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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Predicate Object
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