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Pseudo-Dionysius · John Parker (1897)
THE ten Letters of Dionysius the Areopagite — to Gaius, Dorotheus, Sosipater, Polycarp, Demophilus, Titus, and John the Theologian in his exile at Patmos. Translated by the Rev. John Parker, 1897. THESE Letters attest the existence of the writings, and the wisdom spoken among the perfect, in the Apostolic Age.—To Gaius, who is commemorated by St. John and St. Paul, we owe the explanation of Agnosia, and valued teaching on the Personality of our Lord; to Dorotheus we are indebted for a fuller explanation of the Divine Gloom; to Sosipater, twice mentioned in the Acts and Romans, we owe the wisest letter ever penned for the instruction of the Christian Apologist and Missionary. The Letter to Polycarp touches on those mysterious signs in the heavens, by which Almighty God shewed His universal power. Dionysius shews his reverence for God’s holy word, by never seeking to explain away, or to …
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