Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
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Christian mystic
Christian theologian
Church Father (influence category)
Neoplatonist philosopher
anonymous author
late antique writer
pseudonymous author
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite is an anonymous early Christian theologian and mystic whose Neoplatonic writings profoundly shaped medieval Christian theology and mysticism.
Statements (50)
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| instanceOf |
Christian mystic
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Christian theologian → Church Father (influence category) → Neoplatonist philosopher → anonymous author → late antique writer → pseudonymous author → |
| acceptedAsAuthorUntil |
Renaissance
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| authorOf |
Letters (Epistles)
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The Celestial Hierarchy NERFINISHED → The Divine Names NERFINISHED → The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy NERFINISHED → The Mystical Theology NERFINISHED → |
| authorshipStatus |
anonymous
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pseudonymous → |
| centralConcept |
apophatic theology
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divine names → hierarchy of angels → mystical union with God → negative theology → participation in God → |
| era |
early 6th century
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late 5th century → |
| hasPseudonym |
Dionysius the Areopagite
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| historicity |
distinct from the New Testament Dionysius the Areopagite
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| influenced |
Albert the Great
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Bonaventure NERFINISHED → Eastern Orthodox theology → Hildegard of Bingen NERFINISHED → John Scotus Eriugena NERFINISHED → Maximus the Confessor NERFINISHED → Meister Eckhart NERFINISHED → The Cloud of Unknowing (anonymous author) NERFINISHED → Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED → Western medieval mysticism → medieval scholasticism → |
| influencedBy |
Gregory of Nyssa
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Iamblichus NERFINISHED → Origen NERFINISHED → Plotinus NERFINISHED → Proclus NERFINISHED → |
| knownFor |
Corpus Areopagiticum
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| languageOfWork |
Greek
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| namedAfter |
Dionysius the Areopagite
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| philosophicalTradition |
Neoplatonism
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| region |
Eastern Roman Empire
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| religion |
Christianity
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| scholarlyConsensus |
not identical with the biblical convert of Paul in Acts 17
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| workType |
Christian Neoplatonic synthesis
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mystical theology → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Maximus the Confessor
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Renaissance Platonism → St. Thomas Aquinas → |
influencedBy |
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Neoplatonism
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Plotinus → |
influenced |