On the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology — trans. C. E. Rolt
The translator’s English as printed (C. E. Rolt). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
and incidental. The Scriptural view includes both sides, with the emphasis on the first. Protestantism (being in this as in other matters of a negative tendency) ignores the positive side to the great detriment of Religion. 1 i. e. All good things.
2 Nothingness includes (1) mere non-entity ; (2) evil. (Perhaps both meanings are intended.) Salvation maintains all good things both in their being and in their excellence. If they fell away towards nothingness the result is first corruption and then destruction.
3 The word ἰσότης implies that a thing is identical in size, etc. (1) with other things; (2) with its own true nature. It thus = (1) ‘‘ equality ” (a rightness.” D. maintains that all things possess the latter though not the former.
and incidental. The Scriptural view includes both sides, with the emphasis on the first. Protestantism (being of a negative tendency in this as in other matters) ignores the positive side, to the great detriment of Religion. 1 i.e. All good things.
2 Nothingness includes (1) mere non-entity and (2) evil. (Perhaps both meanings are intended.) Salvation maintains all good things both in their being and in their excellence. If they fell away towards nothingness, the result would be first corruption and then destruction.
3 The word ἰσότης implies that a thing is identical in size, etc., (1) with other things, and (2) with its own true nature. It thus = (1) “equality” and (2) “rightness.” D. maintains that all things possess the latter, though not the former.