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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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73–74

Damit ich nun wiederumb ad propositum und zur application des jenigen / was biß dahero gelehrt worden / schreite; So ist (fürs Erste) wohl zu beobachten / daß alles durch Gottes Wort geschaffen: Derohalben auch alles (wie oben im Ersten Theil gleichfalls demonstrirt worden) in Gottes Wort bestehet / und alles dardurch verwaltet / geleitet / regieret / erhalten / ernehret / und vermehret wird. Inmassen abermahl St. Paulus spricht: Es ist alles von ihm und zu ihm geschaffen / und es bestehet alles in ihm. Und die glossa B. Lutheri Psalm. 90. in verb. Lässest sterben. sagt: Es sterben immer die Leuthe hin / und kommen doch andere wieder durch Gottes Wort. Deßgleichen schreibt der seel. Arnd: Die ernehrende Krafft im Brodt / ist das Wort Gottes.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

73–74

To return now to my purpose and apply what has been taught: first, we must observe that everything was created through God’s Word. Consequently, as was also demonstrated above in the first part, everything subsists in God’s Word and through it is administered, directed, governed, preserved, nourished and multiplied. Saint Paul again says: “Everything was created by him and for him, and everything subsists in him.” Luther’s gloss on the words “You cause them to die” in Psalm 90 says: “People continually die, yet others come again through God’s Word.” Likewise, the late Arnd writes: “The nourishing power in bread is God’s Word.”

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About This Reading Edition

An anonymous Hermetic treatise of 1680, presented in its original German and Latin with a new English translation, 279 explanatory notes, the historical phoenix frontispiece, an introduction, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and original registers.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Candida Phoenix philosophica. Frankfurt am Main: Christian Hermsdorff, 1680. The chosen witness is the Wellcome Library copy digitized as b32993456; German and Latin, with French, Greek, and Hebrew passages retained.

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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

The 1680 source is identified as public domain by the Wellcome/Internet Archive record. The supplied 2026 transcription, English translation, introduction, notes, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and editorial arrangement are published with the site owner’s authorization. The frontispiece is retained from the supplied edition and credited to its historical witness.