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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Dann ich concedire zwar / daß der Glaub auß dem Wort Gottes zu erlernen: Frage aber hinwiederumb: Ob nicht der Articul von der Schöpffung auch ein Articul / und zwar der Erste Haupt-Articul des H. Christlichen Glaubens seye? Worauß soll man dann denselben / und die Geschöpff Gottes / was die Natur / und wie sie erschaffen / besser / weder auß der H. Schrifft erkennen und lernen? als darinn von dem Schöpffer / nemblich GOtt dem H. Geist selbst / und durch dessen Eingeben / solches beschrieben worden?

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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I grant that faith is to be learned from God’s Word. Yet I ask in return: is the article concerning creation not also an article, indeed the first principal article, of the holy Christian faith? From what source could one better understand and learn that article, God’s creatures, what nature is and how it was created, than Holy Scripture, in which these things were described by the Creator himself, namely God the Holy Spirit, and through his inspiration?

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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.