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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Example Sentences

The first uninspired teacher of this mystic theology is thought to have been Dionysius the Areopagite, and the martyred Bishop of Athens, or, as some say, of Paris.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

In the Celestial Hierarchy of Dionysius the Areopagite, a chapter is devoted to archangels, but their names are not recorded, or their number given.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

He was deeply versed in the great mystics, and always reveals in his sermons the influence of Plotinus and Dionysius the Areopagite, and no less the influence of Eckhart, Tauler, and the Theologia Germanica.

From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Jones, Rufus Matthew

It was with the same purpose that he turned next to the early Fathers and to the writer called Dionysius the Areopagite.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

Moreover, some of the “authorities” used by the Schoolmen had been discovered by the New Learning of the Renaissance to be no authorities at all, such as the writings falsely attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various