Chapter XXXVIb

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

The author notes that certain divine deeds are 'unknown' and will remain unknown in Heaven or earth until they are done, highlighting a limit to human knowledge of God's full plan.

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The text explicitly describes God's ordering of events, where sorrow and tribulation are intentionally sent to humble humans before miracles occur to strengthen faith.

The doctrine that emotions constitute a valid and necessary mode of knowing reality, complementing or surpassing intellectual cognition.

The text asserts that understanding divine working involves 'feeling' it and links the knowledge of human feebleness to the emotional states of meekness and dread.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

The passage states that the soul with 'understanding therein by grace' shall 'see it and feel it,' indicating a direct experiential knowledge of God's working beyond mere intellectual assent.

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The passage consistently portrays God as an active agent who works in souls, performs miracles, and responds to human sorrow, emphasizing a dynamic personal relationship.

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

The passage mentions that tribulation is designed to make humans 'cry for help and grace,' referencing the practice of prayer as a response to divine discipline.