The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite, vol. 2
Overview
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite was an influential fifth- and sixth-century Christian author. Although the works falsely attributed to Dionysius in Acts 17:34 aren’t his doing, they’re still incredibly important in the history of Christian doctrine due to their influence on eastern and medieval Christianity and on the Christian contemplative tradition.
The second volume of The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite contains the English translations (from the original Greek) of those falsely attributed works with introductions by the translator, John Parker.
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- Contains the English translations of the works attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite
- Includes an appendix of bishops and suspended apostolic traditions
- Dionysius the Areopagite and the Alexandrine School
- Dionysius the Areopagite on the Heavenly Hierarchy
- Dionysius the Areopagite on the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
Top Highlights
“And indeed, the Word of Godc artlessly makes use of poetic representations of sacred things, respecting the shapeless minds, out of regard to our intelligence, so to speak, consulting a mode of education proper and natural to it, and moulding the inspired writings for it.” (Page 5)
“Wherefore, beyond all, they are deemed pre-eminently worthy of the appellation Angelic, on the ground that the supremely Divine illumination comes to them at first hand, and, through them, there pass to us manifestations above us.” (Page 18)
“We conclude, then, that the holy Mystic Rites are, purification, and illumination, and consecration. The Leitourgoi are a purifying rank, the Priests an illuminating, and the Godlike Hierarchs a consecrating.” (Page 143)
“Hierarchy is the assimilation and union, as far as attainable, with God” (Page 14)
“Order of the Angels and Archangels and Principalities is third” (Page 24)
Dionysius was a profound and subtle thinker. His works mark the complete interfusion of ecclesiastical Christianity with Oriental mysticism. And his doctrine exerted a powerful influence upon the religious thought of England, from the twelfth century to the sixteenth.
—The Critical Review of Theological and Philosophical Literature
- Title: The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite, vol. 2
- Author: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
- Translator: John Parker
- Publisher: James Parker and Co.
- Publication Date: 1899
- Pages: 188
John Parker was vicar of Willoughby and Wysall. He wrote Christianity Chronologically Confirmed and Why am I a Christian?