus by night wearing a linen cloth over his naked body and is taught:
to mysterion tes basileias tou Theou
“the mystery of the kingdom of God.”
Then come James and John.
Only after this sequence do we reach the striking transition:
kai erchetai eis Iericho
“And he comes into Jericho.”
My present theory is that this is the important boundary.
The rich-man episode can already contain mystical wisdom. The raised young man can undergo genuinely mystical and initiatory preparation. Neither fact requires us to identify those passages with the beginning of the specifically designated Mystic Gospel.
The distinction I am proposing is therefore:
Mystical Gospel material is not necessarily the same thing as “the Mystic Gospel.”
Clement’s treatment of the rich man in Quis dives salvetur? is one of the strongest reasons for making that distinction. The adjective mystikos cannot by itself locate the boundary. Clement can find mystical meaning before Jericho.
The boundary, if there is one, has to be established by something else: literary sequence, textual designation, and the way the material is administered.
Where “the Mystic Gospel” Actually Appears
The specific expression tou mystikou euangeliou appears in a different part of the Letter, during the discussion of the Carpocratians:
apographon tou mystikou euangeliou
a “copy” or “transcript of the Mystic Gospel.”
That difference is important.
The word apographon does not tell us how extensive the copied material was. It does not require us to imagine that the Carpocratians obtained a complete copy of the entire enlarged Alexandrian Gospel from beginning to end.
My reconstruction is that the Mystic Gospel was a specially restricted movement or section within the fuller Alexandrian Gospel.
The fuller Alexandrian Gospel contains the preparation.
The young man is prepared before the boundary.
Then Jesus enters Jericho.
That is where I presently think the specifically designated mystical movement begins.
The Carpocratians and “Nakeds with Naked”
This also changes how I understand the Carpocratian material.
The Letter does not present the problem simply as the existence of a completely fabricated Carpocratian Gospel. The accusation is more complicated: genuine material has become mixed with false additions and corrupt interpretation.
The notorious expression:
gymnoi gymno
“nakeds with naked”
belongs to this part of the correspondence.
It is not part of Clement’s first quotation from the Alexandrian Gospel.
Clement specifically rejects it:
To de gymnoi gymno kai talla peri hon egrapsas ouch heurisketai.
“But ‘nakeds with naked,’ and the other things about which you wrote, are not found.”
That is why I think it is backwards to begin with “nakeds with naked” and then use that disputed Carpocratian material to determine the meaning of the earlier scene involving the young man.
The authentic Gospel quotation has:
sindona epi gymno
a linen cloth over his naked body.
The separate “nakeds with naked” expression enters through Theodore’s inquiry concerning the Carpocratian material and is explicitly denied.
Those are not the same thing.
This is also why my survey of gymnos throughout the Patrologia Graeca is not primarily an attempt to find the exact phrase “nakeds with naked” somewhere else. If that wording really arose in a Carpocratian text or interpretation, there is little reason to expect orthodox writers to preserve it repeatedly.
The more useful question is what gymnos ordinarily does in Christian Greek. Does nakedness mean baptismal stripping, poverty, exposure, asceticism, humiliation, bathing, sexuality, or something else? And, in particular, is there evidence that gymnos itself naturally signaled the homosexual interpretation that has been attached to this passage?
That is a different question, and I think a much better one.
Why Clement’s Reply Changes at Jericho
The structure of Clement’s response then becomes particularly interesting.
He is willing to give Theodore the long pre-Jericho passage: the raised youth, the six days, the nocturnal instruction, and the continuation through James and John.
That material explains how the recipient is prepared.
But once Clement reaches:
kai erchetai eis Iericho
“And he comes into Jericho,”
his treatment changes.
He gives Theodore only a very short piece of what follows. He rejects the reported “nakeds with naked” material. Then he begins to promise “the true interpretation according to the true philosophy” before the surviving Letter breaks off.
My hypothesis is that this reflects the different status of what comes after the boundary.
The fuller Alexandrian Gospel prepares the recipient.
The Mystic Gospel is the restricted movement for which the recipient has been prepared.
The young man therefore does not have to be the beginning of the Mystic Gospel. He can instead be the person made ready to enter it.
Why I Think the Movement Was Paschal
My further proposal is that the entrance to this restricted movement is Jericho and that what follows is Paschal.
In the reconstruction I am testing, Jericho opens the final road toward Jerusalem: Zacchaeus, the approach to the city, the supper, the Passion, burial, and Resurrection.
This is where the wider Patrologia Graeca investigation becomes important.
I am not searching the PG merely hoping to find someone who happens to use the exact words mystikon euangelion. I am asking whether the larger Greek Christian tradition preserves the conceptual architecture that would make such an expression intelligible.
Does “mystical” repeatedly become associated with Pascha, the supper, sacrifice, initiation, burial, Resurrection, Gospel proclamation and participation in Christ’s death?
If it does, then “Mystic Gospel” need not originally have meant what modern discussion has often encouraged us to imagine: a strange secret Gospel defined by a naked young man spending the night with Jesus.
It may instead have designated something much more comprehensible within ancient Christian categories:
the Gospel of the mystery—the restricted Gospel movement through which the prepared recipient entered the Paschal mystery.
PG 1 — μυστικ-/mystic- and γυμν-/nud-
PG 1 is the first volume in the survey. The procedure is simple: first establish the concordance, then ask which passages actually matter for the two problems under investigation—the possible meaning of Clement’s “Mystic Gospel” and the meaning of γυμνοὶ γυμνῷ in the Letter to Theodore.
The μυστικ-/mystic- audit produced 54 printed occurrences, representing roughly 26 distinct contexts once repetitions are collapsed.
Table 1. μυστικ-/mystic- in PG 1
| Reference | Greek | Latin | English | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF p. 177, editorial note on Gospel according to Egyptians | — | litteraliter, et mystice | “literally and mystically” | Gospel material can be read mystically without the Gospel itself being called “Mystic Gospel.” |
| PDF p. 269, editorial discussion | ἄλλα τινὰ μυστικώτερα | — | “certain other, more mystical things” | Degrees of more advanced/restricted material. |
| PDF p. 284, Apostolic Canon 85 discussion | διὰ τὰ ἐν αὐταῖς μυστικά | ob mystica quae in eis sunt | “because of the mystical things contained in them” | Written books contain mystika and are not to be publicly divulged. |
| PDF p. 298, editorial parallels | — | in mystica interpretatione | “in mystical interpretation” | Exegetical use. |
| PDF p. 340 | ἐν τῷ μυστικῷ ἄρτῳ | in pane quoque mystico | “in the mystical bread” | Eucharistic/sacramental. |
| PDF p. 359, baptismal terminology | σφραγὶς ... μυστική | — | “mystical seal” | Baptism/initiation explicitly called mystical. |
| PDF p. 396, Apostolic Constitutions III | χρὴ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς μυστικοῖς μὴ προδότην εἶναι, ἀλλ’ ἀσφαλῆ | — | “In mystical matters one must not be a betrayer, but secure.” | Restricted disclosure. Pearls/swine follows; incarnation and Passion immediately enter the discussion. |
| PDF p. 505, editorial note | βίβλον λόγων μυστικῶν Μωσέως | Sermones mystici | “a book of mystical discourses of Moses” | Explicit book + mystical discourse. |
| PDF p. 514 | τὴν ... λογικὴν καὶ ἀναίμακτον καὶ τὴν μυστικήν | — | “the rational, bloodless and mystical [sacrifice]” | Mystical sacrifice. |
| PDF p. 523, editorial parallel to Gregory of Nyssa | μυστικῇ πομπῇ | — | “mystical procession” | Liturgical/funerary use. |
| PDF p. 525, contents | Εὐχαριστία μυστική | — | “mystical thanksgiving” | Eucharistic/liturgical. |
| PDF p. 525, contents | περὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ μύρου | — | “concerning the mystical myron” | Initiatory anointing. |
| PDF p. 529, repeated editorial parallel | μυστικῇ πομπῇ | — | “mystical procession” | Repeated printing. |
| PDF p. 531, repeated contents | Εὐχαριστία μυστική | — | “mystical thanksgiving” | Repeated printing. |
| PDF p. 531, repeated contents | περὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ μύρου | — | “concerning the mystical myron” | Repeated printing. |
| PDF p. 532, contents | χρίσματος τοῦ μυστικοῦ ἐλαίου | — | “anointing with the mystical oil” | Initiation/anointing. |
| PDF p. 532, contents | περὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ ὕδατος | — | “concerning the mystical water” | Baptism. |
| PDF p. 532, contents | περὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ μύρου | — | “concerning the mystical myron” | Initiation/anointing. |
| PDF p. 542 | Εὐχαριστία μυστική | — | “mystical thanksgiving” | Editorial note explicitly associates it with remembrance of Christ’s death. |
| PDF p. 544 | περὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ μύρου | pro mystico et sacramentali unguento | “concerning the mystical myron” | Sacramental anointing. |
| PDF p. 556 | χρίσματος τοῦ μυστικοῦ ἐλαίου | de unctione mystici olei | “anointing of the mystical oil” | Initiatory anointing. |
| PDF p. 556 | περὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ ὕδατος | — | “concerning the mystical water” | Baptismal water. |
| PDF p. 557 | περὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ μύρου | de mystico unguento | “concerning the mystical myron” | Immediately joined to baptism, Gospel knowledge, dying and rising with Christ. |
| PDF p. 565 | περὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ μύρου | — | “concerning the mystical myron” | Repeated printing of the same initiatory prayer. |
| PDF p. 571 | περὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ μύρου | — | “concerning the mystical myron” | Repeated printing of the same prayer. |
| PDF p. 587, editorial note | τὴν μυστικὴν λειτουργίαν | — | “the mystical liturgy” | Liturgical use. |
| PDF p. 605 | περὶ τῆς μυστικῆς λατρείας | de mystico cultu | “concerning mystical worship” | Mystical sacramental worship. |
| PDF p. 619 | μυστικῆς λατρείας | mystico cultu | “mystical worship” | Repeated text. |
| PDF p. 619, editorial note | ταῖς μυστικαῖς εὐλογίαις | — | “in the mystical blessings” | Eucharistic/oblation language. |
| PDF p. 625 | μυστικῆς λατρείας | mystico cultu | “mystical worship” | Repeated text. |
| PDF p. 625, editorial note | ταῖς μυστικαῖς εὐλογίαις | — | “in the mystical blessings” | Repeated Eucharistic terminology. |
| PDF p. 632 | ἐν τοῖς μυστικοῖς εὐλογίαις | in mysticis oblationibus | “in the mystical blessings/offerings” | Explicitly explained as bread and wine offered in church. |
| PDF p. 794, Opera dubia | τὸ ... μυστικῶς ἱερουργούμενον ἄρτον καὶ τὸν οἶνον | panem et vinum ... mystice consecrantur | “the bread and wine mystically consecrated” | Eucharistic participation; followed immediately by baptism as regeneration. |
| PDF p. 805, index | — | mystica aqua; mystico unguento | “mystical water; mystical unguent” | Index repetition of the baptismal/anointing material. |
The Gospel-of-the-Egyptians note explicitly concludes that its sayings can be understood “literally and mystically.” The p. 557 passage is especially important because the text itself gives the whole sequence: baptism with Christ, being crucified, dying, buried and raised with him, followed by the “mystical myron” and the “fragrance of the knowledge of the Gospel.” The p. 794 passage explicitly describes Christian bread and wine as mystically consecrated and immediately proceeds to baptism and regeneration.
The γυμν-/nud- search produced 33 genuine distinct printed contexts after exercise-family words and OCR noise were removed.
Table 2. γυμν-/nud- in PG 1
| Reference | Greek | Latin | English | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF p. 87, editorial synopsis of 1 Clem. 24 | — | arida et nuda semina | “dry and naked/bare seeds” | Resurrection analogy; nonhuman bareness. |
| PDF p. 105, editorial | γυμνῇ κεφαλῇ | — | “with bare head” | Ordinary bodily bareness. |
| PDF p. 111, editorial quotation | μονοχίτωνας, ἀνυποδέτους, γυμνούς | — | “single-tunicked, unshod, bare/naked” | Apostolic simplicity/poverty. |
| PDF p. 111 | τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γεγυμνωμένα λαμπρότητος | — | “stripped of Greek brilliance” | Metaphorical stripping. |
| PDF p. 120 | — | nuda statione | “in a bare/exposed position” | Nonsexual bareness. |
| PDF p. 135, 1 Clem. 24 | ξηρὰ καὶ γυμνά | arida et nuda | “dry and bare” | Seeds; resurrection. |
| PDF p. 135, apparatus | γυμνός; γυμνὰ καὶ ἄσαρκα; γυμνὸν κόκκον | nudum | “naked/bare; naked and fleshless; bare grain” | Lexical parallels for seed imagery. |
| PDF p. 216, editorial | — | nudati brachii apparitione | “appearance of a bare arm” | Bodily exposure/modesty. |
| PDF p. 224, repeated | — | nudati brachii apparitione | “appearance of a bare arm” | Repeated printing. |
| PDF p. 232, David/Bathsheba discussion | — | nudam conspexit mulierem | “he saw a naked woman” | Explicitly sexual/temptation context. |
| PDF p. 246 | — | nudis vestimentum | “clothing for the naked” | Poverty/charity. |
| PDF p. 253 | — | nudos vestire | “to clothe the naked” | Poverty/charity. |
| PDF p. 256, Noah/Ham | — | nudum suum patrem ... corporalis nuditatem | “his naked father ... bodily nakedness” | Literal exposure/shame. |
| PDF p. 300, baths | — | corpus turpiter nudum mulieribus ostenderis | “show your body shamefully naked to women” | Sexual/modesty danger explicitly supplied by context. |
| PDF p. 305, Apostolic Constitutions I.9 | πῶς γυμνὴ μετ’ ἀνδρῶν ... | cum viris nuda | “how will she enter the bath naked with men?” | Closest formal parallel to “naked with”: explicitly mixed-sex bathing and modesty. |
| PDF pp. 312–313, lexical/exegetical note | γυμνότερος; γυμνός; γυμνότατος; τῆς θείας χάριτος γεγυμνωμένος | nudior; nudus; nudissimus | “more naked; naked; most naked; stripped of divine grace” | Lexical and metaphorical uses. |
| PDF p. 314 | τῆς ἱερᾶς ἀπογυμνοῖ τάξεως | sacro ordine denudat | “strips [him] of sacred rank” | Metaphorical stripping. |
| PDF p. 395 | ἐὰν δὲ ἴδῃς γυμνόν, περίβαλε | — | “if you see the naked, clothe him” | Poverty/charity. |
| PDF p. 407 | γυμνῇ οὔσῃ | nudae | “being naked/destitute” | Poverty. |
| PDF p. 408 | αὐτὴ γυμνή | nudiorem | “she herself [was] naked/more destitute” | Poverty, not sexuality. |
| PDF p. 410, baptism/deaconesses | γυμνουμένας ... βαπτιζομένας | ne a viris aspiciantur nudae; baptizandas ... nudas | “women being stripped/naked for baptism ... lest men see them naked” | Literal Christian initiatory nakedness. Explicitly protected from sexual gaze. |
| PDF p. 416 | γυμνοῖς ἔνδυμα | — | “clothing for the naked” | Charity. |
| PDF p. 427, Matt. 25 | γυμνὸς καὶ περιεβάλετέ με | nudus et operuistis me | “naked and you clothed me” | Poverty/charity. |
| PDF p. 427 | πότε δέ σε εἴδομεν γυμνόν; | — | “when did we see you naked?” | Same context. |
| PDF p. 428 | γυμνὸς, καὶ οὐ περιεβάλετέ με | — | “naked, and you did not clothe me” | Same context. |
| PDF p. 428 | πότε ... γυμνόν; | — | “when ... naked?” | Same context. |
| PDF p. 435, Christological note | γυμνὸς γὰρ σαρκὸς | — | “bare/devoid of flesh” | Christological/metaphorical. |
| PDF p. 436 | γυμνωθήσεται ... τῆς ἀρχῆς | — | “he will be stripped of authority” | Metaphorical stripping. |
| PDF p. 519 | ἐγυμνώθη παρὰ Θεοῦ τῆς ἀξίας | — | “he was stripped by God of his dignity” | Devil stripped of rank. |
| PDF p. 546, prayer | ᾧ πᾶσα γυμνοφανὴς βλέπεται καρδία | cui omne cor patet nudum | “to whom every heart lies naked/open” | Spiritual openness before God. |
| PDF p. 708, Recognitions | — | nudae ... fidei | “bare faith” | Metaphorical. |
| PDF p. 708, Recognitions | — | sub aere ... nudo | “under the open/bare sky” | Nonhuman bareness. |
| PDF p. 739, Recognitions | — | nudo indumentum | “clothing for the naked” | Charity. |
What actually matters for our research
1. The strongest “Mystic Gospel” parallel in PG 1 is p. 557
This is much more important than an isolated mystikos. The candidate is baptized so as to be crucified with Christ, die with him, be buried with him and rise with him. Immediately afterward comes the prayer over the mystical myron, invoking the “fragrance of the knowledge of the Gospel”, and again saying that the baptized person dies and rises with Christ.
Gospel → mystery/rite → baptism → death → burial → resurrection → participation.
That is exactly the sort of structure relevant to the proposed Mystic Gospel / Mystic Pascha, although it does not identify any particular Gospel section.
2. PG 1 directly connects mystical material with restricted disclosure
At p. 284 the Apostolic Constitutions are not to be made public “because of the mystical things contained in them.”
At p. 396 the rule is even sharper:
χρὴ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς μυστικοῖς μὴ προδότην εἶναι, ἀλλ’ ἀσφαλῆ
“In mystical matters one must not be a betrayer, but secure.”
The text immediately invokes pearls before swine and then the incarnation and Passion.
That is a real parallel to the ethic of concealment in To Theodore.
3. Mystical material can be textual
PG 1 has a βίβλον λόγων μυστικῶν, a “book of mystical discourses.” Its discussion of the Gospel according to the Egyptians also says that Gospel sayings can be understood both literally and mystically.
So “mystical” is not confined to sacramental ritual. It can describe written discourse and Gospel interpretation.
4. But PG 1 also shows why μυστικός by itself cannot identify the Mystic Gospel
The adjective is everywhere: baptismal seal, oil, water, myron, thanksgiving, sacrifice, worship, blessings, liturgy, bread and wine.
The word therefore has a broad Christian semantic range. An occurrence of mystikos near Gospel material does not establish the textual extent of Clement’s Mystic Gospel.
5. The strongest γυμνός result is the contrast between pp. 305 and 410
At p. 305 a woman is:
γυμνὴ μετ’ ἀνδρῶν
“naked with men”
in a bath, and the context explicitly makes the nakedness sexually and modestly problematic.
At p. 410 women are literally naked during Christian baptism, and the context explicitly prevents that nakedness from becoming sexual by requiring the ministry of deaconesses so that the women are not exposed to male eyes.
PG 1 therefore already shows that γυμνός does not carry a sexual meaning by itself. Context decides.
6. There is no γυμνοὶ γυμνῷ in PG 1
There is no male/male “naked with naked” construction and nothing showing gymnos functioning as a conventional signal for homosexual activity.
The closest grammatical construction is the mixed-sex bathing passage:
γυμνὴ μετ’ ἀνδρῶν
Its sexual implications come from the bath and modesty context, not from gymnos alone.
7. There is no close σινδόνα ἐπὶ γυμνῷ parallel either
PG 1 gives literal baptismal nakedness but no corresponding young man wearing a sindon over the naked body.
It therefore does not explain the linen garment in the Alexandrian Gospel. It does, however, prevent nakedness alone from deciding its meaning.
PG 1 — Result
PG 1 gives us two genuinely useful results.
First, the volume confirms a Christian semantic continuum linking mystical written material, guarded disclosure, Gospel knowledge, initiation, sacrifice, death and resurrection.
Second, it shows that nakedness ranges from baptism to poverty to sexual danger without possessing an inherent homosexual meaning.
I am not claiming that the Letter itself says, “The Mystic Gospel begins with Zacchaeus,” or “the Mystic Gospel was Holy Week.” Those are historical reconstructions that have to be tested.
The more basic point is that I do not think the Letter requires us to collapse all of the following into one thing:
the fuller Alexandrian Gospel = the raised-youth episode = the Mystic Gospel = the Carpocratian transcript.
They are related.
But they are not necessarily identical.
And Clement’s own treatment of the pre-Jericho rich-man passage in Quis dives salvetur? gives us an important reason for keeping those categories separate: a Gospel passage can already be mystical without being the specifically designated “Mystic Gospel.”
PG 2 — μυστικ-/mystic- and γυμν-/nud-
PG 2 is the second volume in the survey. The procedure is simple: first establish the concordance, then ask which passages actually matter for the two problems under investigation—the possible meaning of Clement’s “Mystic Gospel” and the meaning of γυμνοὶ γυμνῷ in the Letter to Theodore.
For control against missed OCR hits, the volume was divided into three roughly equal sections: Part 1 = pp. 1–239; Part 2 = pp. 240–477; Part 3 = pp. 478–715. Each section was searched independently before the results were combined.
The μυστικ-/mystic- audit produced 25 printed occurrences, representing roughly 14 distinct contexts once repetitions are collapsed.
Table 1. μυστικ-/mystic- in PG 2
| Reference / source | Greek | Latin | English | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF p. 75 — Clementina, Homily III.29, pseudonymous | τὸν μυστικὸν λόγον | mysticum sermonem | “the mystical discourse” | Major result: Zacchaeus interrupts Peter as he is about to explain a mystical discourse fully; baptismal status then determines who remains. |
| PDF p. 94 — Clementina, Homily IV.16, pseudonymous | τοῖς τὰ μυστικὰ τῶν θεῶν ζηλοῦσι | — | “those who emulate the mystical things/mysteries of the gods” | Pagan mystery terminology. |
| PDF p. 274 — Epitome de gestis S. Petri, repeated Clementine material | τοῖς τὰ μυστικὰ τῶν θεῶν ζηλοῦσιν | — | “those who emulate the mystical things/mysteries of the gods” | Repeated printing of the pagan mystery usage. |
| PDF p. 324 — Liturgia S. Clementis Romani, later/pseudonymous liturgy | — | Post coenam illam mysticam | “After that mystical supper” | Major Mystic Pascha control: mystical supper within an explicit Passion–cross–death–Resurrection sequence. |
| PDF p. 350 — Barnabas testimonia; Clement of Alexandria quoted | Ἀμέλει μυστικῶς ὁ Βαρνάβας | Mystice profecto Barnabas | “Indeed, Barnabas speaks mystically” | Direct Clement of Alexandria evidence: written Christian discourse can be characterized as mystical. |
| PDF p. 357 — Barnabas Prolegomena; repeated Clement quotation | Ἀμέλει μυστικῶς ὁ Βαρνάβας | — | “Indeed, Barnabas speaks mystically” | Repeated printing of Clement’s characterization of Barnabas. |
| PDF p. 358 — Barnabas Prolegomena, editorial analysis | — | deque illarum mystica [interpretatione] | “and concerning their mystical interpretation” | Mystical interpretation of Mosaic food laws. |
| PDF p. 359 — Barnabas Prolegomena, editorial | — | quam nimium mystice et superstitiose ... Scripturas sacras sint interpretati | “how excessively mystically and superstitiously they interpreted the sacred Scriptures” | Mystical scriptural interpretation. |
| PDF p. 359 — Barnabas Prolegomena, editorial | — | mysticas istas interpretationes multorum S. Scripturae locorum | “those mystical interpretations of many passages of Holy Scripture” | Mystical interpretation of written Scripture. |
| PDF p. 362 — Barnabas Prolegomena, editorial | — | sanctarum Scripturarum mysticis sensibus evolvendis | “in unfolding the mystical senses of the sacred Scriptures” | Mystical senses contained in Scripture. |
| PDF p. 362 — Barnabas Prolegomena, editorial | — | Midrasch iste mysticus, sive evangelicus Veteris Instrumenti sensus | “this mystical, or evangelical, Midrash/sense of the Old Testament” | Editorial juxtaposition of “mystical” and “evangelical.” |
| PDF p. 365 — Barnabas Prolegomena, Hammond quoted | — | Scripturae sacrae mystice interpretandae facultatem sibi arrogantes | “claiming for themselves the faculty of interpreting sacred Scripture mystically” | Gnostic mystical exegesis. |
| PDF p. 365 — Barnabas Prolegomena, Hammond quoted | — | loca quamplurima mystice, etiam cabalistice exposita | “very many passages expounded mystically, even cabalistically” | Mystical exposition of Scripture. |
| PDF p. 365 — Barnabas Prolegomena, editorial | — | Scripturas sacras allegoriis ac mysticis enarrationibus interpretarentur | “they interpreted the sacred Scriptures through allegories and mystical expositions” | Mystical scriptural interpretation. |
| PDF p. 371 — Barnabas Prolegomena, editorial objection | — | loca minus apte allegata et mystice nimis exposita | “passages allegorized less aptly and expounded too mystically” | Mystical interpretation conceived as a degree or mode of exegesis. |
| PDF p. 371 — Barnabas Prolegomena, Hammond quoted | — | Scriptura sacra mystice interpretandae facultatem sibi arrogantes | “claiming the faculty of interpreting sacred Scripture mystically” | Repeated Gnostic/scriptural usage. |
| PDF p. 371 — Barnabas Prolegomena, Hammond quoted | — | quamplurima mystice etiam et cabalistice exposita | “very many passages expounded mystically and cabalistically” | Repeated mystical-exegetical terminology. |
| PDF p. 371 — Barnabas Prolegomena, Fell quoted | — | Midrasch iste mysticus sive evangelicus Veteris Instrumenti sensus | “this mystical or evangelical Midrash/sense of the Old Testament” | Repeated editorial juxtaposition of “mystical” and “evangelical.” |
| PDF p. 372 — Barnabas Prolegomena; Clement of Alexandria quoted again | Ἀμέλει μυστικῶς ὁ Βαρνάβας | Mystice profecto Barnabas | “Indeed, Barnabas speaks mystically” | Repeated printing of Clement’s characterization of Barnabas. |
| PDF p. 383 — Barnabas Prolegomena, editorial discussion of Pythagoras | — | mysticam disceret philosophiam, ritus scilicet sacrificiorum ac consecrationum | “that he might learn mystical philosophy, namely the rites of sacrifices and consecrations” | Pagan Egyptian ritual/mystery usage. |
| PDF p. 419 — Bartholomew material; source heading | — | De mystica theologia | “On Mystical Theology” | Later Pseudo-Dionysian terminology. |
| PDF p. 419 — Corderius commentary | — | nimirum mystica est | “namely, it is mystical” | Mystical theology discussed beside the Gospel as “broad and great” yet “concise.” |
| PDF p. 444 — Hermas Prolegomena, editorial analysis | — | varios observandae legis divinae modos mystice significant | “they mystically signify various ways of observing the divine law” | Mystical interpretation of symbolic narrative. |
| PDF p. 572 — Testament of Judah XII | τοὺς ἐν μυστηρίῳ λόγους | mysticos sermones | “words spoken in mystery/secret”; Latin: “mystical discourses” | Latin mysticos renders secret/confidential speech. |
| PDF p. 638 — pseudo-Damasus, testimony attached to Martyrdom of Andrew | — | Decorus idem mystice ... In te crucis mysterium | “adorned likewise mystically ... in you is the mystery of the cross” | Mystical language joined to the cross and “mystery of the cross.” |
The immediately important results are the Clementine “mystical discourse” associated with Zacchaeus and baptismal qualification; the “mystical supper” embedded in the Passion–death–Resurrection sequence; and Clement of Alexandria’s own description of Barnabas as speaking μυστικῶς.
The γυμν-/nud-/denud- search produced 36 genuine printed contexts after exercise-family vocabulary and OCR noise were removed. Repeated printings have been retained in the concordance so that the audit remains reproducible.
Table 2. γυμν-/nud- in PG 2
| Reference / source | Greek | Latin | English | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF p. 30 — Clementina, Epistle of Clement to James | — | nudis vestimentum | “clothing for the naked” | Poverty/charity. |
| PDF p. 31 — Clementina, Epistle of Clement to James | γυμνοῖς ἔνδυμα | nudis indumentum | “clothing for the naked” | Poverty/charity. |
| PDF p. 34 — Clementina, Epistle of Clement to James | γυμνητεύοντες | nudi | “being naked” | Nakedness among hunger, thirst and persecution. |
| PDF p. 34 — Rufinus, alternate Latin version | — | nuditatem quoque ferendam | “nakedness also must be endured” | Hardship/persecution. |
| PDF p. 78 — editorial note on Adam and Eve | — | vidisse nuditatem suam | “to have seen their nakedness” | Genesis nakedness/shame. |
| PDF p. 80 — editorial note | τῇ γύμνωσι | — | “with regard to nakedness” | Editorial lexical occurrence concerning Adam. |
| PDF p. 88 — Clementina | γυμνοὺς ἐνδύσετε | nudos | “you will clothe the naked” | Poverty/charity. |
| PDF p. 106 — editorial reconstruction concerning Sparta | ὥσπερ Λυκοῦργος ἐν Λακεδαίμονι τὰς παρθένους γυμνάς... | Ut Lycurgus Lacedaemone virgines nudat... | “As Lycurgus at Sparta made the maidens naked...” | Pagan/Spartan bodily nudity. |
| PDF p. 117 — Clementina | πάσης κακίας γυμνὸς ὤν | — | “being naked/free of every vice” | Metaphorical stripping. |
| PDF p. 151 — Clementina, Homily XI | γυμνητεύοντι ἔνδυμα | nudo indumentum | “clothing for the naked” | Charity/poverty. |
| PDF p. 169 — Clementina, Homily XII | γυμνὴν ἰδόντες, ἐνδύσαντές με | nudam intuiti, cum primo me induissent | “seeing me naked, they first clothed me” | Literal exposure after shipwreck. |
| PDF p. 173 — Clementina, Homily XII | ξένης, γυμνῆς, μεμονωμένης | peregrinae, nudae, destitutae | “foreign, naked, destitute” | Shipwreck/exposure. |
| PDF p. 176 — Clementina, Homily XII | γυμνὸν ἐνδῦσαι | nudum vestire | “to clothe the naked” | Charity. |
| PDF p. 195 — Clementina, Homily XV | γυμνὸν γὰρ ἑστάναι οὐκ ἐφίεται | non enim permittitur nudum consistere | “for one is not permitted to stand naked” | Literal bodily nakedness. |
| PDF p. 197 — repeated Homily XV printing | γυμνὸν γὰρ ἑστάναι οὐκ ἐφίεται | non enim permittitur nudum consistere | “for one is not permitted to stand naked” | Repeated occurrence. |
| PDF p. 205 — editorial note | — | vivificatione nuda | “bare/mere vivification” | Metaphorical “bare/mere.” |
| PDF p. 285 — Epitome de gestis S. Petri | γυμνὴν ἰδόντες, ἐνέδυσαν | nudam intuiti, induerunt | “seeing her naked, they clothed her” | Repeated shipwreck exposure. |
| PDF p. 288 — Epitome de gestis S. Petri | — | peregrinae, nudae, destitutae | “foreign, naked, destitute” | Repeated shipwreck description. |
| PDF p. 321 — Epitome de gestis S. Petri | ὥσπερ γυμνῇ τῇ ψυχῇ | quasi nudo animo | “as though with a naked/bare soul” | Metaphorical openness. |
| PDF p. 392 — Barnabas / Isaiah quotation | — | cum videris nudum, vesti | “when you see the naked, clothe him” | Charity/poverty. |
| PDF p. 553 — Testament of Reuben | τὴν γυναικείαν γύμνωσιν | muliebrem nuditatem | “female nakedness / the woman’s nakedness” | Strong sexual control: Bilhah is seen bathing and the sight produces sexual desire. |
| PDF p. 553 — Testament of Reuben, same narrative | ἰδὼν τὴν γύμνωσιν αὐτῆς | videns nuditatem ipsius | “seeing her nakedness” | Sexual desire and transgression are explicit in the surrounding narrative. |
| PDF p. 573 — Testament of Judah XV | ὁ πορνεύων, καὶ γυμνούμενος τῆς βασιλείας | Qui fornicatur, et nudatus regno... | “the fornicator, being stripped of the kingdom...” | Important semantic control: sexual context, but γυμν- is metaphorical stripping. |
| PDF p. 573 — Testament of Judah XV | ὡς κἀγὼ γυμνωθείς | sicut et ego nudatus sum | “as I too was stripped” | Metaphorical loss of status/power. |
| PDF p. 573 — apparatus | καὶ γυμνούμενος τῆς βασιλείας | — | “and being stripped of the kingdom” | Apparatus repetition. |
| PDF p. 573 — apparatus/comment | πορνεύων γυμνούμενος | — | “fornicating, being stripped” | Repeated association of fornication with metaphorical stripping. |
| PDF p. 582 — Testament of Zebulun VII | θλιβόμενον ἐν γυμνότητι χειμῶνος | afflictum in nuditate hiemis | “afflicted in the nakedness of winter” | Exposure/poverty. |
| PDF p. 592 — repeated Testament of Zebulun VII | θλιβόμενον ἐν γυμνότητι χειμῶνος | afflictum in nuditate hiemis | “afflicted in the nakedness of winter” | Repeated occurrence. |
| PDF p. 610 — Testament of Joseph VIII | γυμνὸς ἔφυγον | nudus effugi | “I fled naked” | Sexual setting, but Joseph’s nakedness marks his escape from attempted intercourse. |
| PDF p. 610 — Testament of Joseph IX | ἐγύμνου τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ στέρνα, καὶ τὰς κνήμας, ἵνα συμπέσω εἰς αὐτήν | nudavit brachia sua, et pectora, et tibias, ut inciderem in eam | “she bared her arms, breasts and legs so that I would fall with her” | Clearest erotic exposure in PG 2: bodily exposure is explicitly performed for seduction. |
| PDF p. 612 — Testament of Joseph XIII–XIV | ἐκέλευσεν γυμνὸν τύπτεσθαι αὐτόν | jussit nudum flagellari eum | “he ordered him to be flogged naked” | Punishment/humiliation. |
| PDF p. 612 — Testament of Joseph, repeated formulation | γυμνὸν ἐκέλευσέ με τύπτεσθαι | et nudum jussit me flagellari | “and he ordered me to be flogged naked” | Repeated punishment/humiliation. |
| PDF p. 637 — Epistle to Diognetus, anonymous appendix | πλάνῃ τοῦ ὄφεως γεγύμνωνται | impostura serpentis nudati fuerunt | “they were stripped through the serpent’s deception” | Metaphorical stripping associated with the Fall. |
| PDF p. 654 — Martyrdom of Andrew | εὑρεθῆναι ἐρήμους καὶ γυμνούς | inveniantur deserti et nudi | “to be found deserted and naked” | Spiritual/metaphorical nakedness. |
| PDF p. 654 — apparatus/repeated form | γυμνοί | nudi | “naked” | Variant/repeated form of the same passage. |
| PDF p. 688 — Greek index | γυμνητεύειν | — | “to be naked / go without clothing” | Index entry. |
What actually matters for our research
1. Mystical discourse + Zacchaeus + baptismal qualification
The strongest result in PG 2 is in the pseudonymous Clementine Homilies. Peter is about to explain:
τὸν μυστικὸν λόγον
“the mystical discourse”
when Zacchaeus arrives.
Peter then tells Clement to withdraw because he has:
μήπω εἰληφότα τὸ πρὸς σωτηρίαν βάπτισμα
“not yet received the baptism for salvation”
and addresses instead:
τοῖς ἤδη τελείοις
“those already perfected.”
This gives a remarkable sequence:
mystical discourse → Zacchaeus → baptismal qualification → perfected hearers.
For the present investigation this is considerably more important than an isolated occurrence of mystikos. Mystical instruction is being administered according to initiatory status, and Zacchaeus appears at precisely the point where that mystical instruction is about to be fully disclosed.
2. Private “mysteries of the kingdom” and restricted disclosure
The Clementine Homilies provide an important parallel elsewhere in the same corpus. Peter recalls the command:
Τὰ μυστήρια ἐμοὶ καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ οἴκου μου φυλάξατε.
“Keep the mysteries for me and the sons of my house.”
He then explains Jesus’ own practice:
τοῖς αὐτοῦ μαθηταῖς κατ’ ἰδίαν ἐπέλυε τῆς τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλείας τὰ μυστήρια
“He explained privately to his disciples the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.”
Peter consequently refuses to reveal:
τὰ ἀπόρρητα
“the secret/ineffable things.”
The structure is:
Jesus → disciples → mysteries of the kingdom → private explanation → restricted disclosure.
This is especially relevant to To Theodore because the restriction is not merely a vague atmosphere of secrecy. The mysteries are explicitly reserved for qualified insiders.
3. The mystical supper sits inside the Passion–Resurrection narrative
The later Liturgia S. Clementis Romani supplies the strongest Mystic Pascha control in PG 2.
Christ is described as preparing:
to undergo the Passion → ascend the cross → suffer death for the life of the world.
On that same evening he gives the bread to those:
initiatis hoc ejus mysterio
“initiated into this mystery of his.”
Then comes:
Post coenam illam mysticam...
“After that mystical supper...”
The cup is the blood confirming the covenant of his death, and the worshippers are then commanded to commemorate his death and Resurrection.
The complete sequence is therefore:
Passion → cross → death → initiation into the mystery → mystical supper → blood/covenant → death → Resurrection.
This is precisely the kind of evidence relevant to the proposed “Mystic Gospel / Mystic Pascha”: not merely something called mystical, but a mystical element embedded in the final Gospel sequence and connected directly with initiation and participation in Christ’s death and Resurrection.
4. Mysteries → proclamation → Gospels → Pascha
The anonymous concluding chapters attached to the Epistle to Diognetus supply another important conceptual chain.
The Word makes the Father’s mysteries known to the disciples. The Word is proclaimed through the apostles and believed among the nations. The text then says:
Εὐαγγελίων πίστις ἱδρύεται
“the faith of the Gospels is established.”
The apostolic tradition is guarded, and shortly afterwards:
τὸ Κυρίου πάσχα προέρχεται
“the Lord’s Pascha proceeds/comes forth.”
Within one textual complex we therefore have:
revealed mysteries → disciples → apostolic proclamation → Gospels → tradition → Lord’s Pascha.
This is one of the better examples in PG 2 of the larger architecture being investigated. Gospel, mystery, proclamation and Pascha are not isolated concepts here; they belong to the same theological movement.
5. Clement of Alexandria himself calls written Christian discourse mystical
The Barnabas material repeatedly preserves Clement of Alexandria’s statement:
Ἀμέλει μυστικῶς ὁ Βαρνάβας...
“Indeed, Barnabas speaks mystically...”
This is useful because the object is written Christian discourse.
Clement himself therefore supplies a direct bridge between text and mystical meaning. A Christian writing can “speak mystically.” That provides an important control when asking what Clement could mean by a specifically designated Mystic Gospel.
6. PG 2 gives unusually clear evidence for how sexual nakedness is actually expressed
The Testament of Reuben describes Bilhah bathing and repeatedly calls attention to:
τὴν γυναικείαν γύμνωσιν
“the woman’s nakedness.”
Reuben’s contemplation of that nakedness produces sexual desire and leads to the transgression.
The Testament of Joseph is even clearer. Potiphar’s wife attempts to drag Joseph into intercourse. Joseph says:
γυμνὸς ἔφυγον
“I fled naked.”
His nakedness occurs inside a sexual episode, but in this sentence it actually marks his escape from the sexual act.
The woman then deliberately exposes herself:
ἐγύμνου τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ στέρνα, καὶ τὰς κνήμας, ἵνα συμπέσω εἰς αὐτήν
“She bared her arms, breasts and legs so that I would fall with her.”
This is especially valuable semantic evidence because the author makes the erotic purpose of the exposure explicit. The sexual meaning is supplied by bathing, desire, seduction and intended intercourse, rather than by the γυμν- vocabulary alone.
7. The Testament of Judah shows γυμν- remaining metaphorical inside a sexual discussion
The Testament of Judah provides the reverse control:
ὁ πορνεύων, καὶ γυμνούμενος τῆς βασιλείας
“the fornicator, being stripped of the kingdom...”
The context is explicitly fornication, but γυμνούμενος does not mean sexual nakedness. It means being stripped of kingship, dignity or authority.
This is important for the interpretation of the Letter to Theodore because it demonstrates how dangerous it is to infer sexual meaning from γυμν- vocabulary merely because it occurs near sexual material. Even in an unmistakably sexual discussion, the word can remain completely metaphorical.
PG 2 — Result
PG 2 makes a substantial positive contribution to the Mystic Gospel investigation. Its strongest sequence is mystical discourse → Zacchaeus → baptismal qualification → perfected hearers. The same Clementine corpus explicitly reserves the mysteries of the kingdom for private explanation to qualified disciples. The later Clementine liturgy then gives Passion → cross → initiation into the mystery → mystical supper → death → Resurrection, while the Diognetus appendix gives mysteries → proclamation → Gospels → Pascha. Taken together, these are strong examples of the conceptual architecture being tested.
The γυμν- material contributes an equally useful semantic control. Reuben and Joseph show exactly how nakedness functions when a text intends a sexual meaning: the surrounding narrative explicitly supplies bathing, desire, seduction and intercourse. Judah supplies the complementary result, showing that γυμν- can remain metaphorical even inside an explicitly sexual discussion. This makes the context—not the nakedness vocabulary by itself—the decisive element in interpretation.
PG 3 — μυστικ-/mystic- and γυμν-/nud-
PG 3 is the third volume in the survey. The procedure is simple: first establish the concordance, then ask which passages actually matter for the two problems under investigation—the possible meaning of Clement’s “Mystic Gospel” and the meaning of γυμνοὶ γυμνῷ in the Letter to Theodore.
For control against missed OCR hits, the volume was divided into three roughly equal sections: Part 1 = pp. 1–199; Part 2 = pp. 200–397; Part 3 = pp. 398–596. Each section was searched independently before the results were combined.
The μυστικ-/mystic- audit produced 428 printed occurrences, representing roughly 230 distinct contexts once repetitions are collapsed.
Table 1. μυστικ-/mystic- in PG 3
The Internet Archive OCR was used as the search layer and checked against the PG column sequence. Obvious recoverable OCR distortions of the target root are retained and explicitly marked rather than silently discarded.
| Reference / source | Greek | Latin | English | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1; PG 3 — Prolegomena / editorial material | — | hierarchia. 369 De divinis nominibus, 586 De mystica theologia. 997 i 1065 1125 3 8. Dionysii, mon | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 4 — Prolegomena / editorial material | — | suo finem imponit. $ IV. Liber de mystica theologia. — Quartum libram, De mystica theolegia. titulo inseriptua | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 4 — Prolegomena / editorial material | — | suo finem imponit. $ IV. Liber de mystica theologia. — Quartum libram, De mystica theolegia. titulo inseriptua | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 4 — Prolegomena / editorial material | — | o finem imponit. $ IV. Liber de mystica theologia. — Quartum libram, De mystica theolegia. titulo inseriptua | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 4 — Prolegomena / editorial material | — | nos elatus, immensa. caligiue abscon- cognosci potest, mystieam contemplationem per- veniat (cap. 2), super res omnes. sensibiles [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical contemplation / vision | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 10 — Prolegomena / editorial material | — | viri. niis prope simillima. 1n Theologia autem mystica perniciosissinus est, platonizans, magis quam chri- vVianizans. In ecclesiastica | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 35 — Prolegomena / editorial material | — | quí consecratur, δία! post sacerdotem..., supra illam. mysticam invo- culionem. prosequenti, Qua finita, sacerdos accedens rogat ipsum | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 49 — Prolegomena / editorial material | — | sunl, nimi- rum libri duo, alter De mystica theologia, alter De divinis nominibus, Mars. 10 interprete et | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 55 — Editorial dissertation / preliminary material | — | Isagegem ad migstican theologiam, tum ipsum De mystica theo logia librum, cum Adnolationibus Corderianis, et S. Maximi | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 56 — Editorial dissertation / preliminary material | — | Corderii Observa- tiones generales, ejusdemque fsagoge in. Mysticam Theologiam, et Proemium Pachymere cum. Latina Corderiana translatione. Succedunt | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 56 — Editorial dissertation / preliminary material | — | ecclesiastica hierarchia, Ώο divinis nomi- nibus, De mystica theologia, cum ejusdem viri do- etissimi interpretatione, adnolationibus, et | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 58 — Editorial dissertation / preliminary material | — | sua, ac. doctrine partem, et Tractatum de. Mystica. Theologia : an ab illo quid- piam isti mutuaverint. | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 70 — Editorial dissertation / preliminary material | — | 7, tria. Hujuscemodi Scholiis caret liber De mystica theo- legia. Apparent tria im epistolam 8, ad Titum: | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 72 — Editorial dissertation / preliminary material | — | PROLEGOMENA, κι hia, De divinis nominibus, De mystica theologia), et À librum unum, De eeclesiasica hierarchia librum | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 73 — Editorial dissertation / preliminary material | — | Latina versio De divinis fominibus, εἰ De mystica theologia, utraque pariter ad Odonem Sancti Dionysii abbatem nuncupita | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 73 — Editorial dissertation / preliminary material | — | wt qua solum Divina Nomina continet, et Mysticam theologiam. His omnibus nitidior οἱ ac- eurat'or accedit ea | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 78 — Corderius, Observationes generales | — | explauationem. Et cap. 6: D γίοις ἔχφα mysticam 4 Οὐχοῦν ἡμεῖς μὲν οὐδὲν αὐτοχινήτως ἐροῦμε ὧν θεολόγων | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 79 — Corderius, Observationes generales | — | sobrietate quadam ac sanctitate contemperamur. Denique in Mystica Theologia, cap. 4, ex Seri- pturis tradit, Deum tenebras | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 79 — Corderius, Observationes generales | — | et exemplo Moysis ostendit?*, quomodo caliginem illam mysticam subinirare oporteat. Ex quibus ez- lerisque scriptis ejus, omnibus | mystical darkness | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 80 — Corderius, Observationes generales | — | in libro Hypotyposeon, ut ex cap. ὅ Mystice theolo- gie patel ; sed magno Ecclesie damno divinissi- | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 86 — Corderius, Observationes generales | — | De divinis nomi- mibus, et cap. 5 Mystic theologim. Quam ob cau- sam Deus dicilur non esse | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 95 — Corderius, Observationes generales | — | 7, art. 9; quist, 9, art. 7. MYSTIC THEOLOGUE. Caput primum citatur in parte r, quastione 12, | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 96 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | ISAGOGE BALTHASARIS CORDERII ROCIETATIS JESU THEOLOGI AD MYSTICAM THEOLOGIAM 8. DIONYSII AREOPAGITJE. Quo facilior puriorque nobis ad | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 96 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | priemiltere, quibus mens nostra preexercitata, ritu. quodam mystico praparetur, ui, quantum fas est, sancle rebus sanctissimis conjungatur. | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 96 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | scopo sberremus, cognoscendum anle omnia quid per mysticam theologiam intelligatur, et quae sit ejus definitio, quodque principium | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 96 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | el qua tandem ralione mi- rabilis illa mysticze theologix unio in anima perfi- ciatur: qui omnia breviter | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 96 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | se- quentibus explicabimus. CAPUT PRIMUM. Quid per mysticam theologiam intelligatur. Mystiea seu mysteriosa llieologia, si vim nominis | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 96 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | CAPUT PRIMUM. Quid per mysticam theologiam intelligatur. Mystiea seu mysteriosa llieologia, si vim nominis attendas, designat quamdam [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 96 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | ac lu- cidum pulehrificumque adornatum. ltaque qui mysticam theologiam nominat *?, ar- canam quamdam omnino sacram designat | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 97 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | principio conformem: si- quidem cujuslibel eorum qui mysticis illustratio- nibus imbuuutur, in hoc sita perfectio est, nt | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 97 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | alios transfundat. CAPUT 1I. Que sit definitio mystice Iheologim. Omissis variis, quas varie diversas tradunt, de- finitionibus, | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 97 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | et clare videtur hoc modo defi Theologia mystiea est sapientia experimentalis , Del affectiva, divinitus inlusa, qus [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 98 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | non appa- rentium δ΄, est caligo ista mystica S. Paulo et S. Dionysio adeo celebrata, de qua | mystical darkness | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 98 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | animum quodammodo suspendit, atque ita per illam mystica fiL suspen- sio. Charitas denique, cum sit vinculum perfectio- | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 98 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | nocte obscura , et Can- tionum vere mysticarum declarationibus (6), ος” ponit venerabilis Pater Joannes de la | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 98 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | rerum mysiiearum expertissimus. Ex quibus patet theologiam mysticam tam in substantia sua quam in modo procedendi esse | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 98 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | cum ipsam, tum pro- ximas ad unionem mysticam dispositiones, non ex aíbitrio nostro, sed ex solius benevola | mystical union | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 98 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | exactissime observantes. CAPUT IIl. Quod sit principium mystieg theologia. Cum ipsamet mystica theologia, quid sit, recte a [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 98 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | Quod sit principium mystieg theologia. Cum ipsamet mystica theologia, quid sit, recte a ἃ nobis, ut opinor, | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 98 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | Quod sit principium mystieg theologia. Cum ipsamet mystica theologia, quid sit, recte a ἃ nobis, ut opinor, | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 99 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | sapienti nobis modo mobilissimo communicatur. Quin et mystiex omnis a Patre mol illustrationis ema- natio in nos [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 99 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | divinitatis, principium deiflcationis, ex quo deificandi deificantur, mysticam theologiam in sa- cationem hominum concessisse, inodo immateriato et | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 100 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | est expansus. CAPUT 1¥. Quis sit [inis mystice theologi. Omnis porro mystic theologi scopus est erga Deum | mystically (in theological discourse) | Eucharistic / synaxis usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 100 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | est expansus. CAPUT 1¥. Quis sit [inis mystice theologi. Omnis porro mystic theologi scopus est erga Deum | mystical theology | Eucharistic / synaxis usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 100 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | a quo pro- Muxit, sincerissime reflectant. llinc mystici theo- logi primario multipliciterque Deum participant, et sublimissimis ac | mystical bread / sacramental sense | Eucharistic / synaxis usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 101 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | influentiam; siquidem ab ipsamet di- vinitate sacris mysticis initiantur, dum ad Deum per dilectionem subriguntur, nec non | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 101 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | διδάχτοις μυσταγω- γίαις erudiuntur, Unde fit, ut mystici theologi re- Conditos quosque Scripturzs sensus eL scientias quosvis | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 101 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | pientem mentem ac rationem divinitus efformatur. Mine mystici theologi hoe quoque saerum. munus referunt, ut quod divinorum | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 101 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | sanctitatem traducendo. CAPUT v, (Quenam prerequirantur ad mystizam theologiam, Ad hane theologiam ** cumprimis prirequiritur slatus. quidam [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 102 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | sane intellexerit, nedum gesserit quid- piam seeundum mysticam theologiam, eui ne ipse quidem status hie divinitus afflatus | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 102 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | negotia sua dirigendo, Neque enim ** st mystieis theologis quidquant operari, qnad divinis inspirationibus. vel minimum repugnet, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 102 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | gratiz divinz sibi colia:z ad deiformitatis et mysticie unionis fastigium per- fectissimis perfectivisque deificationibus eveliuntur, ea que | mystical union | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 102 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | illorum per mortificalio- nem quodammodo spirilualizata, in mystica deifica- tione templum fiunt. Spiritus divino-principalis, in quo simile | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 103 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | ac collocatur. CAPUT VI. Qua ratione ad mysticam theologiam accedendum sit. Übstaculis οἱ impelimentis per morli(icationis B | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 103 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | ac collocatur. CAPUT VI. Qua ratione ad mysticam theologiam accedendum sit. Übstaculis οἱ impelimentis per morli(icationis B | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 103 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | adhibendum est etiam studium orationis, exemplo Dionysii mysticam theologiam a sanctissima —Trinitaüs invocatione auspicantis. Oportet igitur nos | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 103 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | petram tradücerens. Quapropter ante omnia, prasertim in mystica Theologia, ab oratione auspieandum est ; nou ut ubique | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 104 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | nobis congruit, similitudinem suam communicabit. f Cxievum mysticis theologis obvelanda est men- lis sanctilas atque fragrantia *, | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 105 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | in altero citra substantie differentiam referet; sic mysticis 10 mente pictoribus suave- olentis et areanz pulchritudinisintenta constausque | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 105 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | a substantie differentiam referet; sic mysticis 10 mente pictoribus suave- olentis et areanz pulchritudinisintenta constausque | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 105 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | fallimur, 5i secundum id quod deforis apparet, mysticam arca- namque theologiam metiamur; cum scire debeamus, mentem quidem | mystical theology | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 105 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | Secun- dum hane ilaque unionem divina illa mystica sunt intelligenda, non more nosiro, sed quatenus nos ipsi | mystical union | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 106 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | Justratur. c CAPDT VII. Quomodo wirabilis illa mystice theologie unio iu anima perficiatur , Sublimissimus rerum mysticarum | mystically (in theological discourse) | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 106 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | unio iu anima perficiatur , Sublimissimus rerum mysticarum interpres, Lu- dovicus Dlosis, in Jnstitutioe sua spirituali , | mystical union | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 106 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | lis illa mystice theologie unio iu anima perficiatur , Sublimissimus rerum mysticarum | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 107 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | loquitur. Hoc. su. zipit, atque unio- nis mystice complexum feliciler experitur. Ubi enim intellectum omnesque imagines per | mystical union | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 109 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | ipse Deus docet de omnibus, et spirituales mysticos- que sensus ei aperit. Creberrime, vel etiam indesi- nenler | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 118 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | κελαδῶν θεοφάντορας ὕμνους. Εἰς τὸ περὶ τῆς μυστικῆς Θεολογίας. Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες, xal γνῶσιν ἐόντων Νύκτα | — | mystical theology | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 118 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | κελαδῶν θεοφάντορας ὕμνους. Εἰς τὸ περὶ τῆς μυστικῆς Θεολογίας. Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες, xal γνῶσιν ἐόντων Νύκτα | — | mystical theology | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 118 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | verbis pangens theologicos bymnos. In libram de mystica Theologia. Et fulgidam mentem reliquisti, rerumque (natura- [lium) notionem | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 118 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | verbis pangens theologicos bymnos. In libram de mystica Theologia. Et fulgidam mentem reliquisti, rerumque (natura- [lium) notionem | mystical theology | Editorial/title or introductory occurrence. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 124 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | litierali, qui omni sensui, eiiam figurato et mystico, semper subest : sed ad sublimaniem εἰ unificantem eorum | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 137 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | deinde vero eolestes hierarchize celebrandi, secundum earumdem mysticam in Ora-. culis explanationem : postea denique dicendum, Χρὴ | mystical hierarchy / hierarchical sense | Hierarchical / ecclesial mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 139 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | venerandam superessentialis Deitatis beatitu- eni, elueidantium. eloquiorum mystiez Lraditio- nes aliquando quidem ut Verbum el meniesn, et [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 140 — De coelesti hierarchia | "" - ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι καὶ τοῦτο τοῖς' μυστικοῖς λογίοις ωδέστατου, τὸ δὲ 8 ἀποῤῥήτων καὶ ἱερῶν αἰνιγμάτων | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 140 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | τρ: am turpia deiformibus sanclissimisque adornatio- lius mystice nanifestation & , duplicem esse sacre ἢ ni. 6 | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 140 — De coelesti hierarchia | τ χίας µακαριότητα τῶν ἐκφαντορικῶν λογίων αἱ μυστι- εἰς ποτὲ μὲν ὡς Λόγον καὶ νοῦν καὶ γώτητα [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 144 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | spiritales ac sensibiles proprietates distinguendo. εν. Hzc mysticos theologos non solis celestium dis- positionum explanationibus, verum etiam | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 144 — De coelesti hierarchia | xxu, 16. * Exod. m, Ταῦτα τοὺς μυστικοὺς θεολόγους εὐρήσομεν ob μόναις ταῖς τῶν οὐρανίων διακόσµων ἐκφάνσεσιν | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 148 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | 6 III. Docet duplicem esse sacre illius mysticze manifestationis molum. Duobus enim modis, inquit Maximus, laudatur Deus, | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 148 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | affirmationes, recie concludit sauctus Dionysius, descriptiones illas mysticas convenientius lieri per Jormas dissimiles, quam per sitiles; utpote | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 149 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | 1100 ipsum fusius probaus n sequentbus, et Mystice (ivlogig studioso, quasi manum in hac via, ne cespilet, | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 150 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | ucquies- cere, Huic igitur incommodo prudenter occurrit mystica theologia per. formas illas imperlectas et impro- prias, absonasque, | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 150 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | a rebus materialibus avocare. assuescimus; et ad mysticam theologiam optime nos comparamus, quando res invisibiles et intelligibi | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 151 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | Nec obstat quod sauctus. Dionysius lib. De niystica. theologia doceat, perfectissima Dei contemplatioueu in pr:esenti vita esse [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 155 — De coelesti hierarchia | τὰ τοιαῦτα " ἐχείνων δὲ, ὅτι, ὡς μυστικὰ, οὕτως ἀποῤῥήτως καὶ οὐκ ἄλλως ἔδει ἐχφαίνεσθαι. Μετὰ παῦτα | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 155 — De coelesti hierarchia | θεαμάτων 6 ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι καὶ τοῦτο ταῖς μυστικαῖς Ῥραφαῖς πρεπωδέστατον, δι’ ἀποῤῥήτων αἰνιγμάτων τὰ μυστικὰ ἀποχρύπτεσθαι, καὶ | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 155 — De coelesti hierarchia | μυστικαῖς Ῥραφαῖς πρεπωδέστατον, δι’ ἀποῤῥήτων αἰνιγμάτων τὰ μυστικὰ ἀποχρύπτεσθαι, καὶ ἅθατον τιθέναι τοῖς πολλοῖς τὴν χρυφίαν ἀλήθειαν. | — | mystical truth | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 156 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | discere non poteramus ; illis vero, quippe mysticis, conve- miebal sic occulte et non aliter explicari. Ad | mystical | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 156 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | effictmm. Ubi ebserva primum, quid de Deo mystice Scripturarum traditiones enuntient; quandoque quidem ex similibus, ut verbum | mystical tradition / mystically transmitted | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 157 — De coelesti hierarchia | ἴδε πρῶτον ܠܡܬ Θεοῦ, τί λέγουσιν al μυστικαὶ τῶν Γραφῶν παραδόσεις * ποτὲ μὲν ἐκ τῶν ὁμοίων, | — | mystical | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 178 — De coelesti hierarchia | ἐπὶ, τὴν θεοειδεστάτην αὐτῶν ἁπλότητα, διὰ τῶν μυστικῶν ἀναπλάσεων, καὶ τὴν ἁπάσης ἱεραρχικῆς ἐπιστήμης ἀρχὴν ὑμνήσωμεν ἐν | — | mystical hierarchy / hierarchical sense | Hierarchical / ecclesial mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 179 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | ad quam maxime deiformem earum simplicitatem per mysticas effictionessubveliamur ; nec non,omuis bierarchicz scientiz principium, ea qua | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 188 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | super- mundialibus et intellectilibus oculis, ut per mystieas imagines in Scripturis expressas, ad eorum simpli- citarem. adducamur. [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 189 — De coelesti hierarchia | ὀφθαλμοῖς" ὅπως διὰ τῶν ἐν ταῖς Γραφαῖς μυστικῶν εἰχονισμάτων ἀναχθῶμεν εἰς τὴν τούτων ἀπλότητα. ᾿Ακούομεν γὰρ ἐν | — | mystical | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 213 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | Christi de peccato, mundo et daemone, etsi mystica et incruenta fuerit, describitur tamen per inodum victoriz et | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 214 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | S. Bonaventurz de alis seraphim, ubi singularum mysticam explicationem tradit. £t clamabant alter ad. alierum, id esi, | mystical tradition / mystically transmitted | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 222 — De coelesti hierarchia | χαὶ Πείου φωτὸς, καὶ τε- λεστιχῆς καὶ μυστικῆς ἐπιστήμης: πρῶτον γὰρ καθαιρόµεθα, εἶτα φωτιζόμεθα, μετέπειτα δὲ τε- | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 223 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | etimmaterialem expiationem, sive divinum lumen, 5ive perfectivam mysticamque scientiam : primum enim expiamur, deiude illuminamur, ac tandem | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 229 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | aliá virtute, sed ab ^psomet initiandi principatu mystica divinaque ilustratione consecrata gnubernataque, hoc ipso quo ad primarum | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 242 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | κατὰ τὸ αὐτοῖς θεμιτὸν γινο- hantur, atque mysticarum expiationum, δὲ ilumie µένων. Τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι χαθόλου τῇ | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 245 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | quae continet dominationes, potestates atque virWntes, et mysticam: € jusque interpretationem ac proprietatem exponit. Dominationes autem dicuntur, | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 259 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | fieri potest, assimilatur: siquidem supe- rioris illius inystic:e hierarchie imitatio quadam snnt qua in Ecclesia perficiuntur, et [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical hierarchy / hierarchical sense | Hierarchical / ecclesial mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 260 — De coelesti hierarchia | εὐταξία τῆς παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ἱεραρχίας, κατὰ τὸ μυστικῆς ἱεραρχίας τὰ ἐν τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ τελούμενα, τυποῦται γὰρ ἡ | — | mystical hierarchy / hierarchical sense | Hierarchical / ecclesial mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 301 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | narrat quomodo Isaias expiatus sit, et singula. mystice exponit. $1. Agedum illud quoque pro viribus indagemus, B | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 319 — De coelesti hierarchia | γινομένη, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ἀπλῶς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ λόγον μυστικῆς τελετῆς, ταῖς περὶ αὑτὴν xal πρωτίσταις οὐσίαις ἐχφανεστέρα πώς | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 320 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | sed haud simplici ratione at per modum mystice initiationis, iis quze circa Deum sunt, primisque essentiis manifestior | mystically | Initiatory / sacramental usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 330 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | 398. ante cognitum esse velim, dum sacrosanclis mysticaram que formantur imaginm seusibns anagogicis, exdem celestium quandoque essentiarum | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 331 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | sermonis faciendum, et quieren- dum in priua mysticarum figurarum explanatione, quare Uieologia pre ceteris fere sacram illam | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 336 — De coelesti hierarchia | τὸ. πρὸς τὰ θεῖα καὶ τὰ V μυστικὰ θεάματα προσαγωγιὸν, καὶ τὸ τῆς ὅλης ζωῆς ἀφιερωμένον. Τὰς | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 337 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | inest ac figura (sicut in'Sfmbolica Theologia, juxta mysticam quatuor elementorum explicationem , 132 pluribus à nobis demonstratum | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 339 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | virili similes evadere nituntur, spiritalium vestigiorum coopertione mysticeque sup- presso commeatu viz, qux ad ipsum per divinam | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 339 — De coelesti hierarchia | τῶν νοερῶν ἰχνῶν περικα- ὕψει, καὶ τῇ μυστικῶς ἀγεκπομπεύτῳ δ᾽ περιστολῇ, τῆς κατὰ θείαν ἔλλαμψιν ἐπ' αὐτὴν | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 340 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | τὴν τῶν παραπλησίων vel unius imaginis obscurz mystica declaratio salis ὁμοιότροπου διασάφησιν. esi,ad eorum quz ejusdem generis | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 342 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | formas, in titulo recensitas, quibus angeli describuntur, mystice explicet, pr:emo- nei, eosdem angelus respectu diversorum aliquando praesse, | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 343 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | et qux sint ignis proprietates, et quid anystice insi.'uent. Ubi nota ex epistola sancti Diony: ad Titum, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 364 — De coelesti hierarchia | Θεοῦ. 561 ἀνατατικῆς mof τοῦτο πάλιν περικαλύπτουαι μυστικῶς καὶ ἀνεκπόμ- πευτα διατηροῦσι, τί ἂν εἴη τούτοις τὸ | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 365 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | ΡΑΒΑΡΙΠΙ ig οἱ θεῖοι νόες καταλαμθάνουσι, Α mystice occultent, et. sine ostentaione couservant, . PACIIYMETUE. 382 quidnam | mystically | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 374 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | fas est, ritu speculantes, visionum etiam, juxta. mysticam scientiam, illustrati cogni- lione, consecrati ae consecrantes, luciformes ac | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 375 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | T^, καὶ τῆς θεαμάτων γνώσεως ἑλλαμφθέντες, τὴν μυστικὴν ἐπιστήμην ἀφιερωμένοι xal ἀφιερω- ταὶ, φωτοειδεῖς καὶ θεουργικοὶ 5, | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 385 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | manifesta facias omnibus profanis, qui res divinas mysticasque risus occasionem facerent; sed venerare illas, sicut equum est, | mystical | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 385 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | μυστήρια, γέλωτος ἀφορμὴν ποιουμένοις τὰ ἴα καὶ μυστικά: ἀλλὰ τίμησον aro ν xai δεήσει χοιγύσασθα:, μὴ τῶν | — | mystical | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 390 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | λόγῳ μόνῳ, καὶ διὰ τραφῆς' παρέ- δοσαν μυστιχῶς, Παρέδοσαν δὲ ταῦτα οὐχ ἀπαραχα- λύπτοις νοήσεσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 391 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | materiali, quia sermone solo el non scripto, mysti- ce tradiderunt, Nequaquam autem hiec patulis in- telligentiis tradiderunt, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 404 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | suggestiones supplan- i1ando, commiorietur Christo (id est) mystice lo- quendo, peccato, per baptismum. $ S. DIONYSI AREOPAGIT | mystically | Initiatory / sacramental usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 404 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | καταπαλαίσας ἐνεργείας τε καὶ ὑπάρξεις, συναποθνήσχε: Χριστῷ, μυστιχῶς εἰπεῖν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ κατὰ τὸ βάπτισμα. 11. Αιίοπίο hic [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 404 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | figuram accipiatur. Saeramentaliter itaque baptizauum symbolica disciplina mystice docet tribus illis in aquam immersionibus et emer- sionibus | mystical / symbolic sense | Initiatory / sacramental usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 405 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | ἐν ᾧ, κατὰ τὴν τοῦ λογιου 5" mysticam et arcanam-Seripturze traditionem , prin- C μυστηριώδη καὶ χρυφίαν | mystical tradition / mystically transmitted | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 407 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | mysterii ritum exhihet ; ἃς esvremoniarum ejus mysticam exposi- 401 S. DIONYSIHI AREOPAGITAS 408 submersis Agypti Sic | mystical | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 407 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | emremonias in baptismo adhiberi solitas, pulehre exponit mystice, Albinus Flaecus , Mleninus in lib. De divinis officiis, | mystically | Initiatory / sacramental usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 410 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | quo detestetür peccatum. $ Ver Vl. Exponit mystice vestis depositionem, et exorcismos, quibus antique in peccatis transacta | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 410 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | cilato et seq. » $ Vil. Explicat mystice. quid. immersio et emersio designent, Disputat autem. 8. Thomas | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 416 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | His absolutis, hierarcha denuo ad primam contemplationem,sive nysticam precationem, id est, misse sacrificium convertitur: neque enim decet, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical contemplation / vision | Hierarchical / ecclesial mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 417 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | πρώτην καὶ πάλιν ἀνατείνεται θεωρίαν, ἢ εὐχὴν μυστικὴν, f| τὴν ἱερὰν λειτουργίαν᾽ οὐ γὰρ δεῖ ἐπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίῳ | — | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 425 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | exclusis ertia parte subjungit contemplationent, in qua mystice explicat, 1. quid panis et calicis participatio. 1L. Invocat | mystical contemplation / vision | Eucharistic / synaxis usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 427 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | εὐχὴν Ἱερὰν τ ἅπασι 7 των, ἡ μυστικὴ τῶν μένων τὰς χεῖρας ὕδατι τοῦ ἱεράρ- yo» xa | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 428 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | pacem apprecatur; et dum onines iuvicem amplexantur, mystica sacrorum voluminum recitatio finitur. Tum lotis aqua mauibus pontificis | mystical recitation | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 431 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ἱερὰς διδασχα- Mag, f τὴν κρυφίαν xal μυστικὴν ἐποψίαν τοῦ τῶν μαθητῶν ἀγαπητοῦ καὶ θεσπεσίου, ἢ τὴν | — | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 432 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | vitz instituta do- Cirinasque sacras, arcanamve illam mysticamque visionem discipuli dilecti divinique, aique super- mundialem Jesu theologiam | mystical theology | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 438 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ἀαπασμὴς ἱερουργεῖται, καὶ τῶν ἀγιογράφων πτυχῶν ἡ μυστιχὴ καὶ ὑπερκόσμιος ἀνάῤῥησις. Οὐ γὰρ ἕνεστι πρὸς τὸ ἕν [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical recitation | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 438 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | vero salulalio sive oseulum, sacrarumque ta- bularum mystica et supermundialis recitatio cele- bratur. Non enim possunt ad | mystical recitation | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 442 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | κατὰ δύναμιν, ὡς ὑπερισχύουσα, κατὰ δὲ τὸ μυστικῶς ἡμῖν παραδοθὲν λόγιον, ἐν χρί- σει καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ, Τὰ | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 442 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | profligato, non viribus ceu pravalens, sed, secundum mysticum eloquium, in judicio et justitia. Nostrum vero statum e | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 445 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | μετοχὴ γὰρ τῆς μεταδόσεως ἡγεῖται, καὶ τῆς μυστικῆς δια- Ὑεμήσεως ἡ τῶν μυστηρίων μετάληψις" αὕτη γὰρ ἢ | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 446 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | participatio communicationem, ipsaque perceptio mysteriorum eorumdem distributionem mysticam amtecedit; est enim iste generalis rerum ordo ac distinetio | mystical | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 450 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | eum qui sumit esse de corpore Christi mystico, qua ܐ societas sanctorum fide ae charitate Christo adb:erens. | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 453 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | συνδειπνή-: σαντα Ἰούδαν. Καὶ αὐτῷ γὰρ τοῦ μυστιχοῦ ἄρτου καὶ ποῦ ποτηρίου μεταδοὺς, τὰ μυστήρια μόνοις τοῖς [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical bread / sacramental sense | Eucharistic / synaxis usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 454 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | ΔΕΕΟΡΑΕΙΤΑ: 456 corna frequentabat. Cum enim ipsi mysticum pa- A έδωχεν, ὡς ἀναξίου τούτων ὄντος τοῦ Ἰούδα, | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 455 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | iis quie visi- biliter geruntur ad invisibitia mysticaque, qux causm sunL εἰ exemplaria eorum qui sub sensum | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 455 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | detegendum est. Simulacra autem vocat imagines rerum mysticarum sicut eliam in libro De divinis nominibus id planius | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 456 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | τῶν ὁρατῶς τελουμένων ἐτὰ τὰ ἀόρατα καὶ μυστικὰ, ἅπερ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει αἴτιά εἶσι καὶ ἀρχέτυπα. Αἰτιατὰ | — | mystical | Initiatory / sacramental usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 456 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ποὺ τῶν ἀγαλμάτων ἀπογυμνῶσαι τὰς εἰκόνας τῶν μυστικῶν, καθὰ θείων ὀνομάτων πλατύτε ᾿Αγάλματα δὲ φησι ς καὶ | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 457 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | γὰρ ἐποίησαν, καὶ ὅσα ἐδίδαξαν, φησί, Τὴν μυστικὴν δὲ ἐποψίαν οἶμαι λέγειν τὴν ᾿Αποχά- Άνψιν τοῦ θείου | — | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 458 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | : recenset enim quz gesserunt atque docuerunt. Mysticam vero visionem existimo vocare Apocalypsin divi Joannis evangeliste : | mystical | Scriptural / Gospel-adjacent mystical usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 469 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ὅτι ἐν τούτοις πάντα τὸν νοῦν τῆς μυστικῆς εὐχῆς περιλαμθάνει ὁ ἅγιος. Ἔν ὀθεῖος ἱεράρχης τὰς τοῦ | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 469 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | πο- τηρίου, πᾶσι καταμερίζει χατά τινα λόγον μυστικὸν xal αὐτὸ ποιούμενος " τὸ γὰρ ἓν καὶ ἁπλοῦν | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 470 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | commemorationem x. — Observ. sanclus meniem omnem mystica preee compre- hendat. Deinde divinus Lierarcha Salvatoris no- Sui | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 470 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | calicem omnibus distribuit, se- cundum modum quemdam mysticum hoc faciens ; nam unum et simplex Dei Verbuni | mystical | Eucharistic / synaxis usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 472 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | Τ ετίῖα parte subjungit contemplationem, in qua mystice. explanat, I. Quid tio. IV. Ail unguentum, licet proJanis | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 477 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | Ὁ ταῖς εἰκόσιν ὡς τὰ πολλὰ καὶ μυστικαῖς διακοσμῆ- σεσι καὶ ἱερολογίσις διετάξαντο. Καὶ τὸν μὲν ἱεράρ- | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 479 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | di- vinissimo alimento satiari. ]psamet igitur unguenti mystica compositio, 219 quasi in figuratione re- rum inligurabilium, ipsuinmet | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 484 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ἐν ᾧ κατὰ τὸ Λόγιον ἀφιερούμενοι, καὶ μυστικῶς ὁλοχαυτούηενοι, τὴν προσαγωγὴν ἔχομεν, ὑπερχοσμίοις ὀφθαλμοῖς ἔπο- πτεύσωμεν αὐτὸ | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 488 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | antiquissimis Patribus. Mpidem paulo infra, Ünguenti, iuquil, mystica compositio quasi in figuralione rerum infigurabi- lium ipsummei Jesum | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 498 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ἐν ᾧ τὴν προσαγωγὴν ἔχο- πάντως ὁλοχαυτούμενοι μυστικῶς * ἡ γὰρ προσ- Deus est, δὲ ἃ Spiritu | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 499 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | vitulus olim sanctificabatur, ita etjam divina: mentes, mystice in holocausti morem penitus con- crématas, consecrantur Deo, in | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 518 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | PARAPHRASIS PACHYMERUE (26). 81. Hzc de divino mysticoque unguento; creteruni modo lempus e t. exponendi ipsosmet sacros | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 519 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | asseverat : manuduetores vero ad hanc, sive mystic sunt, qui a Moyse, primo doctore ac du- ctore, | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 519 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ἢ. Ταῦτα τὰ περὶ τοῦ θείου καὶ μυστικοῦ μύρου. καιρὸς δ' ἂν εἴη λοιπὸν μετὰ ταῦτα ἐχθέσθαι | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 533 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ἱερεῖ παρε- στὼς ἱερολογοῦντι τὴν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ μυστιχὴν ἐπίχλησιν. Τελέσας δὲ αὐτὴν ὁ ἱερεὺς, ἐπὶ τὸν τελούμενον [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 534 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | sed tantum astat eacer- doti supra illum mysticam invocationem prose- quenti. Qua finita, sacerdos ad eum accedens, | mystical invocation | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 547 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | habet, sed tantum astat sacerdoti supra ipsum mystica. invocationem recitanti, Ea vero finita, sacerios ad eum accedens | mystical invocation | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 567 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ἐν Ύρα- φαῖς ?? ἀφερμηνεύειν, οὐδὲ τὸ μυστικὸν αὐτῶν, fj τὰς ἐπ᾽ αὐταῖς ἐνεργουμένας ἐκ Θεοῦ δυνάμεις | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 582 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | θεμιτὸν ἀφερ- μηνεύειν, ἤγουν μεθ᾽ ἑρμηνείας δημοσιεύειν, μυστι- κὰς οὔσας καὶ ἀποῤῥήτους " οὐ χρὴ δὲ ἐξάγειν [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 582 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ᾿Αλλὰ σὺ, ταύτας κατὰ τὴν θείαν παράδοσιν μυστιχῶς ἐχμαθὼν xol πρὸς θειοτέραν ἀναχθεὶς ἕξιν, φθάσεις καὶ τὴν [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical tradition / mystically transmitted | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 583 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | Iu, nbi eas juxta die vinam traditionem mystice bauseris, et ad. divinio- rem habitum traductus fueris, earum | mystical tradition / mystically transmitted | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 592 — De divinis nominibus | — | aiunt , Deum ipsum in una ex mysticis visionibus symbolicie ap- paritionis Dei inerepasse eum qui dixerat | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 592 — De divinis nominibus | 5, τὴν θεαρχίαν αὐτὴν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν μυστιχῶν τῆς συμόολικῆς "" θεοφανείας ὁράτεων ἐπιπλῆξαι τῷ φήσαντι @ [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 646 — De divinis nominibus | — | eum quidem viri Tormam et substantiam. assumpsisse, nystice acce- pimus; sed ignoratur, quomodo ex Virginis san- guine [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 646 — De divinis nominibus | — | compassione, ad iim. qa doceri nequit fidem mystieam atque unionem in- formatus. Atque ut plurima, eaque beatissima", [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical union | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 647 — De divinis nominibus | Καὶ τὸ μὲν ἀνδρικῶς αὐ- τὸν οὐσιωθῆναι, μυστιχῶς παρειλήφαμεν: ἀγνοοῦμεν δὲ "5 ὅπως ix παρθενικῶν αἱμάτων ἑτέρῳ [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 647 — De divinis nominibus | χρὴ φάναι, πρὸς τὴν ἀδίδακτον αὐτῶν καὶ μυστικὴν ἀπ᾿τελεσθεὶς ἔνωσιν καὶ πίστιν. Καὶ ἵνα τὰ πολλὰ xdi | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 648 — De divinis nominibus | λογίων ἢ θεάματα προσαγαγόντες" τοῖς δὲ, ὡς μυστικοῖς χατὰ τὴν θείαν παράδοσιν ὑπὲρ νοερὰν ἐνέργειαν ἐπιθαλόν- τες". | — | mystical tradition / mystically transmitted | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 649 — De divinis nominibus | — | eloquiorum contemplalionibus ad- movendo; partim vero, ceu mysticis, ex divina tra- ditione supra intellectus. operationem intendenido. Divina | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 672 — De divinis nominibus | ἀναπτύσσει καὶ ἑρμηνεύει νοῦς") τοῖς δὲ, ὡς μυστι- xol; καὶ ὑπὲρ νοερὰν ἐνέργειαν, ἐνωθέντες, δηλονότι σιγῇ καὶ [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical silence | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 675 — De divinis nominibus | — | tradit. At- que eum quidem carnem assumpsisse, mystice ac- cepimus, sed quomodo ex virgineis sanguinibus alia quam | mystical tradition / mystically transmitted | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 675 — De divinis nominibus | πρεσθυ- τέρους ἀγγέλους. Καὶ τὸ μὲν δαρχωθῆναι μυστικῶς παρειλήφαμεν, τὸ B ὅπως ἐκ παρθενικῶν αἱμάτων ἑτέρῳ παρὰ | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 685 — De divinis nominibus | — | prose- quereris. $ Hr. Verum ut ista mystica, quippe vulgo non pro- mulganda, tibique notissima, missa faeiamus; | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 685 — De divinis nominibus | afferre presumentes, ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἕνα 8 τὰ ἐχεῖ μυστιχὰ, xal ὡς τοῖς πολλοῖς B ἄῤῥητα, καὶ ὡς ἐγνωσμένα [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 692 — De divinis nominibus | — | tibique nola, vel ideo nola quia arcana mysticaque, vel tibi nola tanquam supra vulgus exsistenii, ae divino, | mystical | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 693 — De divinis nominibus | σοι ἐγνωσμένα, σμένα, ὅτι εἰσὶν ἄῤῥητα xat μυστικά + ἢ ὅτι σοὶ ἐγνωσμένα, ὡς ὄντι ὑπὲρ τοὺς | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 748 — De divinis nominibus | — | supermundiales, ra- tionibus rerum superne illustrati, ipsasque mystice 38 αἱ inferiores angelos trajicientes. Hos autem D vocat | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 749 — De divinis nominibus | περὶ τῶν ὄντων λόγους, καὶ διαθιθάζοντες αὐτοὺς μυστικῶς εἰς τοὺς ὑποθεθηχότας ἀγγέλους. Δυνάμεις δὲ καὶ ἕνερ- είας | — | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 913 — De divinis nominibus | τῶν σχη- μάτων, ἱεραῖς καὶ θεοπρεπέσι καὶ μυστικαῖς ἀνα- πτύξεσιν ἀνακαθαίρεσθαι χρή. Καὶ εἰ βούλει τὰ τριττὰ | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 914 — De divinis nominibus | — | atque figurarum, saeris quibusdam ac Deo congruis mystieisque explanalionibus , anagogice est deseribenda. Et si tripartitas corporis [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 929 — De divinis nominibus | — | bus eminentiore, eo quo Deum decet modo mystieo hac explicare, et id quod consideratur, ab omni re [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 938 — De divinis nominibus | αἴτιον. Διὸ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἱεραῖς τῶν μυστικῶν ὀράσεων θεοφανείαις xal πολιὸς "" χαὶ νέος πλάττε- παι" | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 939 — De divinis nominibus | — | temporis et dierum. Quamobrem etiam in. saeris mysticarum visionum apparitionibus et antiquus et novus fingitur; quorum prior | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 997 — De mystica theologia | — | symbolicz theologiz, lege caput tertium sernionis De mystica theologia, de quo eiiam nos, Deo dante, suo tempore | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 998 — De mystica theologia | — | Θεοῦ διδόντος, κατὰ χαιρὸν λέξομεν. 997 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA , CAP. I. 998 TOY EN ATIOIX ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 998 — De mystica theologia | — | Θεοῦ διδόντος, κατὰ χαιρὸν λέξομεν. 997 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA , CAP. I. 998 TOY EN ATIOIX ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 998 — De mystica theologia | — | CAPITIS. 1. Imvocata SS. Trinitate, docet, ad mysticam contemplationem, nostri rerumque omnium abdicatione assurgendum esse. ll. Ostendit | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 998 — De mystica theologia | — supraquam bona theosophie Christianorum prises, τῶν μυστικῶν λογίων ὑπεράγνωστον, καὶ ὑπερφαῇ — dirigenos ad mysticorum oraculorum | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 998 — De mystica theologia | — | λογίων ὑπεράγνωστον, καὶ ὑπερφαῇ — dirigenos ad mysticorum oraculorum plus quam i καὶ ἀχροτάτην χορυφὴν, ἔνθα τὰ | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 998 — De mystica theologia | super- ὦ φίλε Τιμόθεε, τῇ περὶ τὰ μυστικὰ θεάματα αυν- — adimplet. 5/4 Hiec quidem mea sint | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 998 — De mystica theologia | — | ἀπόλειπε, xu τὰς — chare Timothee, in mystieis conteuiplatiouitus, νοερὰς ἐνεργείας 7, καὶ πάντα αἰσθητὰ καὶ νοητὰ, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1001 — De mystica theologia | γνό- φον τῆς ἀγνωσίας εἰαδύνει τὸν ὄντως μυστικὸν, καθ’ ὃν ἀπομυεῖ " πάσας τὰς γνωστικὰς 7' ἀντιλήψεις, | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1001 — De mystica theologia | — | 4" esi pe ποῦ πάντων ἓ DE MYSTICA TIIEOLOGIA, CAP. T. χοντι. δι' ὧν ἡ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1001 — De mystica theologia | — | vident, absolutus et. expediims, in inem vere. mysticam incognoscibilitatis in- greditur, in qua omnes scientificas appreheusiones excludit, | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1001 — De mystica theologia | — | nihil cognoscit, supra mentem cognoscens. ADNOTATIONES CORDERII. mystico terminisque myslicis esse quaedam mystieze theologiz formul ipsa sit, | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1001 — De mystica theologia | — | ADNOTATIONES CORDERII. mystico terminisque myslicis esse quaedam mystieze theologiz formul ipsa sit, sed quid non sit, vel [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1002 — De mystica theologia | — | lucens, ac summum fastigium. Me- mos ad mysticortun oTacu simum et per- € quidem partim te- ματι | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1002 — De mystica theologia | — | notionem aevenitur, sed solo fidei lumine super wystieg theologie sumununi est fastigium ) signilicanler Graece ὑπεράγνωστον , [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1004 — De mystica theologia | — | naturalem demonstrationem, sientan, quoddam reperitur are«ma seu mystivie doctrine, que ܬܐܐ est in persuasibilibus humane sapientie verbis. [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical doctrine / teaching | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1004 — De mystica theologia | — | quod opto, quod desidero. Deinceps Timotlieum ail msuysticam contemplationent inforinans ail; T'u vero, chare T'imothee, in mysticis [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1004 — De mystica theologia | — | inforinans ail; T'u vero, chare T'imothee, in mysticis rerum divinarum atque culesiium conremplationibus, un segni el remissa, | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1005 — De mystica theologia | — | nec. demonstrari polest quomodo. Hat ista cegnilio mystica: theologie per copulationem cum. Deo, relicta omui alia coguitione | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1006 — De mystica theologia | — | 9. 4 Paal. xcvi, 2. 1005 ΡΕ MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP. I. —CORDERII NOTE. 1006 Posuit tenebras lutibulum | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1006 — De mystica theologia | — | Quin et Chaldaice, /Ezyptiacze, οἱ Pytkagoricie thieofogi:e mystice st diosis Deus quoque ealigo est et habetur non | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1006 — De mystica theologia | — | Mox autem ubi constituit Deum hoc modo mystice iu animam illapsum, vel ipsam cuu Deo, qui inaccessihilis | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1007 — De mystica theologia | — | sacrorum initiator exsistit ; in lioc vero mystico, divinorum oraculorum doctor ac rector est divinuni silentium, sive | mystical silence | Initiatory / sacramental usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1007 — De mystica theologia | — | prout in seipso est, gustu et experimento mystica conte platio exsurgit. Ceterum, adverte cum eodem llersentio (ex | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1009 — De mystica theologia | — | rüdiorum, scilicet eorum. qui religionis Christianz vel mystice theologie mysteriis nondum sint initiati. /s/0s dico, qui rebus | mystically (in theological discourse) | Initiatory / sacramental usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1009 — De mystica theologia | — | debet si S. D.onysius, in arcanis hisce mystice theologie, que Christiawe religionis veluti apex sunt, silentium plüsquam | mystically (in theological discourse) | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1010 — De mystica theologia | — | Psal χεις, Db. 1 Ep: 1009 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP, I. -- CORDERII NOTAE. 1010 5085 libris | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1011 — De mystica theologia | — | miaimum, id est brevissimam, qua parte niuirum aiystica est, ut ibiuem Dionysius explieaL; vel certe quia Deus. [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1013 — De mystica theologia | — | tum intellectualem. queri dehere. biis qui ad. mystice theologiz apicem contendunt; vt si quid in inferioribus contemplationis | mystically (in theological discourse) | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1013 — De mystica theologia | — | et expeditus, sine notione, n caliginem vere mysticam incoguoscibilitatis 5g Suereditur, in qua. omues scientificas apprehensiones excludit, | mystical darkness | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1014 — De mystica theologia | — | 921 Qrat, 2, De thealagia. 10156 LE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP. |, — PARAPHR. PACHYMEILE jor rbis agii | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1015 — De mystica theologia | — | in seipso honum adinveniat. Hersentius vero magis mystice, per samcia cacumina dicit intelligi eminentiores divin: contemplationis ac | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1015 — De mystica theologia | — | anima con- templatrix transcendere debet, ut ad mysticam et perfectam cum Deo conim ationem perveniat, Ut sensus | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1015 — De mystica theologia | — | (non enim Scriptura narrat in caliginem illam mystii de qua hoe libro sermo est, Moysen. ingressum fuisse, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical darkness | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | — | erat Deus, quai historian clus Dionysius accominodal mystico ilieologo, qui semota et veluti a lergo relieta intelle- | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | — | a lergo relieta intelle- Gtuali coguitione, in mystica: unionis sinum recipitur, ubi est perfecta caligo ignorationis, qua | mystical union | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | — | a lergo relieta intelle- Gtuali coguitione, in mystica: unionis sinum recipitur, ubi est perfecta caligo ignorationis, qua | mystical union | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | prolixiora erant, ob causam, λαίῳ τοῦ Περὶ μυστικῆς θεολογίας φησί. Μετὰ γοῦν — quam in iertio capile | — | mystical theology | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | — | γοῦν — quam in iertio capile De mystica theologia tradit, τοῦτον, ἐκείνου ἤρξατο. Μηδεὶς οὖν οἰέσθω τὸν | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | symbolica iheologia, ὀνομάτων μετελεύσεσθαὶ φησι, τὸν Περὶ μυστικῆς — ad quem, post illum De divinis nominibus, se | — | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | — | συν- ire dicit, existimet hunc esse De mystica. Πιεοίοθίαν τετάχθαι τῷ πατρί " μὴ εὑρισχομένου δὲ νῦν | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | istum a sancto Patre composi- ὁ Περὶ μυστικῆς θεοΊογίας ἐνθάδε τέταχται. tum. fuisse, qui cum modo non | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | istum a sancto Patre composi- ὁ Περὶ μυστικῆς θεοΊογίας ἐνθάδε τέταχται. tum. fuisse, qui cum modo non | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1016 — De mystica theologia | — | Περὶ μυστικῆς θεολογίας μέλλει — $1. Cum Demysticu theologia, ab omni inquam sy: διαλαθεῖν, τῆς ἀπολύτου λέγω [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1017 — De mystica theologia | — | Mine vero discere liceat, quod dum de mystica 1heologia verba facere instituerit, et propler hoc petierit illuminari, | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1017 — De mystica theologia | — | propler hoc petierit illuminari, hane ipsam precationem mystice componat. Non enim dixil, quid. sit Trias, sed illa | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1017 — De mystica theologia | — | illa quibus esL superior. Hc enim est mystiea Lheolo- gia, que neque sensalio est, neque ratio, neque [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1017 — De mystica theologia | — | vida quie meris intelligit; et eum ` mysticini quid et. ineffabile contineat, secundum hoc solum senno- nes | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1017 — De mystica theologia | — | paraboliee myste- ria secundum Supraquam lucidam occulti mysti- cique silentii ealigiiem velantur, iu hae ulique ca- Jigine [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical silence | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1018 — De mystica theologia | δὲ ἐντεῦ-. θεν μαθεῖν, 5 ὅτι περὶ μυστικῆς θεολογίας πρόθέμενος᾽ λέγειν, το φωτισῦτιναι εὐχόμενος, xat αὐ- τὴν | — | mystical theology | Initiatory / sacramental usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1018 — De mystica theologia | φωτισῦτιναι εὐχόμενος, xat αὐ- τὴν τὴν εὐχὴν μυστιχῶς συντίθησιν " οὐδὲ γὰρ εἶπε τί ἔστιν ἡ Τριὰς, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystically | Initiatory / sacramental usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1018 — De mystica theologia | ὑπὲρ ἃ ἐστι. Τοῦτο γάρ ἔστιν ἢ μυστιχὴ θεολογία, οὐκ. αἴσθησις, οὐ λόγας, οὐ νοὺς, χίνησις, οὐκ [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical theology | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1018 — De mystica theologia | ὁ νοῦς νοήδοι, ἐστί " χαὶ τὸ μυστιχὸν καὶ ἀνεχλάλητον ἔχουσα, εἰς τοῦτο μόνον τῶν λόγων ἔσται, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1018 — De mystica theologia | ἐν ᾧ δὴ γνόφῳ σχοτεινοτάτῳ διὰ τὸ μυστιχὸν καὶ ἄῤῥητον ὑπερλάμπουσι τὰ ὑπερφανέστατα, διὰ τὸ ἄπειρον τῶν [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical darkness | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1018 — De mystica theologia | — | μὴ χατὰ τὴν τἰσθητὴν καταφρονεῖ- 4011 DE MYSTICA TIIEOLOGIA, CAP, 1, — PARAPHR. PACHYMETUE, 1018 ἐκλάδῃς ἁφὴν, | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1019 — De mystica theologia | sed quod eas desiderent, pul- πρὸς τὰ μυστικά θεάματα, ὡς ἂν xiv οὕτω τοῖς — chriludinibus replentur. | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1020 — De mystica theologia | ἀμυήτους hie etiam dieat οὐκ ἀμετόχους τῶν μυστικῶν, τοῖς δὲ αἰσθητος — cos, qui alioquin etiam nou | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1020 — De mystica theologia | zd perfectiorem tamen notitiam τάπασι πάντων τῶν μυστικῶν ἀμετόχόνς εἰδωλολά- non assurguut; ἀμύστους vero vocat idololi tpac. | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1020 — De mystica theologia | — omuium prorsus mysteriorum etsortes. Ait it μυστιχῶν ἐπαχούσηται" εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἀμύητοι οὐδὲν Vide ne quis [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1022 — De mystica theologia | — | τῷ πατρὶ, διὰ τὸ τοῦ 1021 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP. 1. — PARAPHR. ΡΑΟΠΥΜΈΝΕ, 1023 πράγματος ἀπεμφαῖνον. | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1026 — De mystica theologia | — | πάντων αἰτίῳ, καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντα. SYNOPSI DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP. 1l. - CORDE(UI NOTE. 1028 à CAPUT | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1026 — De mystica theologia | — | nescientiam cognoscere Deum, quam hoc cap. ὦ Hystice theologie, et in Epistola quinta ad Do- rotheum, ubi [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1027 — De mystica theologia | — | im monte in. Exodo P, interpretatur. Diouysius mystice, esse nescientiam istam qua dicit Deum cognosci, $a ut | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1027 — De mystica theologia | — | et supra nalüram iMliiminationem. In hac caligine mystira, id est in hac illuminatione, interpretatur, wi paulo anl? [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical darkness | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1027 — De mystica theologia | — | humani sensus facultatem vicit, figurabat apostolis modum mystice iheologis secundum negationem, uL eum Deum dieimus intünitum, incompreheusum, | mystical / symbolic sense | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1027 — De mystica theologia | — | et carnis liberati sunt, et in vere aysticos theologos evaserunt, Hec. autem mystica cognitio est proxima visioni [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1027 — De mystica theologia | — | in vere aysticos theologos evaserunt, Hec. autem mystica cognitio est proxima visioni Dei aspectabili, quie Grieee ὁρατὴ | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1028 — De mystica theologia | — | ablatione genuinum eilicit simulacrum ; ita theologia mystica res creatas omnes. qui qiusi Deo cireuniposite sunt, ab. | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1029 — De mystica theologia | — | Hl, cap. 2 Myst, theol. 1029 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP. Il. παρ αὐτοῦ ἑλλάμπεσθαι, Ἢ ἐγὰρ οὐχὶ | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1033 — De mystica theologia | — | cur iu «iiis libris prolizior-[uer.t quam in Mystica theologia. Tradit in. [ine modum formandi de Deo pusitioues | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1033 — De mystica theologia | — | maxime propria sunl, cele- ριώτατα 1055 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP. HE. — CORDERII NOT.F. 1 πῶς # | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1036 — De mystica theologia | — | atque ab invicem discernuntur. Hinc fit ut mystica tbeologia, dum rerum omnium dividuarum, sive seusilium sive intellectillum, | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1036 — De mystica theologia | — | naturalis intelligentie defectionem , incidat, in caligine mystiea ipsi Deo intime conjuncta. Hic notandum est, posiljonem,, uli [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical darkness | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1037 — De mystica theologia | συστέλλονταιτέθεικεν. Ὅπερ φησὶ καὶ νῦν ἐτὴ τῇ μυστι- ܨ adj θεολογίᾳ πάντως γενήσεται. Καὶ γὰρ παντελῶς εἰς [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical theology | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1038 — De mystica theologia | — | μᾶλ- p x Paal. στης 12. DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP, IlL, — PARAPIIR. PACITYMEILE. 1038 mansione sine | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1038 — De mystica theologia | — | contraliuntur. Quod. autem dicit, etiam nunc in mystica theologia omnino fiet, Etenim in supra- mentalem illam Deoque | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1041 — De mystica theologia | — | lectio in D. notatur, ἀδύνι 104 DE MYSTICA THEOLOCIA, CAP. IV. — CORDERII NOTAE. 1042 568 ADNOTATIONES | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1046 — De mystica theologia | — | Raluralia. Neque fluxum sustinet, siquidem sine DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP. V 1046 A quod non.sit substantia expers, | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1049 — De mystica theologia | — | gratia in spiritua- Jibus quibusdam viris ac mysticis tbeologis quandoque reperitur. Hos igitur omnes cognoscendi modos hic | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1050 — De mystica theologia | — | YARLE LECTIOSES. των, S, P 1049 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP. V. — CORDERII NOLE. 1050 Tur) sient | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1051 — De mystica theologia | — | igitur, quz: hactenus dicla sunt, constat, tbeolegiam mysticam 575 ad ignorationem Dei, 40] perfecle hic in via | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1051 — De mystica theologia | — | supra speciem iheologim, a sancto Dionysio recte niystica seu arcaua (hiealogia nominatur. Dionysius Carthusianus, qui doctissimos simul [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1051 — De mystica theologia | — | sunt, ilustrationem aliquam afferre posse videatur. QUAESTIO MYSTICA. Απ mens umana. in visione ac contemplatione mysticae theologie | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1051 — De mystica theologia | — | Απ mens umana. in visione ac contemplatione mysticae theologie videat seu intelligat vere et objectrve ipsummet Deum. | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1052 — De mystica theologia | — | e divinis nominibus) quam theologie negative seu mystiez (dc qua Jam in hoc libro De mustica theologia [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1052 — De mystica theologia | — | quo nullum est accidens. Similiter in propositionibus mystic theologiz, cum dico, Deus non est ens nec esse, | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1052 — De mystica theologia | — | effectuum, Quod ipsum etiam in hoc libro Mystice theologize afürmat. Sed et Joannes Damascenus libro primo, cap. | mystically (in theological discourse) | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1053 — De mystica theologia | — | est, et nominatim in flno capitis priml Mystice faeologim perfecissima Dei contemplatio, secundum S. Dionysium, in prasenti | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1053 — De mystica theologia | — | Josnnes de Gerson in iraetatu suo De mystica tlieologia ; € Si divi- num, inguiens, Dionysium edoctum | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1053 — De mystica theologia | — | Josnnes de Gerson in iraetatu suo De mystica tlieologia ; € Si divi- num, inguiens, Dionysium edoctum | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1054 — De mystica theologia | — | Υ job xxxvi, 52, δῦ, 1053 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA, CAP. ¥, — CORDERII NOTAE. 1054 iidm, dicant | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1055 — De mystica theologia | — | Verumtamen huie opinioni eoncordare videlur, quod super mystioam theologiam scribit Albertus, di- cens: + Deus non habet [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1057 — De mystica theologia | — | quam. ἢ Ju contemplaiione autem seu visione mystica ticologiz, qua Deus per omnium ablationem et abnega- nem | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1059 — De mystica theologia | — | » Sed hzc locum nüuime habenl in mystica coniem- plauone, ad quam cap, 4 hojus libri Timoiheum | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1059 — De mystica theologia | — | Aristoteles. super Doeiww, proposit, dà. 4051 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGI, CAP. V. — PARAPHR. PACHYMEILE. 1038 et rum. | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1059 — De mystica theologia | — | sibilia universa deseril aut transcendit. Att3men in mystiea illa contemplatione minime sufficiL sen- silia relinquere, nisi et [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1060 — De mystica theologia | — | preter notitiam Dei experimentalem affecti- vam et mysticam, haberi etiam possit aliqua de Deo notitia intellectualis inystica | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1060 — De mystica theologia | — | etiam possit aliqua de Deo notitia intellectualis inystica absiractiva ét absoluta, juxia niodum praedicium , abstrahendo ipsum [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1063 — De mystica theologia | — | ὄντα ἧ πρίτῳ τῶν αὖ- 1001 DE MYSTICA ὙΠΕΟΙΟΟΙΆ, CAP. V. — PARAPHR. PACHYMETUE. 1062 ὄντα εἰσί: | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1066 — Epistolae | — | illam Doy ignorationem, quam in libro De mystica theologia supra omnem cognitionem commendat, non privative sed. superlate | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1069 — Epistolae | — | cognoscere eb. con- templari, ut Dionysius in Mystica. theologia, cap. 4, tradit. Haec, iguoralio vocata οι Exodi | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1069 — Epistolae | — | Hanc unionem optat. Dionysius Timotheo iu principio Mystice. theologize, unde iuelius eaa licet intelligere. Vide Schol. S. | mystically (in theological discourse) | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1076 — Epistolae | — | caligine dicla sunt primo et secundo capite Mystice treologie , et in Adnotationi bus ibidem. Dicitur autem | mystical darkness | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1078 — Epistolae | — | sua videt exemplar. Hac cordis mundities ad miysticam contemplationem prorsus necessaria esi, nec sine illa ulli ad [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical contemplation / vision | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1105 — Epistolae | — | in Scripturis reperiuntur. Deinde. theologiam dividit in mysticam ac demonstrantem, et que cujusque partes sint. exponit, V. | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1105 — Epistolae | — | quid esca designet. 111. Exponit, quid crater mystice significet, IV. Quid cibus solidus et liquidus designet. ¥. | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1105 — Epistolae | ἀποτετολμη- μένων αἰνιγμάτων ἐχφαίνωσι τὴν θείαν καὶ μυστιχὴν χαὶ ἄδατον τοῖς βεδήλοις ἀλήθειαν. Διὸ καὶ ἀπιστοῦ- μεν [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical truth | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1106 — Epistolae | δυνηθείη τὴν ἐντὸς ἀποχεχρυ αμένην εὐπρέπειαν, εὑρήσει μυστικὰ xal θεοιιδῇ πόντα, χαὶ πολλοῦ τοῦ θεολογιχοῦ φωτὸς ἐναπεπλησμένα | — | mystical theology | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1107 — Epistolae | θεολόγων πα- ράδοσιν, τὴν μὲν ἀπόῤῥητον καὶ µυστικὴν, τὴν ὃν καὶ γνωριμωτέραν" καὶ τὴν μὲν συμδολιχὴν καὶ [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1108 — Epistolae | — | si quis in- tueri possit, reperiet omnia mystica el divina et multo lumine theologico repleta. Neque vero | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1108 — Epistolae | — | tionem theologorum , unam quidem arcanam et mysticam, altera vero apertam et manifestiorem ; illam quidem symbolicam | mystical theology | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1108 — Epistolae | — | omni sanctitate plenos, per :nigmata res divinas mystice promere, et Jesum in parabolis, de divinis loqui, ac | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1108 — Epistolae | τοὺς πανιερωτάτους ἀγγέλους δι᾽ αἰνιγμάτων τὰ θεῖα μυστικῶς προάγοντας ὁρῶμεν, καὶ αὐτὸν δ Ἰησοῦν ἐν παραθολαῖς θεολογοῦντα, | — | mystically (in theological discourse) | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1110 — Epistolae | sapiens juxta ac τῶν λογίων ὑμνεῖται, κρατῆρα μυστικὸν Ιστῶσα, καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν αὐτοῦ πόμα προχέουσα 55, μᾶλλον | — | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1111 — Epistolae | — | benigna sapientia in eloquiis divinis perhibetur craterem mysticum proponere, ac sacram ejus po- tionem propinare, prius tamen | mystical | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1115 — Epistolae | — | ܐܐܐ hiis est, ut milii videtur, theologia mystica generationis lanquam ex utero etsinu; et processionis Spiritus saneti | mystical theology | Apophatic / contemplative mystical usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1116 — Epistolae | — | emanationes, quod signat communicationem divinse bonitatis, que mystice significatu enm Deus dicitur lilium et flos, propter communicationem | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1116 — Epistolae | — | sive separationem. quam Deus facit, signifleat Scriptura mystice, cum in ea ignis etiam dicilur : ἔτος eaim | mystically | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1116 — Epistolae | — | criptura mystice, cum in ea ignis etiam dicilur : ἔτος eaim | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1116 — Epistolae | — | Accingere gladio. Figulina et conflatoria significant hzc mystice in Deo providentiam reformantem ae refingentem, aut vim et. | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1116 — Epistolae | — | adio. Figulina et conflatoria significant hzc mystice in Deo providentiam reformantem ae refingentem, aut vim et. | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1117 — Epistolae | — | metum Deus figurasit, uL hoe quod dixi mystice doceret, Et concilium. illud : lla fietio personarum, qux | mystical / symbolic sense | Mystical interpretation of Scripture or symbols. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1117 — Epistolae | — | illum, eic., illa inquam fictio personarum, docet mystice, spiritum fallacia uti impiis et scele- ratis hominibus tanquam | mystically | General mystical terminology. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1118 — Epistolae | — | lbidem paulo post : Estque arcanum sive mysticum cum symbolo implicatum. Est enim (ut ait S. Maxi- | mystical / symbolic sense | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1118 — Epistolae | — | esl, won tacitum sive dictum; quia quod mystice latet in symbolo est ἀπόῤῥητον, id est arcanum. et | mystical / symbolic sense | Restricted / hidden teaching or mystery. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1133 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | sed per megalonem wisionis, lioe est in mystica €aligine, conspiciendus sit. Sicut enim infinitatem. inum, sed per | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1135 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | qui per aquilam denotatur. in visione illa mystica, per angelum prophetz reprzesentata. ᾽Αγλαῖα, splendor , fulgor. Myst. | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1136 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | 9. Stc apud prophetas aiL angelos vocari nysticas rotas pro- pter ἀεικίνητον κίνητιν, id est. perennem. et. [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1136 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | pingi solent. "Aevou μορφή, aquilee figura, quid mystice, vide Ciel. Hier. cap. 45, $8. "Mov ܕ vila | mystical / symbolic sense | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1137 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | columen theologorum sive apostolorum, et cap. 1 Mystice Theelogi: a Dco dirigi ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν μυστικῶν Λογίων | mystically (in theological discourse) | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1137 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | Theelogi: a Dco dirigi ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν μυστικῶν Λογίων ἀκροτάτην κορυφὴν, id esL ad wujsticorum. supremum. apicem. | — | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1138 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | ἀμέθεχτα, uec aliis passim evulget, presertim illa mystica quz in libris Suis Iraetal, ᾽Αμεθέκτως, imparticipate. Bi Nomin. | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1138 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | § 6. Grecis interpres, ὁ ἀμέτοχος zov μυστικῶν, expers rerum mysticariem. "Apówo, ulciscor, vindico, defendo. Epis . | — | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1138 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | interpres, ὁ ἀμέτοχος zov μυστικῶν, expers rerum mysticariem. "Apówo, ulciscor, vindico, defendo. Epis . Νταν "μυστας, rudis, | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1139 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Maximi. Αναγωγή», amagege, id est sensus oraculorum mystieus ac reconditus, qui nos in ecehim medi- 141149 subvehit, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1141 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | id est quod tangi aut palpari nequit. Mystic. Theolog. cap. 1, § 1. Hoc de unione mystica | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1141 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | cap. 1, § 1. Hoc de unione mystica dicit, quae, ut supra sensum et. intellectum est, sic | mystical union | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1141 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Nomin. cap. 2, 4. "Ανεμος, ventus, Quid mystice designet, vide Cael. Wier. cap. 15, $ 6, et | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1142 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | id est incuriosus. Ἀγθρωπομορφία, hominis efformatio, Quid inystice jn augetts designet, viue Cuele»t, Hierare. cap. 13, ὅ. [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1142 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | ΟΑνθρωποφυϊκόν, Quo homini παντα est, seu naturale. Mystie. Theol. cap. 2, ubí pnlehre ait ὑπερηύσιον Ἰησοῦν ἀνθρωποφνϊκαῖς [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1144 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Cat. Mier, eap. 3 84. οΑποκρυφή, latibulun, Mystice Theologia cap. t, ᾿πολαχείξῳ, cálce ferio, τεμείίο. Epist. vir, | mystically (in theological discourse) | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1144 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | «uo. Collest, Hierarch. cap. 2, $ ὅ, Mystice Theul. cap. 3, ubi docet Tiyss α καταφατικαὶ θεολογίαι, | mystically (in theological discourse) | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1145 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | cap. 13, $ 7. Άμρμαται currus. Quid mystice, vide Cogl. lier. cap. 15, καὶ 8. "Appootfc, concinnatór, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1146 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | eap. 2, $ 4. Illam celebrat in Mystica theo» logia, cap. 2, ubi omuia de Deo negat; | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1146 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | 45, $3. Boe μορφή, bovis forma. Quid mystice, vide cap. 15 De eoclest, hierarch, $ 8. πα, | mystical hierarchy / hierarchical sense | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1147 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | σκεύη, geometrica instrumenta. ONOMASTICUM DIONYSIANUM. 1146 Quid mystice designent, vide Col. Hier. cap. 15, 5. Γνόφος, caligo. | mystical darkness | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1147 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | cap. 15, 5. Γνόφος, caligo. Quid sit mystica caligo, vide ἡγεῖ, Του. cap.1 ¢! 9, et Epist. | mystical darkness | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1147 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | att cognitionem | adinittit ;. were autem wiysticam appellat, quia intima est, et occulta illa conjunctio, ut [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1147 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | eap. 2, $ 9. Γυμνόν, nuditas. Quid mystice signifcot, vida Cel, Hier, eap. 15, $ 3. Δ | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1149 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | E Ἐγκάρδιον, cordiale, quod cst in. corde. Mystice Theol. cap. 3. Ἐγχόσμιος, mundialis, id est qui in | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1149 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | cap. 4, 8 15, et cap. 1 Mystic. Theolog. et ibidem Adnotaliones δι Scholia S. Maximi. Ἑκστατικός, | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1149 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | autem fere hoc verbo Dionysius, cum de mystica aliqua manifestatioue agitur, sive per symbola sive pet intellectilem. | mystical / symbolic sense | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1150 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | χαθαρῷ, 14 est puro, seu mundo, vide Mystic. Theol, cap: 1, $5. Ubi nota per pura rés | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1151 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | divino numine affatus, qualis pus est quilibet mysticus theologus, dum cui 5. Paulo excedite se Deo, et | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1151 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | sumus, regredimur, uii pulchre docet sanctus Dionysius Mystic. Theolog. cap. 1, $ ὅ in fine. Huc. speciat | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1152 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | adhaeret Deo, iuquit, unue spiritus est, intellige mystice, quanique Christus Dominus, unum necessarium vocavit, eamdewique $uis apud | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1152 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Epist. vni, ἃ 1. LE concupiscentia, Quid mystice sit; vide Got. Hierar. cap. 15, 9 : ῥοια, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1153 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | 4, $11. Ἔρυθρὸν χρῶμα, rubes color. Quid mystice , vide Colest, tierar. cap. 19, $ 7. "Ἔρως, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1154 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | sub fineu, pulchre docet. Ἐθωχία, convivium. Quid mystice, vide Epist. ΙΧ, "Égappoyal, congruentite , concinnitates, Divin, Non. | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1155 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Hierar, cap. "Hàéxvpou εἶδος, electri species; quid mystice , vide Coil. Hier. cap. 15, 8 7. Ἡλιοθολία, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1155 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | 2, ἢ 1. e , visio, intuitio. Mysticie Thcol. Ba, spectacuiuu, (10)1)§ Miei . cap. 2, p. | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1155 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | De divinis nominibus, et ibidem nostras Adnotationes, Mystica sun& divina ipsa, quie omnium negatione cognoscuntur , imo | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1155 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | appre- henduntur ; de quibus vide eap. Mystiez "Theo- logiz, et ibidem nostras Adiotationes. Θεανδριχὴ ἐνέργεια, Dei [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1157 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | ennque divinz alicujus. persone propria sunt. Sic Mystice, Theolog. cap. 3, voeat τοῦ Πνεύματος λογίαν, id est | mystically (in theological discourse) | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1158 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Epist. vii, $ 2 Θεοσορία, divina sapientia. Mystie. Theolog. eap. 1, 8 1, sic apnellat mysticam theologiant, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1158 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Theolog. eap. 1, 8 1, sic apnellat mysticam theologiant, quie coenitio est rerum alüssimarum per aliiss principia; | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1159 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | capitum libri De ecclesiastica bierar- chia, ubi mystice exponit ritus sacramentorum. Θέωσις, deificatio, scilicet quie per gratiam | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1160 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | vn, $ 1. 09 vis irascibilis, Quid mystice sil, vide Col. Hier. cap. 13, 8 8. Θυσιαστήριον, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1161 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | M : ππων µορφή, equorum forma. Quid mystice, vide Coel. Hier. cap. 45, $8. ᾿ Ἰπόῤῥοπον, equilibre, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1162 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | 6, p. 5, $5. Καρδία, cor. Quid mystice signilicel, vide Cael. Mier. cap. 15, & 9, et | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1162 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Mierar. $, p. 1. Κορυφή, culmen, [asiigiwm, Mystic. Theolog. cap. Κρυρία θεότης, αὐ- ; 1, 8 f. | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1162 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | ληπταν, qui comprehendi nequit. Κρυφιότης, secretio, scilicet inystiea seu spirita- lis, qun. Deus et angeli, resque omues [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1163 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | ὃ 6. μὰ μορφή, leonis forma. Quid mystice, vide (αἱ. Bier. cap. 13, à δ λευκὸν χρῶμα, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1163 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | ὃ 6. μὰ μορφή, leonis forma. Quid mystice, vide (αἱ. Bier. cap. 13, à δ λευκὸν χρῶμα, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1164 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | primas ilustrationes. atque irradiationes Numinis sempiterui, et mysticam ar- canamque rerum intelligenüam capere, quam. de- iinile ordine | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1164 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | 2, 8 4. Μύπσις, dittna doctrina, scilicet mystica et arca- na, qua: per divinam. inspirationem, sine. humano | mystical doctrine / teaching | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1165 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | ον- eellentiam Éuchlarisua. Eccl. Hier, c. 5. Μυστιχόν, mysteriosum. Div. Nom, c. 8, ܛ 9. Mucio, νέο, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | — | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1165 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | καὶ 2. 2 6 Νῶτον, dorsmn, Quid mystice significet, vide Cul. lier. cap. 19, 83. Ξανθὺν χρῶμα, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1165 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | καὶ 2. 2 6 Νῶτον, dorsmn, Quid mystice significet, vide Cul. lier. cap. 19, 83. Ξανθὺν χρῶμα, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1165 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Hier. ο, 18, 83. . dentes. Quid mystice. designent, vide qp. 15, δ. τιχόν, aulificativum, id est. | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1165 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | $ 6. Ὁλοχαυτούμενον, pemius concrematumn. loielugit de u.ystica ο per amoreai, Eccl. Hier. cp 9, 8 12. [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1166 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | c. 8, 8G. Ὄσφραν odorabie, Quid osoratus mystice designet, vide Col. Hier, e. 19, € 3. Οὐσία, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1167 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Div. Noi. cap. 5,81. 1 supercilia, Quid mystice cesignent, vide (ἡ haa. cop. 19, $ ὅν nu | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1168 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | c. 1, ὃ J. Ilse, pedes Quid n.ystice siguiliceat, vide Cael, Mier, eap. 15, 85. Πουκιλομορφία, varia [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1169 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | et Seliolia S. im. Ποταμοί, jluvii. Quid mystice, vide Ccel. lies, eap. 15, $8. paxsixsisc0at, facturire, id. | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1169 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | eap, 15, $ 6. Ἡτερόν, alu, Quid mystice, vide Cael. Πεν, cap. 15.8 Ὁ. à, plumescentia, Cool. | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1170 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | p. 2. Πῦρ, ignis. s qnaliiaes et mystieas. signi- fiextiones. vide. descriptas. Caelestis Πίος, cap. 43, 5&3. [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1170 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | "Theol, 6. 1, & 1 Silentium istud mysticum otiosum et videatur, lucemque. obfuseando nil luei aui eonlerre | mystical silence | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1170 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | cap. 4, καὶ 20. Στέρνα, pecus. Quid mystice significet, vide Cul, Uier. cap. 19, § 1 Στοιχεῖον, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1173 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Cul. Πίου, e.9, 81. PU rote. Qaid nystice, vide Col. Hier. cap. Ἐνποπλαστία, figuratio, seu typorum efformatia, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical / symbolic sense | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1173 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | 2. Y Ὑπρὰ τροφῇ, liquidus. cibus. Quid mystice, vide ist. ix, $4. 3:7 adoptatio, seilicet in filium. | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1174 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | eap. 3. $ lv. T ῥπληρόω, superadimpleo, Mystieze Theolog. €. 1. 8 t. Ὑπέρσοφος, supersapiens, id est [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1174 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | 1, ὃ 7. i on somnus. Quid mystice, vide Epistol. ys, ܙ Ὑπρβεθτκυῖα, inferiora, Wf est quae | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1175 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Div. Nom. cap. dem S. Maximum et Mystic, Theol , ubi de- scribit quie in isto tractatu | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1175 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | cap. 2, $2. 3 , manas, Quid mystice significent, vide τ Hier. eap. 13, $3. Χλοερὸν χρῶμα, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1175 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | $2. 3 , manas, Quid mystice significent, vide τ Hier. eap. 13, $3. Χλοερὸν χρῶμα, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1176 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | modo, Div. Nom. cap. , aures. Quid mystice designent, vide 05). Mier. cap. 13, $ 5. NDEX | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1178 — Index rerum et verborum | — | 6 Caligo divina quid sit, 591. Caligo mystica simul est ἴπ- eidissima, 51i. Catipo et arcana quid, | mystical darkness | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1178 — Index rerum et verborum | — | 6 Caligo divina quid sit, 591. Caligo mystica simul est ἴπ- eidissima, 51i. Catipo et arcana quid, | mystical darkness | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1179 — Index rerum et verborum | — | quid sit, 1 12. Contemplatio. Àd contemplationem mysticam nostri jugerum οἱ renum omnium abdieatione assurgitur , i0. | mystical contemplation / vision | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1179 — Index rerum et verborum | — | omnium abdieatione assurgitur , i0. Crater quid mystice siguiticet, 611. Creatura Deo tripliciter conjungitur, 545. Creatura om- | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1182 — Index rerum et verborum | — | in aliis libris sit. prolixior quam iu. Mystica "heologia, 565. S. Dionysius omnes theologia» partes accurate tradidit, | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1182 — Index rerum et verborum | — | Divinitas quid. sit per se, 513. Doctrima mystica qualis sit, 545. Ad mystieam doelri- nam quomodo perveniatur, | mystical doctrine / teaching | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1182 — Index rerum et verborum | — | 513. Doctrima mystica qualis sit, 545. Ad mystieam doelri- nam quomodo perveniatur, ibid. Dominatio quid sit, 522, [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical doctrine / teaching | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1183 — Index rerum et verborum | — | sed unitas, 367. E rietas Dei quid mystice significet, 612. agEtibsis qualis contigerit lempore erucitxtonis, 395, 3 | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1183 — Index rerum et verborum | — | forma quid designet, 135, 148. Esca quid mystive significet, 610. Esse est przstantius vita, 43k. Kucharislia est [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1185 — Index rerum et verborum | — | assiirzit, 2,6. An mens humana in contemp'atione mystice Llieos logie videal Deum vere et objective, et 51 | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1186 — Index rerum et verborum | — | 601, 610. Moysis 1 ealiginosum aseensus, quid mystice insinuet, Mundities cordis necessaria contemplonii, 502. Mundus, Ante mondum | mystical contemplation / vision | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1186 — Index rerum et verborum | — | est querendum ` quomodo vel quare, 388. Mystica profanis miniue communicanda, 510, 146. N Natura divina nullum | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1187 — Index rerum et verborum | — | consecrandi ritus, 236, Populus non est capax mysticae lucis, 5&8. Poientia quid sit simpliciter οἱ quotuplex, 555. | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1188 — Index rerum et verborum | — | ἃ summis, medi et inüimis-denominat, 15. Scripture mystice sunt duplicis generis, 22. Βοηριύτω lectiones quid sunt, 189, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1188 — Index rerum et verborum | — | ibid. Seraphim quid significat, ὅδ, 51. Seraphim mystice quid, 58. Cur dicatur beata Seraphim in neuiro genere, | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1188 — Index rerum et verborum | — | sed 19. Unde proveniat imequalis repre Silentium mysticum quid sit, 54. Sol unde Grece qu dictus sit, | mystical silence | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1189 — Index rerum et verborum | — | Tisest, ΙΤ. Theologia demonstrativa duplex, ibid. "Theologia mystica quid sit, 51. Theologiam affirmamtem designant Christi vestimenta heotogia | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1189 — Index rerum et verborum | — | 51. Theologiam affirmamtem designant Christi vestimenta heotogia tnystica sLatuario com- paratur, ibid. "Theologia mystica qui dillert ab [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1189 — Index rerum et verborum | — | Tisest, ΙΤ. Theologia demonstrativa duplex, ibid. "Theologia mystica quid sit, 51. Theologiam affirmamtem designant Christi vestimenta heotogia | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1189 — Index rerum et verborum | — | qna ii Tlieologia duplex, seilicet my: | Mystiere theologis priestantie, que sint proprietates, 54£. Mysti- i Lheologize [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1189 — Index rerum et verborum | — | Mystiere theologis priestantie, que sint proprietates, 54£. Mysti- i Lheologize sp:endores quales sint, 545. Mystica. llieo- logia [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1189 — Index rerum et verborum | — | Mysti- i Lheologize sp:endores quales sint, 545. Mystica. llieo- logia non discitur, sed. inspiratur, 812. Animus ad | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1189 — Index rerum et verborum | — | ad eam per orationem prieparatur, 5&1. Ad mysticam theologiam. Sola Dei gratia venitur, 542, δέ. Theopli nia | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1189 — Index rerum et verborum | — | sunt accepta, 315. Transligsratio Christi fuit symbolum. mystice contem- piationis, 398. INDEX RERUM ET VERBORUM. 1188 "Trinitas | mystical / symbolic sense | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1189 — Index rerum et verborum | — | instans quid sint, 506. Qualiatranseendenda sunt ad mysti- cam unimmem consequendam, 319. Unio cum Deo iu quo [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical union | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1191 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | Observatio XML 90 Isagoge. Balthasaris Corderii ad mysticam theologiam S. Dionysii Areopagitie. PUT Puit. — Quid per | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1191 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | Dionysii Areopagitie. PUT Puit. — Quid per mystieam theologiam inte ligatur. 95 Cr. IT. — Que sit. [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1191 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | 95 Cr. IT. — Que sit. definito mystiem Ueologim. — 96 Cav. IH. — Quod sit principium [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1191 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | ge. Balthasaris Corderii ad mysticam theologiam S. Dionysii Areopagitie. PUT Puit. — Quid per | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1191 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | 28 Cap. IV. — Quis sit linis mystice theolozia 900 Cir. V. — Quaenam prorequirantur ad mystieam | mystically | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1191 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | 900 Cir. V. — Quaenam prorequirantur ad mystieam νου. ܫ 10t ¥]. — Qua ratione ad. mjstieam [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1191 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | 103 Car, VIT, — Quomodo mirabiiis illa mysticze 1110:10 1; ܐ απο in anima perficiatur. los Proeminm | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1192 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | — De perfecto et uno. 9 DE MYSTICA THEOLOGIA. Cart vast. — Quaenam sit divina caligo. 991 | mystical theology | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1193 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | tiata. | ratione na- 107! quil su nystica theoioqui. 1018 — Suadet Sosipatra suendi ܐܐܐ ܐ veris [OCR-recovered variant of μυστικ-/mystic-] | mystical | Lexical/index repetition retained for auditability. OCR form normalized as a recoverable mystic- hit. |
The immediately important lexical concentrations occur around mystical traditions of Scripture, the symbolic and restricted transmission of sacred teaching, the Eucharistic synaxis, the “mystical bread” and cup of the Lord’s supper, initiatory rites, and the deliberately inaccessible discourse of the Mystical Theology.
The γυμν-/nud-/denud- search produced 58 genuine printed contexts after exercise-family vocabulary and OCR noise were removed. Repeated printings have been retained in the concordance so that the audit remains reproducible.
Table 2. γυμν-/nud- in PG 3
| Reference / source | Greek | Latin | English | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 5 — Prolegomena / editorial material | — | lectualium (cap. 4), que. in. Deo esse nequeunt, nuda et simplici enarratione explicat. $ V. Epistolis, — Decem quoque epistole | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 64 — Editorial dissertation / preliminary material | — | adeo ut saxculo septimo, quo Ma- xinius florebat, nuda eorum superesset memoria. AEtote vero. Joannis Scythopolitani (quem labente s&culo sexto | naked / bare | Bare/uncovered realities; non-sexual figurative usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 107 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | viribus divina gratia sublevatis, elarificatis et exornatis, unitatem nuditatemque spi- ritus obtinel, et purum alque indepictum amorem, simplicemque cogitationem , | naked / bare | Ascetic/contemplative metaphor of spiritual nakedness. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 107 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | : simplex. vero ipsius anim:e eeulus, nempe pura, nuda, uui- formis, et supra intellectum elevata cogitatio, ma- net apertus. Porro | naked / bare | Philosophical 'bare of form' usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 107 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | Hinc przcognitione facta Siue cognitione, in solo amabili, nudo, simplici et ignoto Deo quiescit. Lux quippe n3 propter ni- miam | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 108 — Corderius, Isagoge ad mysticam theologiam | — | creata, supraque propriam operationem elevata, in vi memoraliva nudatur omnibus imaginibus, el meram puritatem atque sinplicitatem sentit; in vi intellectiva | stripped / made bare | Ascetic/contemplative metaphor of spiritual nakedness. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 125 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | imaginibus induit ; quocirca coguitioni nostra, nou tam nuda, quam vestita quasdam aceommodata. videntur. lnduunt igitur sapientes merilo, sicul diximus, | naked / bare | Ascetic/contemplative metaphor of spiritual nakedness. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 311 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | S. ΡΙΟΝΥΒΗ vMiuxerat ejusmodi visionem : non enim nudas res e! essentias prophetae videbant, sed zenigmata sym- bolaque ab angelis | naked / bare | Bare/uncovered realities; non-sexual figurative usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 329 — De coelesti hierarchia | τίνες οἱ πόδες, τίνα τὰ πτερὰ, τίς ἡ γυμνότης, τίς ἡ ἀμφίασις, τίς ἡ Ἰαμπρὰ ἐσθὴς, τίς ἡ ἱερατικὴ, τίνες | — | nakedness | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 329 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | pectus, quod dorsum, qui pedes, que ala', que nuditas, quod indumentum, que lucida vestis, que sacerdotulis, que zümm, qum wirge, | nakedness | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 335 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | se toto sine admistione ac gravitate sursum fertur; nuditas vero caiceorumque privatio, virtutem illam abstractam et expeditam, el puram ab | nakedness | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 335 — De coelesti hierarchia | χαὶ ἀθαρῶς ἐπὶ τὸ ὑψηλὸν ἀναγόμενον᾽ τὸ δὲ γυμνὸν καὶ ἀνυπόδετον, τὸ ἄφετον, χαὶ εὔλυτον, καὶ ἄσχετον, χαὶ καθαρεῦον τῆς | — | naked / bare | Barefoot/naked symbolism: freedom from external attachment. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 336 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | Ceterum, cum rursus simplex illa et multiformis sapientia nudos quoque vestial, eL quadam iis vasa wadat 131 circumferenda; agedum ipsa | naked / bare | Philosophical 'bare of form' usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 355 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | agilitatem, qua sine. admistione gravitatis prompte sursum fertur. Nudilas vero calecorumque privatio, virtutem ^orum abstraetam denotat, et à rebus infimis | nakedness | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 355 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | locus enim, iv quo. stas, sunctus cst d. Nudipes enim liber est ao omni ex- lrinseco impedimento. Spiritus ilaque. nudipedes | barefoot / bare-footed | Barefoot/naked symbolism: freedom from external attachment. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 355 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | est ao omni ex- lrinseco impedimento. Spiritus ilaque. nudipedes V Had, vn, 322. ܐ Exod. ut, 5. S. DIONYSII AREOPAGIT | barefoot / bare-footed | Barefoot/naked symbolism: freedom from external attachment. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 356 — De coelesti hierarchia | καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἀνωφερὲς ἂν παὶ Τὸ δὲ γυμνὸν καὶ ἀνυπόδετον τὸ ἄφετον αἱ πρὸς τὰ κάτω εὔλυτόν τε καὶ | — | naked / bare | Barefoot/naked symbolism: freedom from external attachment. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 356 — De coelesti hierarchia | τύπος, ἐν ᾧ Ἱστασαιι ἄγυς ἐστιν. Ὁ γὰρ γυμνοποδῶν ἐλεύθερός ἐστι παντὸς ἑξωτερικοῦ ἐφο-χίου. Γυμνο- ποδεῖν μὲν λέγονται χϑὶ οἱ | — | barefoot / bare-footed | Barefoot/naked symbolism: freedom from external attachment. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 356 — De coelesti hierarchia | Ὁ γὰρ γυμνοποδῶν ἐλεύθερός ἐστι παντὸς ἑξωτερικοῦ ἐφο-χίου. Γυμνο- ποδεῖν μὲν λέγονται χϑὶ οἱ νι τῶν ἐχτὸς προσθήκης, καὶ διὰ | — | barefoot / bare-footed | Barefoot/naked symbolism: freedom from external attachment. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 357 — De coelesti hierarchia | — | seeundum providentiam. Cocterum eum hze quoque nàtura sua nudos eooperiat, et quasdam iis instru- menta cireumferenda tradat; agedum etiam ista | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 384 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | unde saerameata 5ünt causa στα μίας, not tanquam. nuda signa, ad. quorum exhibilionem Deus confert. gratiam, sed. συ” im continentia | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 1; PG 3, col. 385 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | autem yoeat doctrinas de Deo, qux non ex nudo verborum auditu, vel sacrarum doctrinarum pronuntiatione existunt) evadere poterimus, ut pa- | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 390 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | καὶ ἡ ἱεραρχία τελεῖται. Οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τε γυμνοῖς αὐτοῖς τοῖς θείοις πράγμα- σιν ἐντυγχάνειν, καὶ νοητῶς συνάπτεσθαι, αἰσθήσ. ζῶντας" | — | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 392 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | et illis conimune, qui ne sym- bolis quidem nudis digni suni habiti?) verum etiam ob aliam rationem, quod niuirum congruen- | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 392 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | enim par esi, ut là qui seusu vivunt, nudas ipsas res divinas frequentent, ei ii- tellectualiter iis conjungantur; ideirco per | naked / bare | Bare/uncovered realities; non-sexual figurative usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 402 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | τῶν κα γὴν ἐσχάτων σχέσεων ἀπολύσα- σα "ἢ, γυμνὸν καὶ ἀνυπόδετον ἴστησι πρὸς δυσμὰς ἀφορῶντα, καὶ τῇ τῶν χειρῶν ἀπώσει | — | naked / bare | Barefoot/naked symbolism: freedom from external attachment. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 403 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | exuens, el ad extr mos usque affecius exspolians, nudum et discalcea- Β tum statuit versus occidentem spectantem, nec nou manuum | naked / bare | Barefoot/naked symbolism: freedom from external attachment. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 421 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | retinendo prioris vitz ; 1acirco qui auduci- lur, nudus sistitur. Ad hsc vero, quoniam ab ex- wemis minoribusque prioris vitze | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 422 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | μετατιθέμενον, μηδεμίαν σχέσιν ἔχοντα ς τὴν προτέραν ζωὴν, γυμνὸς ὁ προσαγόμενος ms Ἔτι δὲ, ἐπεὶ καὶ µέχρι τῶν πρὸς τὴν | — | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 430 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | οἴομαι, τὸ νοητὸν # τοῦ πρώτου τῶν ἀγαλμάτων ἀπογυμνώσαντας, εἰς τὸ θεοειδὲς αὐτοῦ κάλλος ἔνα- πενίσαι, καὶ τὸν ἑεράρχην ἐνθέως | — | stripped / made bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 456 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | ἐπειδὴ ἐντὸς ἐγενόμεθα, τὸ πρῶ- ποὺ τῶν ἀγαλμάτων ἀπογυμνῶσαι τὰς εἰκόνας τῶν μυστικῶν, καθὰ θείων ὀνομάτων πλατύτε ᾿Αγάλματα δὲ φησι | — | stripped / made bare in symbolic/mystical interpretation | Metaphorical stripping of symbols; mystical semantic control. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 456 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | τινος τὸ νοητὸν, 6009 τὸ χατὰ θεωρίαν δηλούμενον, ἀπογυμνοῦν ἔπαγγέλλεται. Ἐπειδὲ τοίνυν τύτος ἐστὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ ἐπίσχοπος, ἴδωμεν πῶς | — | stripped / made bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 505 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | τῆς ἱερᾶς θεοχενεσίας οἱ λειτουργοὶ τὸν τῆς παλαιᾶς ἀπογυμνοῦσιν ds θῆτος, ἔτι πρὸς δυσμὰς εἰς ἀποταγὴν πρὸς ἕω μετάγουσι, (τῆς | — | stripped / made bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 525 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | καὶ ποῖα 'χείρονα. Ὅθεν αὐτοί εἰσι καὶ οἱ ἀπογυμνοῦντες τῆς παλαιᾶς ἐσθῆτος, τῆς ἐχούσης αύμθολον τῆς παλαιᾶς χαχίας " καὶ | — | stripped / made bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 549 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | — | statum [γᾶς duci. Omittenda hie prima illa catechumenorum denudatio, siquidero illa sordium externorum et erroris depositionem exhibet, quocirca fit eminus, | stripping / denudation in ritual initiation | Baptismal/initiatory stripping; direct semantic control. |
| Part 2; PG 3, col. 582 — De ecclesiastica hierarchia | πρώτως ἐχρίετο ὁ τελούμενος μεθ’ ὃ τῆς ἐσθῆτος ἀπεγυμνοῦτο" ἐνταῦθα ἐν τῷ τέλει, καὶ ταῦτα οὐκ ἀπεικότως, Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ xal | — | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 805 — De divinis nominibus | φασί τινες. Πρῶτον μὲν, ὅτι οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται πώποτε γυμνὴ τοῦ B εἴδους ἀνείδεος " μετὰ εἴδους δὲ, ὡς γοῦν μετέχουσα | — | naked / bare | Philosophical 'bare of form' usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 893 — De divinis nominibus | — | meat et. progreditur, niliilque eorum quie sunLsie omnino nudatum est, quin aliquam pote- statem üabest: quin potius potestatem habet vel | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1003 — De mystica theologia | — | ubi simplicia et absoluta, iid est ca quie nude sicuti sunt, sine symbolicis integumen- lis, et sine parabolis, ac sine | barely / without covering in symbolic/mystical interpretation | Metaphorical stripping of symbols; mystical semantic control. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1003 — De mystica theologia | — | ac revelatione mysteriorum simplici et absoluta, i est nuda et aperta, re woiis symbolis οἱ verbis explicaüone indigentibus, iu raptu | naked / bare in symbolic/mystical interpretation | Metaphorical stripping of symbols; mystical semantic control. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1008 — De mystica theologia | — | prata erit a4 receptianem Ποῖ, siquidem sit prorsus nuda, et. formis seu imagi- nibus vaeua. in suum semper prineipinm intnens | naked / bare | Philosophical 'bare of form' usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1008 — De mystica theologia | — | aeqnirimus Dei similitudinem. memoria nostra in imaginibus vaeuam nuditatem, iniel- ectus in simplicem veritatem, et voluntas in divinam atrollitur libertatem | naked / bare | Ascetic/contemplative metaphor of spiritual nakedness. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1027 — De mystica theologia | — | substantiam ineffabilis, et. plusquam incognita, nullum penitus, ne nudum quidem vestigium post se relinquens, nec ullo modo uotionem sui, quid | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1028 — De mystica theologia | — | removendo et negando, ipsum quodammodo nobis iu semeiipso nudum exhibet, Simili fere exemplo usus Maximus Tyrius, Platonicze seetze philosophus, Serm.1 | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1029 — De mystica theologia | — | offertur, et apparet, non tamen inleetus prorsus et denudatus; ast sauctis viris monarchisque Israel nudus, quovis rejecto cognomine (veluti conjugis | stripped / denuded | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1029 — De mystica theologia | — | prorsus et denudatus; ast sauctis viris monarchisque Israel nudus, quovis rejecto cognomine (veluti conjugis amplexibus inhzeren-) astat, et quiescit, quod | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1042 — De mystica theologia | — | Nibil enim quod est ipsum hec per se nudum, polest. intelligentia liquide comprehendi, aut oculis corporis ullo modo cerni, jnerealum | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1061 — De mystica theologia | — | pars animi est. Postea derivat sermonem ad ipsas nudas virtutes sine illis qui cas habent, et ait : Neque sermo | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1063 — De mystica theologia | ταῦτα ἀνά- B. vet τὸν λόγον εἰς αὐτὰς γυμνὰς τὰς δυνάμεις δίχα τῶν ἐχόντων αὐτὰς, καὶ λέγει, Οὗτε λόγος ἐστὶ | — | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1105 — Epistolae | — | sensilia conspicimus. Verum his amoris, ipsa jn seipsis nuda puraque intuenda sunt; sic enim. contemplantes venerabimur fontem vitz, in seipsum | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1105 — Epistolae | συμθόλων. Δεῖ δὲ καὶ ἀποδύντας αὐτὰ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν γυμνὰ καὶ καθαρὰ γενόμενα ἰδεῖν: οὕτω γὰρ ἂν θεώμενοι σεφθείημεν πηγὴν ζωῆς | — | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1116 — Epistolae | — | Deus populum suum cir- cumsepsit, et qua eum nudavit; et illud Psal. xiv, 10 : In vestitu deaurato , circumdata | stripped / made bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1118 — Epistolae | — | ut sie intel- Tigantur, ut extrinsecus secundum litteram nudam apparet, Non euim sic accipienda sunt sed potius se- cundum sensus | naked / bare | Literal or figurative naked/bare usage. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1147 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Per. metaphoram ah exer- 0960 ܒ Que ἃ nudis fiebant, Div. Nom. eap. 2, $ 9. Γυμνόν, nuditas. Quid mystice | naked / bare | Lexical/index occurrence retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1147 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | nudis fiebant, Div. Nom. eap. 2, $ 9. Γυμνόν, nuditas. Quid mystice signifcot, vida Cel, Hier, eap. 15, $ 3. | — | naked / bare | Lexical/index occurrence retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1147 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | fiebant, Div. Nom. eap. 2, $ 9. Γυμνόν, nuditas. Quid mystice signifcot, vida Cel, Hier, eap. 15, $ 3. Δ | nakedness | Lexical/index occurrence retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1174 — Corderius, Onomasticon Dionysianum | — | Ὑπερχοσμίως, Perionius vertit divinitus: Ambr sius, diriue ac nude; Lansselius, modo sublimio: ac mide; magis ad verbum verto. supermelialiter, 14 | barely / without covering | Lexical/index occurrence retained for auditability. |
| Part 3; PG 3, col. 1192 — Tabula / contents / concluding index | — | quo dor- sum, qui pe-les, que ale, quae nudilas, quod indumentum, quie lucida vestis, quae sacerdotalis, quae zonz, quae vir- | nakedness | Lexical/index occurrence retained for auditability. |
What actually matters for our research
Mystical traditions of Scripture and the Gospels
One of the strongest primary-text controls occurs in the Celestial Hierarchy. The text asks what “the mystical traditions of the Scriptures” say about God:
τί λέγουσιν αἱ μυστικαὶ τῶν Γραφῶν παραδόσεις
It then moves through scriptural divine names—Word, Mind, Wisdom, Light and Life—and explicitly invokes the Gospels: ὡς τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις, “as in the holy Gospels.” The importance is not an exact phrase “Mystic Gospel.” It is the conjunction, in the same argument, of mystical scriptural tradition and Gospel language. Here mystikos can characterize the scriptural tradition by which visible or verbal forms disclose intelligible divine realities.
Mystical transmission, the mysteries of the kingdom, and restricted initiation
The material transmitted with the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy becomes still closer to the architecture under investigation. In the Pachymerian paraphrase, the apostles transmit the meanings of Scripture μυστικῶς, “mystically,” not in uncovered concepts but in sacred symbols. The same discussion immediately appeals to Jesus’ saying to the apostles that it has been given to them to know “the mysteries of the kingdom of God.” It then says that divine things were handed down both in writing and without writing, and that the inner reasons of the symbols are not disclosed to everyone. They belong to holy men and are not to be exposed to those who are still catechumens.
This is a particularly useful semantic complex: Scripture → apostolic transmission → mystically transmitted meaning → mysteries of the kingdom → sacred symbols → written and unwritten transmission → restriction from catechumens → initiation. Because this is later commentary rather than evidence for Clement’s second-century practice, its value is semantic rather than historical. But it demonstrates very clearly that Christian readers could place scriptural material, restricted interpretation, initiation and mystikos inside one conceptual system.
The Lord’s supper: mystical bread, the cup, and mysteries reserved to the disciples
The Eucharistic material is even more striking. In the exposition of the synaxis, the “divine bread” and “cup of blessing” are set forth while there is a μυστικὴ καὶ ὑπερκόσμιος ἀνάῤῥησις, a “mystical and supramundane recitation,” of the sacred tablets. The same complex then recalls the Lord’s supper. In the paraphrase we read:
Καὶ αὐτῷ γὰρ τοῦ μυστικοῦ ἄρτου καὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου μεταδοὺς, τὰ μυστήρια μόνοις τοῖς μαθηταῖς, μετὰ τὸ ἐξελθεῖν ἐκεῖνον ἐκ τοῦ δείπνου...
“For after giving even to him a share of the mystical bread and the cup, he handed on the mysteries to the disciples alone, after that man had gone out from the supper...” The Latin parallel is equally explicit: Cum enim ipsi mysticum panem calicemque tradidisset, mysteria solis discipulis tradidit, postquam Judas ... a coena surrexisset.
This is the strongest PG 3 contribution to the proposed Mystic-Gospel/Paschal architecture. It joins the Lord’s supper, mystical bread, the cup, disciples, a restricted handing-on of mysteries, and the departure of Judas in a single narrative-theological complex. A little later the same exposition identifies a “mystical vision” with the Apocalypse of John and John’s Gospel with “supramundane theology,” before saying that these sacred writings are joined to the holy sacraments. Again, this does not historically identify Clement’s Mystic Gospel, but it supplies unusually close later semantic architecture.
Mystical theology as advanced and guarded knowledge
The Mystical Theology itself repeatedly places mystikos in the field of ascent beyond ordinary sensation and intellection. Timothy is told to leave the senses and intellectual operations behind in the “mystical contemplations.” The accompanying commentary defines mystical theology through what cannot be stated in ordinary propositions and repeatedly joins it to the ineffable, hidden and inaccessible.
Especially important is the warning against allowing the uninitiated to hear these things. The commentary distinguishes those who have faith in Christ but have not attained more perfect knowledge from the wholly uninitiated, and then warns: ὅρα μή τις ἐκ τούτων τῶν μυστικῶν ἐπακούσηται—“see that none of these hears the mystical things.” Here “mystical” is not merely decorative language. It denotes material whose reception presupposes an advanced condition of the hearer.
Baptismal nakedness is explicit
PG 3 supplies unusually strong semantic control for gymnos in an initiatory setting. In the baptismal rite of the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, the candidate is stripped of the former life and brought forward nudum et discalceatum, “naked and barefoot,” facing west in renunciation before being turned toward the east and the divine light. The accompanying explanation is equally explicit: qui adducitur, nudus sistitur—“the person who is brought forward is stationed naked”—and his clothing is removed down to the feet because he is to be freed from the attachments of the former life.
The Greek commentary makes the ritual setting unmistakable. The deacons are described as οἱ ἀπογυμνοῦντες τῆς παλαιᾶς ἐσθῆτος, “those stripping [him] of the old garment,” and the person is explicitly τὸν τῷ βαπτίσματι προσερχόμενον, “the one approaching baptism.” Elsewhere the commentary speaks directly of catechumenorum denudatio, “the stripping of the catechumens.” In PG 3, therefore, bodily stripping can be a concrete ritual act whose meaning is renunciation, purification and transition to illumination.
The closest semantic bridge between “mystical” and “naked”
Epistle IX to Titus provides perhaps the most useful single passage for controlling both investigations at once. The fathers of the ineffable wisdom disclose through hidden and daring enigmas:
τὴν θείαν καὶ μυστικὴν καὶ ἄδατον τοῖς βεβήλοις ἀλήθειαν
“the divine and mystical truth inaccessible to the profane.” Ordinary readers see the divine mysteries only through the sensible symbols attached to them. The text then says that one must strip those coverings away and behold the realities themselves:
Δεῖ δὲ καὶ ἀποδύντας αὐτὰ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν γυμνὰ καὶ καθαρὰ γενόμενα ἰδεῖν.
“One must strip them and see them in themselves, become naked and pure.” The Latin parallel says that the realities are to be contemplated in seipsis nuda puraque, “naked and pure in themselves.” This is an unusually valuable control because mystical truth, secrecy from the profane, sensible symbols, stripping, and nakedness occur in the same argument. Nakedness here is the removal of symbolic coverings so that the hidden divine reality can be contemplated directly.
PG 3 — Result
PG 3 makes a substantial positive contribution to the semantic side of the Mystic Gospel investigation. Its strongest material does not depend on finding the exact expression “Mystic Gospel.” Instead, it repeatedly joins mystical Scripture, Gospel material, apostolic transmission, mysteries of the kingdom, restricted disclosure, initiation, sacred symbols and sacramental interpretation. Most strikingly, the Eucharistic exposition places the Lord’s supper, mystical bread, the cup and mysteries handed only to the disciples inside one complex. As later evidence this cannot establish what Clement historically meant, but it shows that the proposed combination of “mystical,” Gospel/scriptural tradition, initiation and the supper is entirely intelligible within Christian semantic development.
For the nakedness investigation, PG 3 is even more concrete. Baptismal candidates are literally stripped and described as naked, while Epistle IX uses nakedness for realities stripped of the sensible symbols that conceal mystical truth. Thus this volume supplies two powerful positive semantic controls for gymnos: ritual initiatory stripping and metaphorical stripping of sacred symbols to expose hidden truth.
PG 4 — μυστικ-/mystic- and γυμν-/nud-
PG 4 is the fourth volume in the survey. The procedure is simple: first establish the concordance, then ask which passages actually matter for the two problems under investigation—the possible meaning of Clement’s “Mystic Gospel” and the meaning of γυμνοὶ γυμνῷ in the Letter to Theodore.
For control against missed OCR hits, the volume was divided into three roughly equal sections: Part 1 = pp. 1–190; Part 2 = pp. 191–379; Part 3 = pp. 380–568. Each section was searched independently before the results were combined.
The μυστικ-/mystic- audit produced 87 searchable printed occurrences, including recoverable OCR variants such as μυστιχ-, mygtic-, and mynic-, representing roughly 49 distinct contexts once bilingual parallels and repeated title-lines are collapsed.
Table 1. μυστικ-/mystic- in PG 4
| Reference/source | Greek | Latin | English | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF p. 21, Maximus, scholia on the Celestial Hierarchy | τὰς ἐνταῦθα μυστικὰς παραδόσεις | — | “the mystical traditions here” | The traditions expressed through symbolic forms are explicitly called mystical traditions. |
| PDF p. 26, Maximus, scholia | ἀλλὰ μυστικῶς τε ἐξηλλαγμένως | — | “but mystically and in a transformed manner” | “Mystically” marks a non-literal transformation of symbolic language. |
| PDF pp. 34–35, Maximus, scholia | τῶν ἐννέα ταγμάτων μυστικῶς ἀπομνημονεύει | — | “he mystically recalls the nine orders” | Mystical language functions as an interpretive mode for the heavenly hierarchy. |
| PDF p. 45, Maximus, scholia | μίμημα τῆς ἄνω μυστικῆς ἱεραρχίας τὰ ἐν τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ γινόμενα σήμερον | ea quae hodie in Ecclesia fiunt esse imitationem supernae mysticae hierarchiae | “the things done today in the Church are an imitation of the heavenly mystical hierarchy” | Important liturgical usage. The comment immediately speaks of priests sealing those who approach the sacrament with the life-giving cross. |
| PDF p. 66, Maximus, scholia | τὰ θεῖα καὶ μυστικά | — | “the divine and mystical things” | The mystical is sacred material that must not be exposed irreverently to the profane. |
| PDF p. 69, Maximus, scholia | διὰ λόγου ἀγράφου τὰ μυστικὰ παρεδόθη | — | “the mystical things were handed down through an unwritten discourse” | Especially important for restricted tradition: mystical teaching is explicitly linked with unwritten transmission. |
| PDF p. 69, Maximus, scholia | ἀσφαλῶς δεῖ λαλεῖν μυστικά | tuto mystica dicenda sunt | “mystical things must be spoken safely/cautiously” | Clear control for guarded communication of mystical teaching. |
| PDF p. 79, Maximus, scholia | ὅσα τοιαῦτα μυστικά | — | “such mystical things as these” | The language occurs in a sacramental exposition involving forgiveness, eternal life, and divine gifts. |
| PDF p. 79, Maximus, scholia | ἀρχισύμβολον ... τὸ μυστικὸν τοῦ Κυρίου δεῖπνον | mysticam Domini coenam | “the mystical supper of the Lord” | One of the strongest PG 4 witnesses: the Lord’s supper is explicitly “mystical” and functions as the archetypal sign of the mysteries. |
| PDF p. 79, Maximus, scholia | τοῦ μυστικοῦ ἄρτου καὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου | mystici panis et calicis | “of the mystical bread and cup” | Eucharistic use. Judas participates in the mystical bread and cup, while the scholion distinguishes this from the mysteries subsequently given to the disciples. |
| PDF p. 79, Maximus, scholia | ἐπὶ τὰ ἀόρατα καὶ μυστικά | ad ea quae non videntur, et ad mystica | “to the invisible and mystical things” | Visible ritual leads to invisible mystical realities. |
| PDF p. 80, Maximus, scholia | εἰκόνας τῶν ἀοράτων καὶ μυστικῶν | eorum quae non videntur et mysticorum imagines | “images of the invisible and mystical things” | Symbols are representations of invisible mystical realities. |
| PDF p. 86, Maximus, scholia | τῆς μυστικῆς διανεμήσεως | — | “of the mystical distribution” | Sacramental distribution is described with the adjective μυστικός. |
| PDF p. 87, Maximus, scholia | τῇ θείᾳ μυστικῇ εὐωδίᾳ | — | “the divine mystical fragrance” | Mystical language is attached to participation in a sacred divine reality. |
| PDF p. 90, scholia, Latin translation | — | Mystice omnino consummati | “wholly consummated mystically” | Liturgical/sacramental completion. |
| PDF p. 102, Maximus, scholia | οἱ σκώπτοντες τὰ μυστικὰ ἡμῶν | irridentes mystica nostra | “those who mock our mystical things” | The context immediately discusses objections to infant baptism, placing μυστικά in a concrete ecclesial-sacramental setting. |
| PDF p. 129, Maximus, scholia | τὰ μὲν ὑψηλὰ καὶ μυστικὰ ἄρρητα τοῖς πολλοῖς δεῖ φυλάττειν | quae sublimia sunt et mystica, tecta in vulgo et inexplicata servare oportet | “the lofty and mystical things must be kept unspoken to the multitude” | Very strong restricted-teaching vocabulary: elevated mystical material is explicitly withheld from the many. |
| PDF p. 130, Maximus, scholia | διαβιβάζοντες αὐτὰ μυστικῶς | ipsasque mystice ad inferiores angelos ... trajicientes | “transmitting them mystically to the lower angels” | Mystical transmission within a hierarchy. |
| Repeated titles/headings: PDF pp. 218, 225, 234, 265, 274, 277, 318, 320, 430, 446, 484, 498, 561 | Περὶ μυστικῆς θεολογίας | De mystica theologia; OCR variants De mynica theologia, etc. | “On Mystical Theology” | Repeated printed title and cross-reference occurrences are retained here as a single auditable group rather than silently discarded. |
| PDF p. 218, Maximus, scholia | οὐ πάσι ... μεταδοτέον τῶν μυστικῶν | Mysteria non esse promiscue omnibus communicanda | “the mystical things are not to be communicated indiscriminately to everyone” | One of the clearest statements in the volume connecting mystical material with restricted recipients. |
| PDF p. 219, Maximus, scholia | ἀμυήτους ... τοὺς τῶν μυστικῶν ἀμετόχους | — | “the uninitiated ... those who have no share in the mystical things” | Explicitly connects μυστικά with initiation: the ἀμύητοι are defined by non-participation. |
| PDF p. 236, scholia | διὰ τὸ μυστικὸν τῶν δογμάτων | — | “because of the mystical character of the doctrines” | Mystical doctrine requires investigation together with divine grace. |
| PDF p. 252, Pachymeres / scholia | — | sacras descriptiones declarativas sensus mystici | “sacred descriptions expressive of a mystical sense” | Scriptural imagery is explicitly said to disclose a mystical sense. |
| PDF p. 255, scholia | τὴν μὲν ἀπόρρητον καὶ μυστικήν ... καλῶν συμβολικήν | arcanam et mysticam ... symbolicam | “calling the secret and mystical [tradition] symbolic” | Important equation of secret/mystical and symbolic modes of theological transmission. |
| PDF p. 256, scholia | τὸ ἄρρητον, ἤτοι μυστικόν ... ὡς ἐν τῷ νομικῷ τὸ ἀληθὲς πάσχα ... Χριστός | — | “the ineffable, that is, the mystical ... as in the legal [type], the true Pascha ... Christ” | Major passage for the present investigation. Mystical/ineffable truth concealed within symbols is illustrated immediately through the true Pascha, Christ. |
| PDF pp. 256–257, scholia | διὰ τῶν μυστικῶν, ἤτοι συμβολικῶν αἰνιγμάτων | per mystica, hoc est symbolica aenigmata | “through mystical, that is symbolic, enigmas” | Mystical interpretation is explicitly symbolic and leads the mind toward ineffable mysteries through illumination rather than ordinary discursive instruction. |
| PDF pp. 256–257, scholia | ἡ τοιαύτη μὲν μυστικὴ θεολογία ... | talis quidem mystica theologia operatur | “this kind of mystical theology operates ...” | The surrounding passage connects mystical theology, sacramental participation, sanctification, silence, illumination, and initiation. |
| PDF p. 269, apparatus/comment | — | per mysticam caeremoniam | “through a mystical ceremony” | Later ritual terminology attached to interpretation of the miraculous solar event. |
| PDF p. 271, apparatus/comment | — | ad Christum mystica atque arcana ... | “toward Christ through a mystical and hidden reference” | Christological interpretation is called mystical and hidden. |
| PDF p. 272, apparatus/comment | — | mystica disciplina; mysticis ... caeremoniis; mysticae theologiae effectus | “mystical discipline”; “mystical ceremonies”; “the effect of mystical theology” | A concentrated cluster connecting initiation, participation in sacred gifts, sanctification, ritual and mystical theology. |
| PDF p. 278, scholia | κρύφιον δὲ διὰ τὸ μυστικὸν τῶν δογμάτων | — | “hidden because of the mystical character of the doctrines” | Repeated formulation of doctrinal secrecy. |
| PDF p. 293, scholia | τὴν μὲν ἀπόρρητον καὶ μυστικὴν παράδοσιν τῆς Γραφῆς | arcanam quidem et mysticam Scripturae traditionem | “the secret and mystical tradition of Scripture” | Especially important: Scripture itself possesses a secret/mystical mode of tradition mediated by symbols. |
| PDF p. 293, scholia | ἄρρητον ἤτοι μυστικόν | arcanum est seu mysticum | “ineffable, that is, mystical” | Direct lexical association of μυστικός with concealed/ineffable meaning. |
| PDF p. 294, scholia | διὰ τῶν μυστικῶν, ἤτοι συμβολικῶν αἰνιγμάτων | — | “through mystical, that is symbolic, enigmas” | Repeated printing of the symbolic-mystical interpretive mechanism. |
| PDF p. 294, scholia | τῇ μυστικῇ τῇ παρ’ ἡμῖν ἱερουργίᾳ μυστήρια | — | “the mysteries in our mystical sacred rite” | Direct liturgical application of μυστικός to Christian sacred performance. |
| PDF p. 294, scholia | τὰ περὶ Χριστοῦ ... μυστικῶς ὑπαγορεύων | — | “mystically declaring the things concerning Christ” | Christological material is transmitted mystically through prophetic symbolism. |
| PDF p. 301, hymn/encomium | τοῖς ὀνόμασί σου μυστικῶς ... ἀνάπτυξιν | — | “mystically unfolding [the divine teaching] through the Names” | Mystical exposition of the Divine Names. |
| PDF p. 336, Vita/encomium | τῇ τελείᾳ καὶ μυστικῇ σοφίᾳ | — | “perfect and mystical wisdom” | Mystical wisdom is associated with the advanced/perfected recipient rather than elementary instruction. |
| PDF p. 339, Vita/encomium | ὑποθήκας διδασκαλικὰς καὶ μυστικὰς διδαχὰς | — | “instructional counsels and mystical teachings” | Restricted apostolic/episcopal teaching is characterized as mystical and is paired with μυσταγωγήματα. |
| PDF p. 363, Halloix, quotation of Clement of Alexandria | ἵνα ... τὴν μυστικὴν παρ’ Αἰγυπτίων ἐκμάθοι φιλοσοφίαν | ut ... Aegyptiorum mysticam disceret philosophiam | “in order that he might learn the mystical philosophy of the Egyptians” | A quotation from Clement’s discussion of Pythagoras. Important lexical control for Clementine μυστικός, although the subject is Egyptian/Pythagorean philosophy rather than a Gospel. |
| PDF p. 364, Passion/eclipse discussion; OCR mynica | — | sed mystica signa ... | “but mystical signs ...” | The three hours of darkness at the Passion are compared typologically with Christ’s three days hidden in the tomb. This is a genuine Passion–mystical-sign complex. |
| PDF p. 389, Halloix, Dionysian quotation | τὰ ἐκεῖ μυστικὰ καὶ ... τοῖς πολλοῖς ἄρρητα | mystica, quae illic facta sunt ... multis ineffabilia | “the mystical things done there ... ineffable to the many” | Mystical events are explicitly treated as unsuitable for full public disclosure. |
| PDF p. 395, later Latin witness | — | Hugo de S. Victore, in mystica arcae Noe Descriptione | “Hugh of St Victor, in the Mystical Description of Noah’s Ark” | Later title occurrence; retained as part of the lexical audit. |
| PDF p. 432, Halloix | — | mystica illa, et sicut in vulgus non efferenda | “those mystical things which must not be brought out before the public” | Clear later formulation of mystical material as restricted from general dissemination. |
| PDF p. 469, apologetic discussion of the synaxis | μυστικαῖς διακοσμήσεσι καὶ ἱερολογίαις | mysticis descriptionibus et sacris locutionibus [OCR damaged] | “with mystical representations/descriptions and sacred discourses” | Applied directly to the sacred synaxis and its sacramental ordering. |
| PDF pp. 478–479, discussion of John | ἢ τὴν κρυφίαν καὶ μυστικὴν ἐποψίαν τοῦ ... μαθητοῦ ... ἢ τὴν ὑπερκόσμιον Ἰησοῦ θεολογίαν | Aut occultam et mysticam visionem dilecti ... discipuli, id est Apocalypsin; aut supramundanam Jesu theologiam ... id est Evangelium | “either the hidden and mystical vision of the beloved disciple, that is, the Apocalypse; or the supermundane theology of Jesus ... that is, the Gospel” | Important Gospel control. A mystical scriptural revelation and a Gospel are placed side by side within an elevated revelatory register, although the writer distinguishes the two categories. |
| PDF p. 493, Delrio; OCR mygticum | — | sensum omnem mysticum | “every mystical sense” | Mystical sense is contrasted with interpreters who remain at the level of bare sounds and letters. |
| PDF p. 496, Damascene testimony quoted by Delrio | ἐν τῇ περὶ τῶν κεκοιμημένων μυστικῇ θεωρίᾳ | in mystica de dormientibus contemplatione | “in the mystical contemplation concerning those who have fallen asleep” | Later reception of Dionysian ecclesiastical interpretation as mystical contemplation. |
| PDF p. 513, Delrio | — | theologiam symbolicam et mysticam tradidit | “he transmitted symbolic and mystical theology” | Explicit pairing of symbolic and mystical theology. |
| PDF p. 514, Delrio | μυστικούς ... [λόγους], καὶ ἐν οἷς τελεταὶ ἱεραί | mysticos, et qui sacras initiationes continent | “mystical [discourses], containing sacred initiations” | Extremely useful semantic control: “mystical” discourse is directly associated with sacred initiations and is intentionally obscured so that the uninitiated will not understand it. |
| PDF pp. 557–560, index | — | Adamas quid sit mystice; Judas ... mystici panis et calicis; Statio et motio mystice quid sint | “what adamant means mystically”; “Judas ... of the mystical bread and cup”; “what rest and motion mean mystically” | Index repetitions preserving three earlier semantic categories: mystical exegesis, mystical Eucharist, and mystical interpretation. |
The immediately important results are unusually concentrated. PG 4 explicitly combines mystical language with restricted transmission, initiation, sacramental rites, the mystical supper, Scripture’s hidden symbolic sense, and Christ as the true Pascha. It also preserves a Passion context in which the darkness and burial are treated through “mystical signs.”
The γυμν-/nud-/denud- search produced 28 genuine printed contexts after exercise-family vocabulary such as γυμνάζω, γυμνάσματα, γυμναστήριον and OCR noise such as manuductio were removed. Repeated printings have been retained in the concordance so that the audit remains reproducible.
Table 2. γυμν-/nud- in PG 4
| Reference/source | Greek | Latin | English | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF p. 15, introductory scholion | — | ipsis etiam nudis dictionibus | “even in the bare words themselves” | Metaphorical/literary “bare”: exact verbal borrowing without adornment. |
| PDF p. 54, Maximus, scholia | μὴ γυμνὰ πράγματα καὶ οὐσίας ἐώρων | non vero nudas res et essentias videbant | “they did not behold naked/bare realities and essences” | Important semantic control: γυμνός means unmediated or unveiled reality. |
| PDF p. 67, scholia | — | neque enim usque ad nudam ... | “not as far as bare/unmediated [apprehension]” | Metaphorical use for direct apprehension without symbolic mediation. |
| PDF p. 69, Maximus, scholia | γυμνῶς ... γυμνῶς | nude res ipsas divinas tractamus | “we treat the divine realities nakedly/directly” | Adverbial γυμνῶς = openly, directly, without symbolic covering. |
| PDF p. 80, Maximus, scholia | ἀπογυμνοῦ ... | nudum promittitur | “it promises to uncover / present bare” | Unveiling the intelligible reality concealed in ritual symbolism. |
| PDF p. 251, Pachymeres / scholia | εἰ γυμνὰ τὰ πράγματα θεασαίμεθα | si ... res ejusmodi nudas contemplabimur | “if we should contemplate the realities naked/bare” | Again denotes realities stripped of symbolic coverings. |
| PDF p. 256, scholia | — | nuda littera insinuat | “the bare letter indicates” | “Bare” characterizes the literal surface of Scripture in contrast to deeper symbolic meaning. |
| PDF p. 257, scholia | θεολογίας σαφοῦς ... γυμνῆς προκαλυμμάτων | — | “clear theology, naked of coverings” | A highly explicit use of γυμνός for unveiled theological discourse. |
| PDF p. 258, scholia, Latin | — | nudae nec ullis ... adumbratae theologiae | “a theology bare and not shaded by coverings” | Latin counterpart to the preceding γυμνή usage. |
| PDF p. 271, apparatus/comment | — | litteram ipsam nude ac simpliciter | “the letter itself nakedly and simply” | Literal/plain reading. |
| PDF p. 272, apparatus/comment | — | simplici solum ac nudo mentis conceptu | “by a simple and bare conception of the mind” | Intellectual simplicity; no bodily or sexual implication. |
| PDF p. 277, Maximus, scholia on Christ | μετὰ σαρκὸς καὶ οὐ γυμνῇ τῇ θεότητι | cum carne, et non sola divinitate | “with flesh and not with naked divinity” | Major semantic control. “Naked divinity” means divinity considered alone, without the flesh assumed by Christ. |
| PDF p. 284, scholia on the Passion eclipse | ἐγύμνωσε πρῶτον μέρος τὸ δυτικὸν τοῦ ἡλιακοῦ δίσκου | primum denudata est solaris disci pars occidentalis | “the western part of the solar disk was first uncovered” | Physical uncovering/exposure of an object. |
| PDF p. 293, scholia | — | nuda littera insinuat | “the bare letter indicates” | Repeated contrast between bare literal wording and deeper scriptural meaning. |
| PDF p. 295, scholia | τὰ ἁπλᾶ καὶ οἷον γυμνά | simplicia et quasi nuda mysteria | “the simple and, as it were, naked mysteries” | Particularly revealing collocation: mysteries themselves may be called “naked” when contemplated without symbolic mediation. |
| PDF p. 295, scholia | θεολογία ... γυμνὴ προκαλυμμάτων | theologiam apertam et ab involucris nudatam | “theology naked/stripped of coverings” | Nudity language means disclosure and removal of veils. |
| PDF p. 296, scholia | οὐ γὰρ ἱστορίαν ψιλήν | Non enim nudam historiam ... haud nudam historiam | “not a bare history ... it does not contain bare history” | Latin nudus corresponds to Greek ψιλός here: plain, merely literal, unadorned. |
| PDF p. 318, biographical material | — | quin etiam nudis verbis | “even in bare words” | Repeated literary use referring to direct verbal borrowing. |
| PDF p. 359, martyr poem | — | Strictum ... posti ligant / Nudare costas gestiunt | “they bind him stretched to the post; they are eager to strip his ribs/sides bare” | Literal bodily exposure in torture. The context is violent martyrdom, not erotic exposure. |
| PDF p. 375, Vita | — | istis omnibus nudata | “stripped of all these things” | Metaphorical deprivation: a household stripped of honor, wealth and glory. |
| PDF p. 380, Vita | — | in frigore et nuditate | “in cold and nakedness” | Pauline ascetic/hardship language: lack of clothing and material deprivation. |
| PDF p. 419, Vita/martyrdom | — | unicus, et senex, et nudus, et inermis | “alone, old, naked, and unarmed” | Literal vulnerability of a martyr before armed torturers. |
| PDF p. 434, Vita | — | nudis pedibus | “with bare feet” | Ordinary physical bareness: a king proceeds barefoot in an act of devotion. |
| PDF p. 478, apologetic discussion | — | enudeavimus | “we laid bare / unfolded” | Metaphorical disclosure of the meaning of scriptural expressions. |
| PDF p. 493, Delrio quoting Dionysian material | ἤχους ψιλοὺς εἰσδεχομένων | nudos admittunt sonos | “they receive bare sounds” | Especially useful lexical equation: Latin nudos renders Greek ψιλούς, meaning mere/bare sounds without penetrating to meaning. |
| PDF p. 507, polemical discussion | — | capieri ... atque nudi | “to be taken ... bare/naked” | Exposure/defencelessness imagery in polemical discourse. |
| PDF p. 524, Delrio | — | nudo ac simplici ... vocabulo | “by the bare and simple term” | Lexical use: a word considered simply and without qualification. |
| PDF p. 524, Delrio | — | per nudum perfectionis abstractae ... vocabulum | “by the bare term of abstract perfection” | Philosophical/grammatical use of nudus for an abstract term considered in isolation. |
What actually matters for our research
1. PG 4 gives unusually strong evidence for the semantic world in which a “Mystic Gospel” could make sense.
The important feature is not simply the frequency of μυστικός. Several passages combine categories that repeatedly matter to the Alexandrian problem. Mystical material is transmitted rather than merely interpreted: one scholion says that “the mystical things were handed down through an unwritten discourse,” another warns that mystical things must be spoken cautiously, and another defines the uninitiated as those who have no participation in the mystical things. Elsewhere the lofty and mystical material is to remain unspoken before the multitude. The conceptual combination is therefore mystical teaching + restricted recipients + transmission + initiation.
The later discussion on PDF p. 514 makes the same combination exceptionally explicit. It describes certain discourses as μυστικούς and immediately characterizes them as containing sacred initiations; they are intentionally obscured so that the uninitiated do not know them. This is not evidence that Clement possessed a text called the Mystic Gospel, but it is strong semantic evidence that “mystical” could naturally characterize a body of sacred discourse whose meaning or contents belonged especially to initiated recipients.
2. The mystical category is deeply embedded in liturgy, supper, Scripture and Pascha.
PG 4 repeatedly links μυστικός with sacramental action. The rites performed in the Church imitate the “heavenly mystical hierarchy”; the Lord’s supper is explicitly τὸ μυστικὸν τοῦ Κυρίου δεῖπνον; the Eucharistic elements are the μυστικὸς ἄρτος and cup; visible rites lead to invisible mystical realities; and Christian sacred performance itself can be called μυστικὴ ἱερουργία. The vocabulary therefore moves freely between Scripture, interpretation, initiation, liturgy and sacred participation.
The strongest single passage for the present Paschal hypothesis occurs on PDF p. 256. The scholion explains the secret or mystical element concealed in symbolic theology and then illustrates the principle with the true Pascha, Christ. The surrounding discussion says that symbolic/mystical enigmas establish contemplative souls in divine realities, that ineffable mysteries are apprehended through silence and divine illumination, and that participation in sacred gifts produces an untaught form of mystagogy. This creates a particularly close conceptual complex: symbol → concealed mystical truth → initiation/mystagogy → sacramental participation → true Pascha = Christ.
A second Paschal complex appears in the discussion of the darkness at the Passion. A poetic witness describes “mystical signs” and correlates the three hours of darkness with Christ’s three days hidden in the tomb. Here the mystical category explicitly encompasses Passion → darkness → burial. Again, this is semantic and liturgical support rather than historical identification of Clement’s Gospel, but it is considerably closer to the proposed “mystical Pascha” architecture than an isolated occurrence of μυστικός would be.
3. PG 4 also gives a useful Gospel control.
The discussion on PDF pp. 478–479 distinguishes two Johannine possibilities: “the hidden and mystical vision of the beloved disciple,” identified as the Apocalypse, and “the supermundane theology of Jesus,” identified as the Gospel. This is useful precisely because Gospel and mystical revelation occupy the same elevated scriptural environment while remaining distinguishable categories. It shows how naturally a Christian writer could discuss a Gospel together with restricted or mystical revelation without requiring the words “Mystic Gospel” to function as a fixed ancient title.
4. γυμνός/nudus is controlled here by exposure, unveiling and deprivation.
The most important γυμνός material is semantic rather than ritual. PG 4 can call realities “naked” when they are apprehended without symbols; theology can be “naked of coverings”; Scripture can be reduced to its “bare letter”; mysteries themselves can be described as ἁπλᾶ καὶ οἷον γυμνά, “simple and as it were naked,” when contemplated without symbolic mediation. Christ is said to act “with flesh and not with naked divinity,” where γυμνός simply means divinity considered by itself.
The literal bodily examples are equally straightforward. A martyr is stripped so that his ribs can be tortured; another is described as old, naked and unarmed before his torturers; Paul’s “cold and nakedness” signifies hardship and deprivation; and nudis pedibus simply means barefoot. The same lexical family therefore ranges naturally across actual bodily exposure, poverty, vulnerability, uncovered objects, stripped abstractions, bare wording and unveiled theological meaning.
PG 4 — Result
PG 4 adds one of the stronger clusters yet encountered for the proposed semantic background of a Mystic Gospel. Its contribution is not an exact Gospel title but a coherent Christian vocabulary in which mystical Scripture, restricted tradition, initiation, sacramental participation, the mystical supper, concealed symbolic meaning and the true Pascha who is Christ belong to the same conceptual world. The p. 256 sequence is particularly important because mystical-symbolic interpretation and Christ as the true Pascha occur inside the same explanatory complex rather than being assembled from unrelated passages.
The Passion material strengthens that result in a different way: “mystical signs” are used in connection with the supernatural darkness, Christ’s death and his three-day concealment in the tomb. PG 4 therefore supplies positive evidence for a Christian semantic movement from scriptural symbolism and initiation into supper, Passion, burial and Paschal interpretation.
For γυμνός, the volume provides strong semantic controls ranging from literal stripping under torture to “naked divinity,” “naked mysteries,” “bare history,” “bare sounds,” and theology stripped of coverings. The governing idea throughout is exposure, deprivation, directness or removal of a covering; the precise force in any passage comes from its surrounding context rather than from γυμνός itself.

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