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... Disciplina Arcani . The disciplina arcani , or " discipline of secrecy , " 59 the practice of preserving the central elements of the faith as a secret from outsiders , became universal by the fourth to the first half of the fifth ...

... discipline , " which fails to capture the essen- tial meaning " discipline of the secret " - from the original Latin , disciplina arcani . Until quite recently , it was understood that Bonhoeffer's desire here was for a more private ...

Maurice F. Wiles. Adherence to the Disciplina Arcani in the Fourth Century Juliette DAY , London Athanasius assumes all right minded churchmen will share his horror at the behaviour of his ... Disciplina Arcani in the Fourth Century.

... disciplina arcani any further , for , like most High Church- men , Rose was suspicious of it . In fact , Newman was wilfully mis- interpreting the Bishop of Lincoln's writings on the subject . In 1826 , Bishop Kaye had stressed how wary ...