Incense "joss" is derived from the Latin "deus" (god) via the Portuguese "deos" through the Javanese "dejos", through Chinese pidgin English. The raw materials are powdered and then mixed together with a binder to form a paste, which, for direct burning incense, is then cut and dried into pellets. Incense of the Athonite Orthodox Christian tradition is made by powdering frankincense or fir resin, mixing it with essential oils. Floral fragrances are the most common, but citrus such as lemon is not uncommon. The incense mixture is then rolled out into a slab approximately 1 cm thick and left until the
The hidden God lecture on Romans ten years earlier. The opposite of "Deus absconditus" in Lutheran theology is "Deus revelatus" (the revealed God). The hidden God The hidden God (Latin: "Deus absconditus") refers to the Christian idea of the fundamental unknowability on the essence of God. The name comes from the Bible, specifically from the book of Isaiah: "Indeed, you are a hidden God, you God of Israel, the Savior." (45:15). This concept was particularly important for the thinking of Nicholas of Cusa, Blaise Pascal, John Calvin and Martin Luther. Luther unfolded his views on "Deus absconditus" in his Latin work "De servo