Shepherding Quotes by Pope Dionysius

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Pope Dionysius has 18 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• ...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite,…
• The name 'cherubim' means 'fullness of knowledge' or 'outpouring of wisdom'... The name cherubim signifies the power to know and to see…
• Those who do not know must be taught, not punished. We do not hit the blind. We lead them by the hand.
• Our Lord Jesus Christ made the merciful shepherding of His sheep the proof of love for Himself (cf. Jn. 21:15-17). He denounces…
• All angels bring revelations and tidings of their superiors. The first bring word of God who is their inspiration, while the others,…
• The word of God has provided nine explanatory designations of the heavenly beings... the first group is forever around God and is…
• The Word of God makes use of poetic imagery when discussing... formless intelligences but... it does not do so for the sake…
• 'Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights' (Jms. 1:17). But there is…
• We make assertions and denials of what is next to [the Divine Nature], but never of It, for It is both beyond…
• The fact is that the more we take flight upward [to God], the more our words are confined to the ideas we…
• I pray we... come to this darkness so far above light! If only we lacked sight and knowledge so as to see,…
• What has actually to be said about the Cause of everything is this. Since it is the Cause of all beings, we…

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