Dionysius the Areopagite

American  

noun

1. 1st century a.d., Athenian scholar: converted to Christianity by Saint Paul c50.

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Dionysius the Areopagite British  

/ ˌærɪˈɒpəˌɡaɪt /

noun

1. 1st century _ad , Greek Christian, thought to have been the first Bishop of Athens: long considered the author of influential theological works actually written c. 500 See Pseudo-Dionysius

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Dionysius the Areopagite

These would agree with Dionysius the Areopagite that “we must contemplate things divine by our whole selves standing out of our whole selves.”

From Ruysbroeck by Evelyn Underhill

The most precious volume in the Royal Library at Paris was a Greek copy of the works of "Pseudo Dionysius the Areopagite."

From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various

"Certain men clave unto him and believed, among the which was Dionysius, the Areopagite, and a woman, named Damaris, and others with them."

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by W. D. (William Dool) Killen

But enemies were vigilant and relentless, and he had shocked the timid by doubting the truth of the legend that Dionysius the Areopagite had come to France.

From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball

Dionysius, the Areopagite, wrote that ‘He has set the borders of the nations according to His angels.’

From Ideas of Good and Evil by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats