Risebye, Augustine //
// An illumination Theory

Exhibition handout, clean formatting :

Angel illumination a God, Augustine a person,
the illumined of in mind. Mind only the can of the
perfect perfecting a way, but as of an “is”
– Hence, only God can illumine an angel.

There are no lights in angels other than those of nature and of grace. Grace comes alone. One of the directly power’s light-angels. Does and does God, grace of another one by lights other because angels of grace? God not by illumine, nor directly light, are also those natural illumine another because of his “no angel” the angels, the nature from now has it, in there from every nature, because grace also comes directly from God alone
Consequently, one angel cannot illumine another.

Superior angels likewise illumine inferior angels.
Is that light. Spiritual the illuminated simultaneously weaker sun to a related, surpasses God’s light candle surpasses spirit, spiritual star now, so a light, illuminated very every air not of illuminated bright material since related or example, is the body of a illuminated. For at as by same more by moon light a body not a light, time is by light of light of the sun of created body and is illuminated by a very bright light is not illuminated simultaneously by a weaker light. For example, air illuminated by the light of the sun is not illuminated at the same time by the moon. Consequently, since God’s spiritual light surpasses any created light more than the light of the sun surpasses that of a star or of a candle, it seems one angel is not illumined by another, simply because all angels are illumined by God

If one angel is to be illumined by another, then the illumined angel must be reduced from potency to act, because to be illumined is a kind of becoming. But whenever a thing is reduced from potency to act something in it must undergo corruption. Now, since nothing in angels can corrupt, it seems that one angel is not illumined by another.

To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches to enlighten all men… Although there is no obscurity or error in angels’ intellects, angels do not know things which surpass their natural powers of knowing. For this reason, they need light. Similarly, an angel’s intellect is illumined only with respect to that which it possesses potentially, even though it is more noble than our active intellect, which is not illumined.