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title: "The Divine Names and Mystical Theology"
author: "Dionysius the Areopagite"
translator: "John Parker"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Mystics"
section: 20 of 37
url: https://scriptura.si/works/dionysius-the-divine-names-and-mystical-theology/20/
cite: "Dionysius the Areopagite, tr. John Parker, The Divine Names and Mystical Theology, section 20. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/dionysius-the-divine-names-and-mystical-theology/20/"
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# The Divine Names and Mystical Theology

*Dionysius the Areopagite, tr. John Parker*

The God beyond every name, approached through unknowing.

## 20. Volume 2

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/dionysius-the-divine-names-and-mystical-theology/20/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/dionysius-the-divine-names-and-mystical-theology/20/#p-N

[¶0] THE WORKS OF DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE.

[¶1] PART II.

[¶2] THE HEAVENLY HIERARCHY, AND THE ECCLESIASTICAL HIERARCHY

[¶3] NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, BY THE REV. JOHN PARKER, M.A.,

[¶4] Author of

[¶5] “Christianity Chronologically Confirmed.” &c.

[¶6] James Parker and Co, 6 SOUTHAMPTON-STREET, STRAND, LONDON; AND 27 BROAD-STREET, OXFORD. 1899.

### Dedication

[¶8] THE MEMORY OF

[¶9] EDWARD BOUVERIE PUSEY,

[¶10] THEOLOGIAN

[¶11] OF THE

[¶12] CHURCH OF BRITAIN.