Dionysis On Divine Names
Pseudo-Dionysius's mystical treatise on the divine names by which God is known, exploring how the various names and attributes of God in Scripture reveal aspects of His ineffable nature. A foundational text of Christian mystical theology.
18 Chapters
Table of Contents
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PRINCIPAL WORKS ON DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE.
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BOOKS TO BE READ
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PREFACE TO THE |DIVINE NAMES.|
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CAPUT I. TO MY FELLOW PRESBYTER, TIMOTHY, DIONYSIUS THE PRESBYTER.
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CAPUT II. Concerning common and distinctive theology, and what is the Divine Union and distinction.
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CAPUT III. What is the power of prayer, and concerning the blessed Hierotheus, and concerning reverence and covenant in the Word of God.
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CAPUT IV. Concerning Good, Light, Beauty, Love, Ecstasy, Jealousy, and that the Evil is neither existent, nor from existent, nor in things being.
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CAPUT V. Concerning Being--in which also concerning Exemplars.
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CAPUT VI. Concerning Life.
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CAPUT VII. Concerning Wisdom, Mind, Reason, Truth, faith.
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CAPUT VIII. Concerning power, justice, preservation, redemption, in which also concerning inequality.
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CAPUT IX. Concerning great, small, same, different, similar, dissimilar, standing, movement, equality.
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CAPUT X. Concerning Sovereign Lord, |Ancient of days| in which also, concerning Age and Time .
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CAPUT XI. Concerning Peace, and what is meant by the self-existent Being; what is the self-existent Life, and what the self-existent Power, and such like expressions.
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CAPUT XII. Concerning Holy of Holies, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, God of Gods.
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CAPUT XIII. Concerning |Perfect| and |One|.
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NOTE.
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PREFACE TO MYSTIC THEOLOGY.