The Celestial Hierarchy
Dionysius's exploration of angels and love in Christian doctrine and practice.
14 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER I: To my fellow-presbyter Timothy, Dionysius the Presbyter
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CHAPTER II: That Divine and Celestial matters are fittingly revealed even through
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CHAPTER III: What is Hierarchy, and what the use of Hierarchy?
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CHAPTER IV: The meaning of the name Angels'.
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CHAPTER V: Why all the Celestial Beings in common are called Angels.
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CHAPTER VI: Which is the first Order of the Celestial Beings, which the middle, and
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CHAPTER VII: Of the Seraphim, Cherubim and Thrones, and their first Hierarchy.
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CHAPTER VIII: Of the Dominions, Virtues and Powers, and their middle Hierarchy.
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CHAPTER IX: Of the Principalities, Archangels and Angels, and of their last
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CHAPTER X: Recapitulation and summary of the Angelic Hierarchies.
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CHAPTER XI: Why all the Celestial Hierarchies in common are called Celestial
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CHAPTER XII: Why the Hierarchs among men are called Angels.
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CHAPTER XIII: The reason why the prophet Isaiah is said to have been purified by the
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CHAPTER XV: What is the meaning of the formal semblances of the Angelic Powers?