The Divine Names and Mystical Theology: And, Mystical Theology (Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation)

Appendix includes English translations of 5 letters. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6 Errata corrigenda 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS 9 PREFACE 11 INTRODUCTION 25 I THE NATURE OF THEOLOGY 25 A. Affirmative and Negative Theology 25 B. Divine Unity and Difference 37 II. Divine Causality 51 A. The Nature of Abiding, Procession, and Reversion 51 B. The Divine Powers: A General Discussion 56 C. The Divine Powers: An Analysis of Selected DivineNames 65 D. The Representation of Divine Causality in Terms of Vertical and Circular Imagery 76 III. The Problem of Evil 83 A. Evil Itself 83 B. Evil and Beings 88 IV. The Divine Darkness of Unknowing 99 A. Beyond Cause 99 B. The Denial of All Logos 105 THE DIVINE NAMES 115 I. Concerning the Intention of Our Discourse and the Tradition Regarding the Divine Names 117 II. Concerning Unified and Differentiated Theology and What the Divine Unity and Divine Difference Are 127 III. The Power of Prayer. Concerning the Blessed Hierotheous and the Piety and Covenant of Theology 139 IV. Concerning the Good, Light, Beauty, Love, Ecstasis,and Zeal. That Evil is Neither Be-ing, Nor From Be-ing ,Nor in Beings 143 V. Concerning Be-ing and Paradigms 173 VI. Concerning Life 183 VII. Concerning \Visdom, Intellect, Logos, Truth, and Faith 185 VIII. Concerning Power, Justice, Salvation, and Redemption;in Which Inequality is Discussed 191 IX. Concerning [The Names] Great, Small, Same, Other, Like, Unlike, Rest, Motion, and Equality 197 X. Concerning the Almighty, Ancient of Days; in Which Eternity and Time [Are Considered] 203 XI. Concerning Peace and What is Meant by Being Itself, Life Itself, Power Itself, and Others That Are Said in a Similar Way 205 XII. Concerning Holy of Holies, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and God of Gods 211 XIII. Concerning the Complete and the One 213 THE MYSTICAL THEOLOGY 219 I. The Divine Dark 221 II. How It Is Necessary to Dedicate Hymns and Be United to the Cause of All and Beyond All 225 III. The Affirmative and Negative Theologies 227 IV. In Preeminence, the Cause of All That Is Sensible Is Not Anything Sensible 229 V. In Preeminence, the Cause of All That Is Intelligible Is Not Anything Intelligible 231 APPENDIX: LETTERS I -V 233 ANALYTIC TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR DIVINE NAMES, MYSTICAL THEOLOGY, AND LETTERS 1-V 239 INDEX VERBORUM 251 GENERAL INDEX 263 INDEX LOCORUM 267 SELECTED BIBLIOGHAPHY 271 Pseudo-dionysius Areopagite ; Translated From The Greek With An Introductory Study By John D. Jones. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 261-266) And Indexes. Appendix Includes English Translations Of Letters I-v. Book by Pseudo-Dionysius Aeropagite, Jones, John D.