What does areopagy mean?
Areopagy means (obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave.
And herein though Socrates onely ſuffered, yet were Plato and Ariſtotle guilty of the ſame truth, who demonſtratively underſtanding the ſimplicity of perfection, and the indiviſible condition of the firſt cauſator, it was not in the power of earth, or Areopagy of hell to work them from it.
Conſcience only, that can ſee without Light, ſits in the Areopagy and dark Tribunal of our Hearts, ſurveying our Thoughts and condemning their obliquities[…]
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Areopagy means (obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave.
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And herein though Socrates onely ſuffered, yet were Plato and Ariſtotle guilty of the ſame truth, who demonſtratively underſtanding the ſimplicity of perfection, and the indiviſible condition of the firſt cauſator, it was not in the power of earth, or Areopagy of hell to work them from it.
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