Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

Mystical Theology, Celestial Hierarchy — apophatic mysticism

The most influential anonymous author in Christian history. The Mystical Theology argues God is best known through unknowing. The Celestial Hierarchy gave the Middle Ages its nine orders of angels.

Key works

• Mystical Theology~500— Five pages that defined apophatic theology
• The Celestial Hierarchy~500— Nine orders of angels — shaped medieval cosmology
• The Divine Names~500— How to speak about God

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