BOOK I.

...[divine]ly The Italian text begins with the fragment "-mente," the suffix of a word interrupted by the page break. the divine and ecstatic theologian Dionysius the Areopagite A 5th-6th century Christian philosopher who wrote extensively on the "Divine Names," exploring how human language can describe the indescribable God. [interpreted] all the theological mysteries included in the divine names; yet we shall not fail to recite also the words of that splendor of truth, I mean Paul the Apostle, who says: "The word of God is living and effective, penetrating with greater force than any two-edged sword." And again: "God has given Him the name above every name." Plato also spoke of this name above every name when he said: original Latin: "orandum esse Deum, vt nobis nomen sui propriū patefaciat" "God must be prayed to, so that He might reveal His own name to us." And I believe Plato held that the names we attribute to God do not manifest the essence of God, but only His actions and His attributes attributes|affettioni: the ways in which God relates to His creation or is perceived by us in God. Therefore, God must be prayed to, so that in naming Him we do not displease Him; and Plato adds: "The names of the masculine Gods signify the efficient cause efficient cause|causa efficiente: the active force that brings something into being in God, and the feminine names signify the receiving power."

Having then to speak of this proper name of the divinity, which is the name called JESUS original Hebrew: ישוע (Yeshua), I wish to imitate the Hebrew school, by which I have been somewhat instructed. I was previously under the discipline of the Reverend Father Friar Francesco Zorzi original: "Francesco venero di casa Giorgia." Francesco Zorzi (1466–1540) was a famous Venetian Franciscan and Christian Kabbalist, known for his work "De Harmonia Mundi." of the Giorgio family, a man truly of sound doctrine, and particularly in the Hebrew [studies/language]—