“We make assertions and denials of what is next to [the Divine Nature], but never of It, for It is both beyond every assertion, being the perfect and unique cause of all things, and, by virtue of Its preeminently simple and absolute nature, free of every limitation, beyond every limitation; it is also beyond every denial.” ChristianNextCausesSimplePerfectVirtueDivineUniqueAll ThingsAbsolutesLimitationDenialOrthodoxOrthodox ChristianAssertionDivine Nature Author:Pope Dionysius
“What has actually to be said about the Cause of everything is this. Since it is the Cause of all beings, we should posit and ascribe to it all the affirmations we make in regard to beings, and, more appropriately, we should negate all these affirmations, since It surpasses all being. Now we should not conclude that the negations are simply the opposites of the affirmations, but rather that the cause of all is considerably prior to this, beyond privations, beyond every denial, beyond every assertion.” ShouldSaidChristianCausesOppositesRegardDenialOrthodoxAffirmationOrthodox ChristianAssertionNegation Author:Pope Dionysius
