Sentence:  I have chosen to use the word `` mimesis '' in its Christian rather than its classic implications and to discover in the concrete forms of both art and myth powers of theological expression which , as in the Christian mind , are the direct consequence of involvement in <WSD>historical</WSD> experience , which are not reserved , as in the Greek mind , only to moments of theoretical reflection . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary