Definition of Anagogically

1. Adverb. In terms of, or by means of, anagoge. ¹

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Definition of Anagogically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anagogically

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Literary usage of Anagogically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1883)
"anagogically it alludes to " eternal happiness," as in Jeremiah ii. 13; Psalm cxlviii. 4. ... anagogically, to mean, May we by Christ be led to glory. 4. ..."

2. Reformers Before the Reformation: Principally in Germany and the Netherlands by Carl Ullmann, Robert Menzies (1855)
"Moreover, a text which, according to the letter, relates to the Church, may likewise be interpreted morally and anagogically. And a passage of moral import ..."

3. Pathological Aspects of Religions by Josiah Morse (1906)
""Let there be light" may mean historically, according to Thomas Aquinas, an act of creation ; allegorically, "Let Christ be love;" anagogically, "May we be ..."

4. History of Interpretation: Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of by Frederic William Farrar (1886)
"... may mean historically an act of creation ; allegorically, " Let Christ be love ;" anagogically, " May we be led by Christ to glory ..."

5. The Age of the Renascence: An Outline Sketch of the History of the Papacy by Paul Van Dyke (1897)
"... allegorically in the New Testament, tribulations separating many from the Church; morally, the struggle of the passions against duty; anagogically, ..."

6. Horæ Apocalypticæ: Or, A Commentary on the Apocalypse, Critical and by Edward Bishop Elliott (1847)
"... especially as one involving allusions to Babylon, Israel, Jerusalem; terms always, according to him, to be construed anagogically in Scripture. ..."

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