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Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works. The Classics of Western Spirituality. Translator: Colm Luibheid. Paulist Press International. 1987. ISBN: 9780809128389.

Pseudo-Dionysius, likely a Syrian monk from the late 5th or early 6th century, wrote under the pseudonym of Dionysius the Areopagite from Acts 17:34, to claim apostolic authority. A pivotal figure in Christian mysticism, his works blend Neoplatonic philosophy with theology, profoundly shaping Western spirituality.

This Paulist Press volume collects his complete works: The Divine Names, The Mystical Theology, The Celestial Hierarchy, The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, and ten letters. He employs apophatic theology, describing God by negation, ascending beyond affirmations to unknowing union.

Colm Luibheid, born in 1936 in Dublin, Ireland, earned his B.A. and M.A. from University College Dublin, followed by a Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University in 1961. He then joined the faculty at University of Galway, where he taught for decades.

His 1987 Paulist Press edition translates the full Dionysian corpus from the Greek Migne text, noted for its clarity amid the texts' dense difficulty.

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