Myth and Mystery Philipon (Galatians 4:4–5)

(Galatians 4:4–5)

Comparing the personalities

Covering such richly variegated artistic movements as the American fin de siècle and the Celtic Dawn

and awareness of God

Releasing the tension in Aristotle’s dictum that to poetry belongs the universal and to history the particular

Myth and Mystery Philipon (Galatians 4:4–5)By Jean Danilou, S. J. It is impossible to say of God what he is. These words of Saint John Damascene, repeated time and again by St. Thomas Aquinas, are by no means an endorsement of evangelical silence or an excuse for saying nothing about God to mankind. On the contrary, as the life and works of both saints makes evident, it is not only possible but also necessary to speak of God; even if one cannot say what God is, he can proclaim that He is and