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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Auß welchen allem Sonnenklar erhellet / daß die Natur (bevorab so viel vorbenannte Creaturen / und deren Ordnungen anbetrifft) nur potentiam hat / und das Subjectum ist / darinn GOtt durch sein Wort würcket. Und zwar in abermahliger Betrachtung / vorangezogener Worte Pauli: Christus erfüllet alles in allen / so wohln auch der darüber in unsern Teutschen Biblien befindliche gloss, als die außtrücklich erklärt: Daß Christus würcke alle Werck / in allen Creaturen.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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From all this it is as clear as sunlight that nature—especially the creatures and their orders named above—possesses only capacity, and is the subject in which God acts through his Word. Consider again Paul’s words, “Christ fills all in all,” and also the gloss upon them in our German Bibles, which expressly explains that Christ performs every work in every creature.

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.