单词 | mystagogic |
释义 | mystagogicadj. = mystagogical adj.Frequently used with reference to St Cyril of Jerusalem's μυσταγωγικαὶ κατηχήσεις (see etymology), a set of five catechisms designed to complete the initiation of baptized Christians between Easter and Pentecost. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [adjective] > initiating mystagogical1624 mystagogic1631 epoptic1770 hierophantic1775 1631 J. Burges Answer Reioyned 90 I will adde one Testimony more out of the Mystagogick catechisme of Cyrill. 1693 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Hist. Eccl. Writers II. 107 There are 5 others, called Mystagogick Lectures [Fr. Mystagogiques]. a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1779) III. 207 The five following he spoke to them after they were baptised during Easter week, to instruct them perfectly in the mysteries of the three sacraments they had received together, Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, which it was thought a profanation to explain fully to any before baptism. Hence these five are called mystagogic catecheses. 1866 Biblical Repertory Jan. 65 Cyril of Jerusalem, in his fifth and last mystagogic Catechisis, [etc.]. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 387 Cyril of Jerusalem in his ‘Mystagogic Catechism’, thus depicts the scene. 1900 Dublin Rev. Apr. 261 The Testament includes a mystagogic instruction containing a far more..explicit statement of the Christian mysteries. 1997 Interzone July 34/3 This kind of mystagogic farrago of movie culture, pop science, and self-help psychobabel is a fairly representative example of how completely the southern California mindset..has been taken over by the red planet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1631 |
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