(fl. c. A.D. 500) Pseudo Dionysius(fl. c. A.D. 500) Pseudo Dionysius Christian neo-Platonist theologian, in the west called Saint Denys (or Denis), and by modern scholars labeled Pseud... more Christian neo-Platonist theologian, in the west called Saint Denys (or Denis), and by modern scholars labeled Pseudo Dionysius(fl. c. A.D. 500) Pseudo Dionysius Christian neo-Platonist theologian, in the west called Saint Denys (or Denis), and by modern scholars labeled Pseud... more because his identification with Dionysius the Areopagite, mentioned in Acts 17:34, is not credible. An author of an extremely influential little treatise on the incomprehensibilityThe theology of the Nicene Creed maintains that no human can understand God. The Eastern tradition has embraced this concept more fully than the Weste... more of God called Mystical Theology, as well as a treatise about concepts used to describe God called On the Divine Names, and a treatise on the nine orders of angels called Celestial Hierarchy.
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