musterion

It comes from the Greek word mueo, meaning “to initiate,” and is the base of the word musterion, the source of our word mystery.

God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010

It comes from the Greek word mueo, meaning “to initiate,” and is the base of the word musterion, the source of our word mystery.

God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010

It comes from the Greek word mueo, meaning “to initiate,” and is the base of the word musterion, the source of our word mystery.

God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010

It comes from the Greek word mueo, meaning “to initiate,” and is the base of the word musterion, the source of our word mystery.

God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010

This verse is, therefore, virtually a parenthesis, in so far as the relative ho at the beginning of the next verse refers to the word musterion in v. 3; or if referred to that word as used in v. 4, it is to it as including the more limited idea expressed in v. 3.

A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860

Deute agalliasometha tpi churio, to paron musterion ekdiegoumenoi

Hymns of the Early Church 1913

This expression is remarkable: to musterion tes boules.

Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909

They spoke of the offering of Isaac as a musterion: i.e., a sign or symbol of the secret purpose of God concerning His Son, Jesus Christ.

Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909

Eph.i. 9 we have a similar expression: to musterion tou thelematos, the mystery of his will.

Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909

Whether there is or is not here a conscious reference to St. Paul's words, there seems to be both in the text and in the passage cited an employment of musterion in its proper sense of

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895