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<p> E . judge of the Areopagus), according to Acts xvii. 34, a convert of St. Paul's; became bishop of Athens, and died a martyr in 95; was long regarded as the father of mysticism in the [[Christian]] Church, on the false assumption that he was the author of writings of a much later date imbued with a pantheistic idea of God and the universe. </p> | <p> E . judge of the Areopagus), according to Acts xvii. 34, a convert of St. Paul's; became bishop of Athens, and died a martyr in 95; was long regarded as the father of mysticism in the [[Christian]] Church, on the false assumption that he was the author of writings of a much later date imbued with a pantheistic idea of God and the universe. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_72066"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/dionysius,+st.,+the+areopagite The Areopagite St. Dionysius from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72066"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/dionysius,+st.,+the+areopagite The Areopagite St. Dionysius from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 15 October 2021
The Areopagite St. Dionysius [1]
E . judge of the Areopagus), according to Acts xvii. 34, a convert of St. Paul's; became bishop of Athens, and died a martyr in 95; was long regarded as the father of mysticism in the Christian Church, on the false assumption that he was the author of writings of a much later date imbued with a pantheistic idea of God and the universe.
