| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 236 pages). |
| Series |
Oxford early Christian studies |
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Oxford early Christian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
This book examines the writings of an early sixth-century Christian mystical theologian who wrote under the name of a convert of the apostle Paul, Dionysius the Areopagite. This 'Pseudo'-Dionysius is famous for articulating a mystical theology in two parts: a sacramental and liturgical mysticism embedded in the context of celestial and ecclesiastical hierarchies, and an austere, contemplative regimen in which one progressively negates the divine names in hopes of soliciting unionwith the 'unknown God' or 'God beyond being.'Charles M. Stang argues that the pseudonym and the influence of Paul to. |
| Contents |
Ancient and Modern Readers of the Corpus Dionysiacum: Pseudonymity and Paul -- Pseudonymous Writing in the Late Antique Christian East -- "I rejoice to see your order": Paul and the Dionysian Hierarchies -- "To an Unknown God": Paul and Mystical Union -- "No Longer I": The Apophatic Anthropology of Dionysius the Areopagite -- Conclusion: The Pseudonym, Revisited. |
| Local Note |
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Open Access Books |
| Subject |
Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite.
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Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite. (OCoLC)fst00009547
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Neoplatonism.
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Christianity -- Philosophy -- History -- To 1500.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Christianity -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00859625
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Neoplatonism. (OCoLC)fst01035884
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| Chronological Term |
To 1500
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stang, Charles M., 1974- Apophasis and pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012 9780199640423 (DLC) 2011942644 (OCoLC)751747571 |
| ISBN |
9780191634352 (electronic book) |
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0191634352 (electronic book) |
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9781280593536 |
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1280593539 |
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9780191738234 |
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0191738239 |
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9780199640423 |
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0199640424 |
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