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.

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Label	Occurrences
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite canonical	16
Dionysius the Areopagite	2

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

Referenced by (18)

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St. Thomas Aquinas → influencedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

St. Maximus the Confessor → influencedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

subject surface form: Maximus the Confessor

Plotinus → influenced → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

Neoplatonism → influenced → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

Renaissance Platonism → influencedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite → hasPseudonym → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dionysius the Areopagite

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite → namedAfter → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dionysius the Areopagite

Theologia Platonica → influencedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

Bonaventure → influencedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

St. → influencedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

subject surface form: St. Gregory Palamas

Enneads → influenced → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

Iamblichus of Chalcis → influenced → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

Proclus → influenced → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

Albert of Cologne → influencedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

Christian angelology → systematizedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

Nicholas of Cusa → influencedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

St. Bonaventure → influencedBy → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ

negative theology → associatedWith → Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ