Meaning and context of this quote
“The cause of all things is above all things, and is not without being, or without life, or without reason, or without mind; but it is not body, nor has it form or shape, or quality, or quantity, or mass.”
from The Celestial Hierarchy — Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
This passage from The Celestial Hierarchy reflects Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite’s teaching on divine union.
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