Meaning of incircumscriptible | Babel Free

Definitions

Capable of being uncircumscribed or limitless; illimitable.

uncommon

Examples

“Against whom St. John Chrysostom writeth thus: “ When thou speakest of God, thou must consider a thing, that in nature is single, without composition, without conversion, that is invisible, immortal, incircumscriptible, incomprehensible, with such-like. […]””

“He took flesh; and doth not also think, after the doctrine of true divinity, the same divine nature, after the assumpting of flesh, to remain notwithstanding incircumscriptible ; let him be holden as accursed.”

“This was the body which was given for them, betrayed, crucified, humbled to the death ; not the glorious body of Christ, which should be capable of ten thousand places at once, both in heaven, and earth ; invisible, incircumscriptible.”

“And Damascen, following the doctrine of the same Council, says, ‘It is as great impiety, as it is folly, to make any image of the Divine Nature, which is invisible, incorporeal, incircumscriptible, and not to be figured by the art of man.’”

“Now, whosoever shall come to know his owne soule, and the place thereof, meerly by the power & worke of it selfe, shall confesse himselfe to be absolutely ignorant thereof. Therefore if nature & reason, with the powers & affects of the soule & reason, commeth short to know it self ; much more must it come short, to discouer or vnderstand the incircumscriptible nature, essence and place of the Holy Trinitie.”

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