THE WORKS OF DIONYSIUS
THE AREOPAGITE:
VOLUMES I & 2

DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE

BY THE REV. JOHN PARKER M.A.

PART I DIVINE NAMES, MYSTIC THEOLOGY, LETTERS, &c.

PART II THE HEAVENLY HIERARCHY, AND THE ECCLESIATICAL HIERARCHY

NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, BY THE Rev. John Parker, M.A.

6 SOUTHAMPTON-STREET, STRAND, LONDON; AND 27 BROAD-STREET, OXFORD. PART I: 1897. PART II: 1899.

TO THE MEMORY OF EDWARD BOUVERIE PUSEY, THEOLOGIAN OF THE CHURCH OF BRITAIN.

My thanks are due to Miss M. C. Dawes, M.A., for careful revision of the translation.

DEDICATED TO L’ABBÉ J. FABRE D’ENVIEU, HON. CANON OF ST. DENIS, IN THANKFUL RECOGNITION
OF THE CONFIRMATION GIVEN TO THE FAITH, BY HIS “LIVRE DU PROPHÈTE DANIEL.”

Felix es Gallia! quæ, tantos et tales meruisti suscipere sacerdotes.

CONTENTS

Title Page: THE WORKS OF DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE: VOLUMES I & 2

THE WORKS OF DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE: PART I  DIVINE NAMES, MYSTIC THEOLOGY, LETTERS

DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE, ON DIVINE NAMES

PREFACE TO THE “DIVINE NAMES”

LUCIUS FLAVIUS DEXTER

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MYSTIC THEOLOGY

PREFACE TO MYSTIC THEOLOGY

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LETTERS OF DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE

PREFACE TO THE LETTERS OF DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE

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TITUS

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LITURGY OF ST. DIONYSIUS, BISHOP OF THE ATHENIANS

PREFACE TO LITURGY

LITURGY OF ST. DIONYSIUS, BISHOP OF THE ATHENIANS

OBJECTIONS TO GENUINENESS

FALLACY OF NAMES

GREGORY OF TOURS

THE PÈRES BOLANDISTES

GENERAL OBJECTION

THE WORKS OF DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE: PART II  THE HEAVENLY HIERARCHY, AND THE ECCLESIATICAL HIERARCHY

DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE AND THE ALEXANDRINE SCHOOL

DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE ON THE HEAVENLY HIERARCHY

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TO MY FELLOW PRESBYTER TIMOTHY, DIONYSIUS THE PRESBYTER

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ECCLESIASTICAL HIERARCHY

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TO MY FELLOW PRESBYTER TIMOTHY, DIONYSIUS THE PRESBYTER

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APPENDIX

LIST OF BISHOPS

APOSTOLIC TRADITIONS GENERALLY IN ABEYANCE