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On the Divine Names

work by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

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views on Christian mysticism

  • mosaic: Christianity
    In Christianity: Eastern Christianity

    …of Pseudo-Dionysius, Mystical Theology and On the Divine Names, the main emphasis was on the ineffability of God (“the Divine Dark”) and hence on the “apophatic” or “negative” approach to God. Through a gradual process of ascension from material things to spiritual realities and an eventual stripping away of all…

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