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Article ON SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM. ← Page 11 of 19 →
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On Symbols And Symbolism.
loAving examples deserve to be preserved for their fullness , as cxuiosities of literature . The first is attributed to the famous John of Damascus : — " Spes , Vita , Salus , Batio , Sapientia , Lumen , Judex , Porta , Gigas , Bex , Gemma , Propheta , Sacerdos , MessiasSabaothBabbiS Mediator
, , , ponsus , , Virga , Golumna , Manus , Petra , Filius Emmanuelque Vinea , Pastor , Ovis , Pax , Radix Vitis , Oliva , Eons , Aries , Agnus , Vitulus , Leo , Propitiator , Verbum , Homo , Bete , Lapis , Domus , Omnia Christus Jesus . " The second is that in which we have already found the epithet " Lucifer , " by Ennodius , bishop of Pavia ( 511 ) : —
" Pons , Via , D extra , Lapis , Leo , Lucifer , Agnus , Janua , Spes , Virtus , Verbum , Sapientia , Vates , Hostia , Virgultum , Pastor , Moses , Bete , Columba , Flamma , Gigas , Aquila , Sponsus , Patientia , Virtus , Filius Excelsus , Dominus Deus , Omnia Christus . "
The third of these curious assemblages , which could scarcely be versified in any but the Latin tongue , is by a Spanish bishop , Orentius ( 516 ) : — " Janua , Virga , Leo , Virtus , Sapientia , Verbum , Hex , Bacillus , Princeps , Dux , Petra , Pastor et Homo , Betia , Sol , Sponsus , Semen , Mons , Stella , Magister , MargaritaDiesAgnusOvisVitulus
, , , , , Thesaurus , Fons , Vita , Manus , Caput , Ignis , Aratrum , Flos , Lapis angularis , Dextra , Columna , Puer , Mitis Adam , Digitus , Speculum , Via , Botruo , Panis , Hostia , Lex , Batio , Virgo , Piscis , Aquila , Justus , Progenies Eegis , Eegisque Sacerdos Nomina magna Deo : Major at ipse Deus . " The biblical reader will at once discern that there is sacred
authority for every epithet , and Avill find doubtless pleasiu'e in the combination ; if the Church find in all suitable recollections and admonitions of piety , the Masonic inquirer -will find in many much for study and contemplation the greater his experience in the Order .
THE GIRDLE . As a symbol , the girdle , or cincture , has always been , in every country and language , mighty in portent , and of great force in augury . It is so much the emblem of purity , both in males and females , that most tongues borrow their respective metahors of chastity and leAvdnessof purity or licentiousness , from
p , the zone or belt being fast or untied . The Latin Avords solutus and dissolutus have no intrinsic or derivative meaning beyond unbound and open ; but by the easy and natural metaphor of a girdle , they gain the same signification for conduct which we express by the terms loose and dissolute : cinctus ( in Latin ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Symbols And Symbolism.
loAving examples deserve to be preserved for their fullness , as cxuiosities of literature . The first is attributed to the famous John of Damascus : — " Spes , Vita , Salus , Batio , Sapientia , Lumen , Judex , Porta , Gigas , Bex , Gemma , Propheta , Sacerdos , MessiasSabaothBabbiS Mediator
, , , ponsus , , Virga , Golumna , Manus , Petra , Filius Emmanuelque Vinea , Pastor , Ovis , Pax , Radix Vitis , Oliva , Eons , Aries , Agnus , Vitulus , Leo , Propitiator , Verbum , Homo , Bete , Lapis , Domus , Omnia Christus Jesus . " The second is that in which we have already found the epithet " Lucifer , " by Ennodius , bishop of Pavia ( 511 ) : —
" Pons , Via , D extra , Lapis , Leo , Lucifer , Agnus , Janua , Spes , Virtus , Verbum , Sapientia , Vates , Hostia , Virgultum , Pastor , Moses , Bete , Columba , Flamma , Gigas , Aquila , Sponsus , Patientia , Virtus , Filius Excelsus , Dominus Deus , Omnia Christus . "
The third of these curious assemblages , which could scarcely be versified in any but the Latin tongue , is by a Spanish bishop , Orentius ( 516 ) : — " Janua , Virga , Leo , Virtus , Sapientia , Verbum , Hex , Bacillus , Princeps , Dux , Petra , Pastor et Homo , Betia , Sol , Sponsus , Semen , Mons , Stella , Magister , MargaritaDiesAgnusOvisVitulus
, , , , , Thesaurus , Fons , Vita , Manus , Caput , Ignis , Aratrum , Flos , Lapis angularis , Dextra , Columna , Puer , Mitis Adam , Digitus , Speculum , Via , Botruo , Panis , Hostia , Lex , Batio , Virgo , Piscis , Aquila , Justus , Progenies Eegis , Eegisque Sacerdos Nomina magna Deo : Major at ipse Deus . " The biblical reader will at once discern that there is sacred
authority for every epithet , and Avill find doubtless pleasiu'e in the combination ; if the Church find in all suitable recollections and admonitions of piety , the Masonic inquirer -will find in many much for study and contemplation the greater his experience in the Order .
THE GIRDLE . As a symbol , the girdle , or cincture , has always been , in every country and language , mighty in portent , and of great force in augury . It is so much the emblem of purity , both in males and females , that most tongues borrow their respective metahors of chastity and leAvdnessof purity or licentiousness , from
p , the zone or belt being fast or untied . The Latin Avords solutus and dissolutus have no intrinsic or derivative meaning beyond unbound and open ; but by the easy and natural metaphor of a girdle , they gain the same signification for conduct which we express by the terms loose and dissolute : cinctus ( in Latin ,