A mysterious mystical theologian who wrote under the name of Paul's convert in Athens. His works fused Neoplatonism with Christianity, deeply influencing medieval mysticism and Gothic art.
He actually invented the word "Hierarchy" (hierarchia) to describe the ordering of angels and the church.
A philosophical work exploring how we can use names for God (like "Good," "Life," or "Wisdom") while admitting He is beyond all human language. It is the foundation of "Apophatic" (negative) theology—knowing God by what He is not.
Read OnlineA short but dense treatise on the "cloud of unknowing." It teaches that the highest knowledge of God comes through stripping away all intellect and senses to meet Him in silence.
Read OnlineA foundational and highly influential articulation that organized angels into the famous "Nine Choirs" (Seraphim, Cherubim, Archangels, etc.) which remains the standard view in Christianity today.
Read OnlineThe architects of Orthodoxy who defined the Trinity and Christology in the East.
11 Church Fathers in this era
Part of The Golden Age: Greek (Eastern) Fathers