Pseudo-Dionysius

Since the missionary work of St. Paul, Christianity has had a rather ambiguous relationship with...

There are many ways Christians find themselves engaging and reflecting upon the nature of the...

Marsilio Ficino, in the opening of his commentary to the Mystical Theology, understood the point...

In the Mystical Theology, Dionysius explained how we must take away all that we hold...

While the truth must present itself to us, instead of us trying to establish and...

The truth is something which is revealed, and not something which we create or establish...

We can speak of the truth, because the absolute truth is indeed true. But when...

In the Mystical Theology, Dionysius taught us about our apprehension of the truth, reminding us...

Kataphatic theology, when done right, offers up an approximation for the absolute truth by rendering...

As we engage God, as we grow as a result of that engagement, our understanding...

“It is self-evident that there is no comparative relation of the infinite to the finite,”...

God reveals himself to us, but what we can apprehend of that revelation is less...

Kataphatic and apophatic theology are two ways we can talk about God. Dionysius, having expressed...

When we seek after God, we must realize that we can never comprehend him. Then,...

God, being beyond all exiting things, transcends human reason. Any attempt to define God using...

Since God transcends all things, Dionysius explained that nothing is able to know God as...

Dionysius, continuing with his presentation of the transcendence of God, explained neither is It [God]...

Dionysius, having explored many important names and titles traditionally used to describe God, finished off...

The Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, represent three relative relations in God; they do...

One of the preeminent names for God is “Goodness” or “The Good,” indicating by such...

The First Cause, the Creator of all, transcends all names and titles which we use...

God, as the Cause of all things, is neither one, nor oneness (οὔτε ἓν οὔτε...

God’s presence is manifest as the kingdom of heaven; because of this he is called...

Dionysius, continuing with his apophatic denials, purifying us from the limitations which would be imposed...

God is not to be confused with creation. Pantheistic interpretations of God which suggest he...

God neither lives, nor is life, though Dionysius indicated in the Divine Names that God...

God in Scripture is called the light as it declared him to be the light...

In the Divine Names, Dionysius explained how power is often used as a name for...

Holding to the teaching that no concept which we have of God can be affirmed...

There is no comparison between God and his creation; comparative predications which can be used...