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Definition of Anagogically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anagogically
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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