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Divine Names - Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchy - Mystical Theology

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

Length
14 h 24 min
Chapters
46
Language
English
First published
1920

CORPUS AREOPAGITICUM · CORPUS DIONYSIACUM Saint Dionysius the Areopagite · Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης

Translated by Clarence Edwin Rolt The Divine Names · Περὶ θείων ὀνομάτων The Mystical Theology · Περὶ μυστικῆς θεολογίας

Translated by John Parker, Vicar of Willoughby and Wysall On the Heavenly Hierarchy · The Celestial Hierarchy · Περὶ τῆς οὐρανίου ἱεραρχίας · De Coelesti Hierarchia On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy · Περὶ τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱεραρχίας Letters · Epistles · Ἐπιστολαί Liturgy of St. Dionysius · Λειτουργία

THE NINE CHOIRS OF THE DIONYSIAN ANGELIC HIERARCHY WITH BONAVENTURE'S OFFICES

Highest Triad 1. Seraphim (Seraphim · Σεραφείμ · שְׂרָפִים) Announcing 2. Cherubim (Cherubim · Χερουβείμ · כְּרוּבִים) Declaring 3. Thrones (Throni · Θρόνοι · אוֹפַנִּים) Leading

Middle Triad 4. Dominions (Dominationes · Κυριότητες) Regulating 5. Virtues (Virtutes · Δυνάμεις) Enforcing 6. Powers (Potestates · Ἐξουσίαι) Commanding

Lowest Triad 7. Principalities (Principatus · Ἀρχαί) Receiving 8. Archangels (Archangeli · Ἀρχάγγελοι) Revealing 9. Angels (Angeli · Ἄγγελοι · מַלְאָכִים) Anointing

Cover: Divine Names by cartoonist Larry Welz, coloured by cartoonist Robin Bougie (2026). Cover artwork released by them into the public domain.

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