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2 articles found for “Dionysius”

• Dionysius the Areopagite

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  Dionysius was a man of Athens mentioned in Acts 17:34, a member of the Areopagus who believed after hearing Paul's sermon at the Areopagus.

• Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

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  Pseudo-Dionysius was an anonymous Christian writer thought to have been active in the late fifth or early sixth century. He wrote under the name of Dionysius the Areopagite, mentioned in the Book of Acts, and his negative theology and his account of the angelic hierarchy exerted a major influence on medieval theology.