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- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, also known as pseudo-Denys, is the ... he uses Plotinus' well-known analogy of a sculptor’s cutting away ...7 KB (1,028 words) - 08:24, 2 December 2022
- where it was opposed by Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria. The doctrine continued ... mid-second century, where Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria (c. 200-265 C.E ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school ... Subsequent Neoplatonic philosophers include Hypatia of Alexandria ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- The Therapeutae (meaning: "healers") were an ancient order ... According to Philo, communities of Therapeutae were widely established ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 18:27, 30 April 2023
- theologian, who taught that the Son of God was not eternal, and was ... for using such language. Dionysius of Alexandria responded with an ...24 KB (3,928 words) - 02:41, 15 August 2023
- In the Roman Catholic Church, a Doctor of the Church (Latin doctor ... and Pope Gregory I were the original Doctors of the Church and were named in ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 16:32, 29 January 2024
- Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the conventional name of the ... ==Authorship of On the Sublime== Biographical details about the author ...20 KB (2,950 words) - 21:04, 3 November 2022
- His systematized and refined the cosmologies of Plotinus and Iamblichus, and ... Proclus’ greatest concern was the elevation of the human soul to ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 23:05, 30 November 2022
- 19, 1433 – October 1, 1499) was one of the most influential humanist ... Ficino introduced the concept of the immortality of the soul into ...12 KB (1,803 words) - 16:15, 6 November 2022
- third century C.E., based on the teachings of the antipope Novatian, who ... dared to call him a heretic. Saint Dionysius of Alexandria, a supporter of ...17 KB (2,510 words) - 22:16, 16 November 2022
- until the fourth century C.E. This period of Greek literature stretches ... Most of the epic poetry and tragedy has its roots in Ancient Greek ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- parents. His life coincided with the rise of Constantine I and the reunion ... Damasus I was raised in the service of the church of the martyr St ...13 KB (2,066 words) - 18:08, 24 January 2024
- Christian eschatology named for its denial of a future thousand-year, physical ... amillennialism. Likewise, Dionysius of Alexandria, pope of Alexandria ...19 KB (2,732 words) - 07:00, 25 July 2023
- known as Milinda in Indian sources, was one of the Indo-Greek rulers in northern ... for his open-minded dialogues with followers of other religions. ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 04:28, 9 November 2022
- Negative theology (also known as Apophatic theology) is a method of ... presuppositions: Given the vast magnitude of divinity, it is assumed that ...18 KB (2,832 words) - 16:09, 11 November 2022
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... Edessa, Constantinople, Athens, Antioch, Alexandria, and other centers of learning ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- also found in almanacs, such as the times of the rising and setting of the ... The almanac is a natural byproduct of the calender and serves as ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- Marcion of Sinope (ca. 110-160 C.E.) was a Christian theologian who ... Marcion was deemed a heretic for his rejection of the whole Hebrew ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- ) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations ... go on to devote the most productive years of his life to opposing Macedon ...80 KB (11,861 words) - 09:32, 28 January 2024
- North Africa—located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the ... Originally a settlement of Phoenician colonists, Carthage grew into ...45 KB (7,001 words) - 00:42, 29 November 2023
- The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John or Apocalypse ... Cyprian, and Lactantius. Dionysius of Alexandria (247 C.E.) rejected ...34 KB (5,503 words) - 00:39, 19 November 2023
- their substance into the body and Blood of Christ. The doctrine of Transubstantiation ... The doctrine of Transubstantiation was criticized or misinterpreted ...30 KB (4,681 words) - 02:14, 2 May 2023
- The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... of the Church 7.25.2) in which Dionysius of Alexandria (mid-third century ...37 KB (5,608 words) - 20:09, 13 September 2023
- Pontiff") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of ... The title of "Pontifex Maximus," dating back to the times ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- This bacterium, transmitted through the bite of a flea, has caused the death ... The epidemiological use of the term "plague" is currently ...29 KB (4,475 words) - 16:51, 22 November 2023
- the symbol. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over ... are called numerical operations. The study of numerical operations is called ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern ... Kingdom" loosely describes a number of various dynastic polities, ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- Philosophy of religion is the application of the philosophical method ... A composite discipline and one of the many “philosophies of – ...73 KB (11,277 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
