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

Section 4

On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy · Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

The casting aside of the former clothing, and the taking a different, is intended to shew the transition from a middle religious life to the more perfect; just as, during the holy Birth from God, the exchange of the clothing denoted the elevation of a thoroughly purified life, to a contemplative and enlightened condition. And even if now also the Priest, and all the religious present, salute the man ordained, understand from this the holy fellowship of the Godlike, who lovingly congratulate each other in a Divine rejoicing.

PdEH 6.4.1