I am reading Pseudo-Dionysius - the darling of apophatic theology - for the first time. I was rather surprised to read him affirming quite strongly a very orthodox view of the scriptures as revelation of the divine (shows what my prejudices were I guess):
...we must not dare to resort to words or conceptions concerning that hidden divinity which transcends being, apart from what the sacred scriptures have divinely revealed. (The Divine Names 588A).
Which is to say: philosophy ought to be silent concerning God; but there is a given language for God in the Scriptures that we are bound to employ.
Perhaps he was a Barthian?
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Do please keep us up to date on how you find him; I'm really intrigued.
For sure he was Barthian. Did he reject the idea of three persons in one godhead then?
(Rising to the barth, er, bait)
Well...you should read Maximus the Confessor then!!!!!! Seriously!
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