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Creative activity; God's work in bringing creation into being and maintaining the hierarchical order through divine providence.

Primary text: Divine Names VIII

Service or ministry; the function of lower hierarchical orders in serving and receiving illumination from higher orders.

Primary text: Ecclesiastical Hierarchy VI Part II

Discernment or distinction; the capacity to distinguish between different levels of divine illumination and hierarchical functions.

Primary text: Celestial Hierarchy VIII

Divinity or Godhead; the transcendent divine nature that remains beyond all hierarchical manifestations while being their source.

Primary text: Divine Names II

The transcendent divine mystery that surpasses all knowledge and light; the goal of mystical ascent beyond all concepts and images.

Primary text: Mystical Theology I

The appellations by which God is known through His activities and energies, while His essence remains beyond all naming.

Primary text: Divine Names I

Glory; the divine radiance that manifests through the hierarchical orders and constitutes the visible aspect of God's invisible essence.

Primary text: Celestial Hierarchy XIII

Power or potency; divine energy that flows through the hierarchical orders and enables their specific functions and operations.

Primary text: Divine Names VIII