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Pseudo-Dionysius · John Parker (1897)
THE Ecclesiastical Hierarchy — the earthly image of the heavenly order: the rites of Illumination, Synaxis, and the Muron, and the ranks of hierarch, priest, and minister. Translated by the Rev. John Parker, 1897. ECCLESIASTICAL HIERARCHY. 67 CAPUT I. To my Fellow Presbyter Timothy. Dionysius the Presbyter. What is the traditional view of the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy and what is its purpose? Section I. We must, then, most pious of pious sons, demonstrate from the supermundane and most sacred Oracles and traditions, that ours is a Hierarchy of the inspired and Divine and Deifying science, and of operation, and of consecration, for those who have been initiated with the initiation of the sacred revelation derived from the hierarchical mysteries. See, however, that you do not put to scorn things most holy (Holy of Holies); but rather treat them reverently, and you will honour the things of …
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