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- noun philosophy The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self.
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Examples
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Whether through liquor or divine possession, the aim of the Bachannal is to achieve ekstasis.
Words Do K. A. Laity 2005
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The ecstasy (ekstasis) by which this union is attained is man's supreme happiness, the goal of all his endeavor, the fulfillment of his destiny.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The supreme destiny of man and his highest happiness consists in rising to the contemplation of the One, not by thought but by ecstasy (ekstasis).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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(Gr. ekstasis, from which the word "ecstasy" is derived) denotes the state of one who is "out of himself."
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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In the New Testament we meet with the word three times -- (Acts 10: 10; 11: 6; 22: 17) The ekstasis
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[Greek: ekstasis], to Greek action and [Greek: eleutheria].
Lectures on Landscape Delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871 John Ruskin 1859
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The Nicene confession, predestination, nature and grace, the transcendentals of being, ekstasis and theosis, justification and the Eucharist - these are just some of the, what, loci of my life.
Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com Thomas 2010
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The Nicene confession, predestination, nature and grace, the transcendentals of being, ekstasis and theosis, justification and the Eucharist - these are just some of the, what, loci of my life.
Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com Thomas 2010
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I don't mean that you should stop meditating on the Nicene confession, predestination, nature and grace, the transcendentals of being, ekstasis and theosis, justification and Eucharist, and whathaveyou, only that you should keep it to yourselves.
Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com Thomas 2010
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I don't mean that you should stop meditating on the Nicene confession, predestination, nature and grace, the transcendentals of being, ekstasis and theosis, justification and Eucharist, and whathaveyou, only that you should keep it to yourselves.
Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com Thomas 2010
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