Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
6th century · AD 532 · Works attributed to the fathers · 14 passages
Background on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
In his own words on Philippians
- Philippians 2:7
Even in this he has what is supernatural and superessential, not only because he underwent no change or confusion in his communion with us, suffering no detriment to his exceeding fullness from his ineffable emptying but because also—the newest of all new things—he was supernatural even while in our natural condition. He was above the realm of essences while being in the realm of essences. He possessed our properties from us in a manner superior to ourselves.
On the Divine Names 2.10
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.