Declaration on the Name of Jesus

...supremely The Italian text begins with the fragment "mo," the end of a word like "massimamente" (supremely) or "benissimo" (most well) interrupted by the page break. well instructed. Therefore, having to speak of this most sacred name of JESUS, and consequently of all the other divine names, I shall not say anything from my own head, unless it is first seasoned with salt A biblical metaphor (from Colossians 4:6) meaning to speak with wisdom, grace, and discernment., always speaking according to the rules of sacred secret Theology, which is called Kabbalah Kabbalah: a school of mystical thought; here, the author refers to "Christian Kabbalah," a Renaissance movement that sought to find Christian truths within Jewish mystical traditions.. And this I shall do for the honor of God, and the praise of the name above all names, and for the benefit of the readers, and for the confusion of the enemies of the cross of JESUS CHRIST. I am not like some who willingly bury their talent A reference to the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14–30), where a servant is rebuked for hiding his master's money rather than putting it to use., preferring to be held as ignorant so as not to teach, rather than producing rivals rivals|emoli: those who might compete with or seek to surpass the teacher by teaching. Indeed, I desire—knowing that I do—that everyone should know and understand what I know and understand (if indeed I know and understand anything); and I speak the truth when I say that whenever it has occurred that I seemed to understand something, I immediately ran to find someone who might wish to learn learn|apparare: an archaic form of the Italian 'imparare' that thing; and my religious order stands as witness to me in this.

LADY TADEA

If this is so, why then do you not make me a participant in this science? Many and many times I have wanted to induce you to speak on this subject, and I have found no time more convenient than the present.