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← On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy↑ Caput VI — I. Concerning the Ranks of the Initiated.

Section 1

On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy · Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

The fact that he bends neither knee, nor has upon his head the Divinely-transmitted Oracles, but stands by the Priest, who pronounces the invocation, signifies, that the monastic Rank is not for leading others, but stands by itself, in a monastic and holy state, following the sacerdotal Ranks, and readily conducted by them, as a follower, to the Divine science of sacred things, according to its capacity.

PdEH 6.1.1