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Pseudo-Dionysius: a commentary on the texts and..

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Dionysius the Areopagite is the peudonymous author of an influential body of early (about 500 AD) Christian theological texts. The Pseudo-Dionysian writings offer a synthesis of Christian dogma and Neo-platonic thought. Their leading idea which has made them the charter of Christian mysticism, is the intimate union between God and the soul and the progressive deification of man. In this book, Paul Rorem examines and elucidates these difficult texts and explores their profound influence on medieval theology both in the East and west. As Rorem shows, the Pseudo-Dionysian writings were regarded almost as a "Summa Theologica" in the Eastern Church. In the West, they were commented on by virtually..

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230.14 ROR p

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230.14 ROR p

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New York : Oxford University Press., 1993

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xiii,267p.; 24 cm.

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English

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0-19-507664-8

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230.14

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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY - POPES

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