Echo of the God-Enlightened Fraternity of the Order of the Rosy Cross

Brotherhood of the R. C.

The initials "R. C." refer to the Rosicrucians (Rose Cross), a legendary spiritual and cultural movement that emerged in Europe in the early 17th century.

...present and future, can grasp, appropriate, and, as it were, turn into himself, and can himself become all things: Reason and Faith.

Manifestation through the work of creation: Reason. original Latin: "Patefactio opere creationis, Ratio."

By Reason, however, I understand a knowledge or judgment implanted The left side of the page is cut off; "einges-ntztes" is likely "eingesetztes" (implanted/established). into the nature of man, through which he can distinguish one thing from another and, through a consequence In 17th-century logic, a "consequence" refers to a logical deduction or the sequence of an argument., proceed with the observation of the order that exists in all things. Each thing has its own order and limits; [Reason] can perceive how near or far one thing is from another and from [God], and how far it stands from its beginning and end.

Revelation of the word, both mediated and immediate: Faith. original Latin: "Revelatio verbi mediata & immediata Fides."

Faith is such an assent original German: "beyfall." This refers to an intellectual and spiritual agreement or "saying yes" to a truth. primarily of the heart, and then of the mind, toward the will and mind of the one who speaks and relates something to another. Through this, everything that one does not know—either through a lack of the previously mentioned rational judgment, or because it surpasses the grasp of the same—is held to be true and certain. Now, if man had remained in the state of perfection—