John of Scythopolis and the Dionysian Corpus

John of Scythopolis and the Dionysian Corpus PDF Author: Paul Rorem
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198269700
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Book Description
This book casts light on the figure of John of Scythopolis, the sixth-century theologian who composed a series of annotations to the works attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite (whose conversion by St Paul is mentioned in Acts 17: 34). It surveys John's sources, methods, and doctrinal concerns in the context of the important theological debates that wracked the eastern churches in the aftermath of the Council of Chalcedon.