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Passages similar to: Stromata (Miscellanies) — Chapter XVII: On the Saying of the Saviour, "all That Came Before Me Were Thieves and Robbers."
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Christian Mysticism
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVII: On the Saying of the Saviour, "all That Came Before Me Were Thieves and Robbers." (2)
The Scripture accordingly says, "Wisdom sent her servants, inviting with loud proclamation to a goblet of wine." But philosophy, it is said, was not sent by the Lord, but came stolen, or given by a thief. It was then some power or angel that had learned something of the truth, but abode not in it, that inspired and taught these things, not without the Lord's knowledge, who knew before the constitution of each essence the issues of futurity, but without His prohibition.
Christian Mysticism
The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite
The Letters, Letter IX: To Titus, Hierarch, asking by letter what is the house of wisdom, what the bowl, and what are its meats and drinks? (3)
Beautifully then, the super-wise and Good Wisdom is celebrated by the Oracles, as placing a mystical bowl, and pouring forth its sacred drink, but...
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