User:Lily Brustkern/Notepad/devotio vs. cognitio
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| Note title | devotio vs. cognitio |
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| Page(s) link(s) | Page:FC 1042.djvu/352 |
dēvōtĭo, ōnis, f. [devoveo].
- I. A devoting, consecrating.
- B. Transf., fealty, allegiance, devotedness (late Lat.)
- 2. Christian authors, piety, devotion, zeal
cognĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [cognosco].
- I. In gen., a becoming acquainted with, learning to know, acquiring knowledge, knowledge as a consequence of perception or of the exercise of our mental powers, knowing, acquaintance, cognition
- A. Abstr.: cognitio contemplatioque naturae
- B. Concr.
- A conception, notion, idea
- Knowledge, a branch of learning
I am curious about the implications of replacing devotio with cognitio in reference to the beatitudes.
An interesting substitution -- replacing "a particular piety/devotion/zeal" with "a particular knowledge/perception/idea" seems to show a preference for the spiritual life of the mind to the spiritual life in the heart by the MF editor.
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