. Outline of the Works On the Divine Names

Chs. 1–3:	methodological introduction: how the divine names do and do not know God (ch. 1); how they are a result of differentiation and unity in God (ch. 2); the necessity of prayer, and the degree of differentiation in Dionysius’ own treatise, compared with the scriptures and the work of his predecessors (ch. 3)
Ch. 4:	the name of “good,” with its allied names of “light,” “beauty,” “love,” and “jealousy;” the nature of evil
Chs. 5–7:	the names of the Neoplatonic triad: “being” (ch. 5), “life” (ch. 6), and “intellect” (ch. 7) with its allied name of “word”
Ch. 8:	the name of “power” with its allied names of “righteousness” and “salvation”
Ch. 9:	names derived from Neoplatonic categories of being: “same” and “different,” “rest” and “motion,” “similarity” and “dissimilarity,” and others
Ch. 10:	names referring to time, such as “ancient of days” and “eternity”
Ch. 11:	the name of “peace;” whether the names exist in themselves, and how they exist in God
Ch. 12:	names of governance, such as “king of kings” and “lord of lords”
Ch. 13:	the names “perfect” and “one”

Ch. 1:	introduction, and allegory of Moses’ ascent up Mt. Sinai
Ch. 2:	mystical theology compared to carving a statue
Ch. 3:	explanatory outline of Dionysius’ theological works; comparison of affirmative and negative theology
Chs. 4–5:	negative theology in action, negating first sensible things and their characteristics (ch. 4), then divine names and theological representations (ch. 5)

Chs.1–2:	methodological introduction: how we receive divine illumination (ch. 1) and how we use names to describe God and the angels (ch. 2)
Ch. 3:	general definition of hierarchy
Ch. 4:	description of the celestial hierarchy
Ch. 5:	the meaning of “angel”
Ch. 6–10:	the nine ranks of angels identified (ch. 6), then explained one by one (chs. 7–9), then summed up in terms of their common mission (ch. 10)
Chs. 11–13:	apparent violations of the hierarchic principle: all the angels are referred to as “heavenly powers” (ch. 11), human hierarchs are sometimes called “angels” (ch. 12), and the prophet Isaiah seems to have been purified directly by a seraphim, one of the higher ranks (ch. 13)

Ch. 1:	definition and explanation of hierarchy; how our hierarchy differs from the celestial hierarchy; origin of the ecclesiastical rites
Ch. 2:	contemplation of baptism
Ch. 3:	contemplation of communion; systematic description of catechumens, penitents, and possessed
Ch. 4:	contemplation of the rite of the ointment
Ch. 5:	contemplation of the consecration of bishops, priests, and deacons; description of legal hierarchy; triad of purification, illumination, and perfection
Ch. 6:	contemplation of the consecration of a monk
Ch. 7:	contemplation of funeral rites; brief comments on intercessory prayer, excommunication, and infant baptism

1–2:	to Gaius, on negative theology: how God is beyond knowledge (letter 1) and beyond “God” and “goodness” (letter 2)
3–4:	to Gaius, on the incarnation of Christ: its “suddenness” (letter 3) and how it manifests a single “theandric” activity of the divine and human natures (letter 4)
5:	to Dorotheus, on negative theology, with scriptural references
6:	to Sosipater, against polemics
7:	to Polycarp, against polemics, and on miracles
8:	to Demophilus, on obeying superiors in the hierarchy
9:	to Titus, on symbolic theology
10:	to John, on evil and suffering

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