What did Pseudo-Dionysius believe?

Mystical Theology According to pseudo-Dionysius, God is better characterized and approached by negations than by affirmations. All names and theological representations must be negated. According to pseudo-Dionysius, when all names are negated, “divine silence, darkness, and unknowing” will follow.

Who wrote mystical theology?

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite’s
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite’s apophaticism Theoria is the main theme of Dionysius’ work called “The Mystical Theology”. In chapter 1, Dionysius says that God dwells in divine darkness i.e. God is unknowable through sense and reason.

What is the meaning of Dionysius?

God of wine
In Greek Baby Names the meaning of the name Dionysius is: God of wine.

Who was Pseudo Dionysius in the Bible?

1. Dionysius: Persona Though Pseudo-Dionysius lived in the late fifth and early sixth century C.E., his works were written as if they were composed by St. Dionysius the Areopagite, who was a member of the Athenian judicial council (known as ‘the Areopagus’) in the 1st century C.E. and who was converted by St. Paul.

What is the best book on Dionysius the Areopagite?

Perl, E. D., 2008, Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite, Albany: SUNY. O’Rourke, F., 1992, Pseudo-Dionysius and the Metaphysics of Aquinas, Leiden: Brill. Roques, R., 1954, L’univers Dionysien.

What is Dionysius’s “on the divine names”?

But Dionysius devotes his second theological treatise, entitled On the Divine Names only to a particular kind of divine name. This kind of name describes a third distinction within the godhead (in addition to the distinction of persons and of personal attributes): the distinction into the multiple attributes of the godhead as a whole.

Who was Pseudo-Dionysius?

Though Pseudo-Dionysius lived in the late fifth and early sixth century C.E., his works were written as if they were composed by St. Dionysius the Areopagite, who was a member of the Athenian judicial council (known as ‘the Areopagus’) in the 1st century C.E. and who was converted by St. Paul.