Bookmark Author Subjects;; Audience Specialized Contents • Preface. Translator's note. Co-Translator's note. Declaration: These are true visions flowing from God.

In the Scivias, Hildegard of Bingen introduces the reader to a vast intellec tual cosmos; her expertise ranges widely through theology, philosophy, music, and a. Her most famous work, written over the course of ten years (1141-51). Is Scivias (short for 'Scito vias Domini,' 'know the ways of the Lord,'). In this excerpt, Hildegard describes her vision of.

• Book One: The creator and creation. God enthroned shows himself to Hildegard. Creation and the fall.

The universe and its symbolism. Soul and body. The synagogue. 6.The choirs of angels. • Book Two: The redeemer and redemption.

The redeemer. The church, bride of Christ and mother of the faithful. The three orders in the church. Christ's sacrifice and the church. • Book Three: The history of salvation symbolized by a building.

The edifice of salvation. The tower of anticipation of God's will.

The pillar of the word of God. The jealousy of God. The stone wall of the old law. The pillar of the Trinity. The pillar of the humanity of the Savior.

The tower of the church. The Son of Man. The last days and the fall of the Antichrist. The new heaven and the new earth.

Symphony of the blessed. Bibliography to introduction. Wikipedia Read associated articles:, Bookmark Work ID 10172040.