and in types, because according to the vision, the Lord Himself also calls the holy angels with good and philanthropic original: "ἀγαθοῖς καὶ φιλανθρώποις" intent.

EPISTLE VI.

An ornamental woodcut depicts the letter 'O' decorated with leafy vine patterns.This is the holy Timothy, the intimate acquaintance of the holy apostle Paul, whom he also appointed bishop of Crete, as the letter written to him reveals. To him, the great Dionysius writes, saying that the holy Timothy appeared to have heard of none of the theological symbols known to me; for it was to him that he composed most of his own writings. In the Symbolic Theology, therefore, we have clarified many of the things that seemed like monstrosities, for they cast absurdity upon mindless souls, which he says is being "wiped away." To wipe away apomorxasthai to wipe off is to remove and to cast something into one's own mind, taken from the metaphor of painters who, paying attention to the truth, write images when they see, that is, the fathers of secret wisdom, namely the prophets, revealing the truth through certain dangerous riddles. For this reason, many disbelieve, looking only at the exterior of the names. But if we behold the things themselves in their nakedness, we shall revere the holy and adorable Trinity, the source of life, pouring into Itself and standing upon Itself; for from this, the coessentiality homoousion of the same essence is also shown, and that the Monad, having proceeded into the Trinity, stands until Itself, just as the theologian Gregory also says. Therefore, we deemed it fitting that it be developed for him and for the holy...