Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. S. Dionysii Areopagitae Martyris Inclyti, Athenarvm Episcopi, Et Galliarum Apostoli Opera. Apud Andream Wechelum ... : (Excudebat Annetus Briere ...), Parisiis, 1555. 8vo. [40], 210 number leaves, [1], [4]. Bound in contemporary vellum. All edges gilt. Text ruled in red (faded to brown).Collected edition of the late 5th-/early 6th-century writings on mystical theology attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite. "The aim of Dionysius' works is the union of the whole created order with God, which union is the final stage of a threefold process of purification, illumination, and perfection or union: a triad which has been vastly influential in the Christian mystical tradition...The supposed apostolic authority of these writings, added to their intrinsic value, caused them to exercise a profound influence on medieval theology" (ODCC).Condition: Minor soiling, shrinking to vellum binding. Occasional old stains to corner margin.

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