“The Word of God makes use of poetic imagery when discussing... formless intelligences but... it does not do so for the sake of art, but as a concession to the nature of our own mind. It uses scriptural passages in an uplifting fashion as a way, provided for us from the first, to uplift our mind in a manner suitable to our nature.” WayMindFirstsDoeArtUseChristianFashionSakeUpliftingOrthodoxPoeticWord Of GodPassagesImagerySuitableDiscussingConcessions Author:Pope Dionysius
“[God] is perfect not only insofar as He is absolute perfection, defining perfection in Himself and from His singular existence and total perfection, but also because He is far beyond being so. He sets a boundary to the boundless and in His total unity He rises above all limitation. He is neither contained nor comprehended by anything. He reaches out to everything and beyond everything and does so with unfailing generosity and unstinted activity.” DoeChristianPerfectExistenceActivityPerfectionAbsolutesUnityBoundariesLimitationGenerosityOrthodoxReach OutDefiningRise AboveBoundless Author:Pope Dionysius
“...God does not possess a private knowledge of Himself and a separate knowledge of all the creatures in common. The universal Cause, by knowing Itself, can hardly be ignorant of the things which proceed from It and of which It is the source. This, then, is how God knows all things, not by understanding things, but by understanding Himself.” KnowsDoeChristianCausesUnderstandingCommonKnowingSourceCreaturesAll ThingsUniversalIgnorantOrthodoxGod KnowsUnderstanding Things Author:Pope Dionysius
