The Mystical Theology

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The Mystical Theology is a foundational Christian Neoplatonic treatise that explores the via negativa, teaching that God is best approached through unknowing and the negation of all finite concepts.

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instanceOf Christian Neoplatonic work
apophatic theology text
mystical text
theological treatise
attributedTo Dionysius the Areopagite
audience advanced contemplatives
centralTheme negation of all finite concepts of God
transcendence of God beyond being and knowledge
unknowing of God
circulatedIn Greek manuscripts
Latin translations
dateOfComposition early 6th century
late 5th century
genre mystical theology
hasAuthor Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
influenced Eastern Christian mysticism
Gregory Palamas
linked to: St. Gregory Palamas

John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz

Meister Eckhart
Renaissance Christian Platonism
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

Western Christian mysticism
medieval scholastic theology
influencedBy Christian patristic theology
Neoplatonism
Plotinus
Proclus
keyConcept ascent to God
beyond being
darkness of unknowing
mystical union
negation of all affirmations
language Greek
partOf Dionysian corpus
linked to: Dionysian Mysteries
placeInCorpus part of the Corpus Dionysiacum
relatedWork The Celestial Hierarchy
The Divine Names
The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
religiousTradition Christianity
structure short treatise
teaches God is best approached through unknowing
all positive names of God must ultimately be negated
union with God beyond intellect and sense
theologicalApproach apophatic theology
via negativa
theologicalCurrent Christian Neoplatonism
linked to: Christian Platonism
tradition Byzantine theology
Latin medieval theology

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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite authorOf The Mystical Theology
essence–energies distinction relatedTo apophatic theology
linked to: The Mystical Theology
Corpus Areopagiticum hasPart De Mystica Theologia
linked to: The Mystical Theology
The Celestial Hierarchy inCollectionWith The Mystical Theology
The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy relatedWork The Mystical Theology
Letters (Epistles) associatedWith The Mystical Theology
Vladimir Lossky notableWork The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
linked to: The Mystical Theology