Areopagite

[ ar-ee-op-uh-jahyt, -gahyt ]

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noun

, Greek History.

Areopagite

/ ˌærɪˈɒpədʒaɪt /

a member of the Areopagus, a judicial council of ancient Athens that met on the hill of that name

< Latin Arēopagītēs < Greek Areiopagī́tēs a member of the Areopagus; -ite ¹

And the goal of contemplation is to attain to the uniformity of Divine contemplation, as Denis the Areopagite says.

Saint Denys was a great saint, since there was no doubt of his being in very deed the Areopagite himself.

First was the unknown who gave to the world the treatises ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite.

Lastly, the word "life" implies motion, as is clear from Denis the Areopagite.

This author here quotes the forged work ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite, to which we have before referred.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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