St Denys’ concept of initiation in De divinis nominibus
A paradoxical case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10885998 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miklós Vassányi (0009-0003-2007-1041, Department of General Humanities Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church Budapest, Hungary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-197 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-5975 • E-ISSN: 1588-2543 |
| Publisher | Akademiai Kiado Zrt. (PUBLISHER • HU) |
| DOI | 10.1556/068.2016.56.2.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2794100299 |
| Language | EN |
In this paper, I am trying to analyze and interpret key passages of The Divine Names which concern Denys’ theory of intitiation into the Christian mysteries. This analysis shows that Denys put forward Christian dogma as articulated in Neo-Platonic ontological terms; and that he understood initiation essentially as an advancing into the infinity of God
Art · Epistemology · Infinity · Key (lock · Literature · Augustinian Studies and Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Mathematics · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |