Jumalallisten nimien struktuuri

Pohdin hieman De divinis nominibuksen struktuuria itseksekseni ja jaoin sen kuuteen osaan. Ensimmäinen osa käsittelee itse nimien teoriaa ja seuraavat viisi sen toteutusta. Ensimmäiset nimet käsittelevät Jumalaa kaiken alkuna ja päämääränä, toiset Jumalaa kaiken Luojana, kolmannet Jumalaa kaiken ylläpitäjänä, neljännet Jumalan ja kaiken eroavaisuutta ja viidennet Jumalan ja kaiken välillä vallitsevaa harmoniaa.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE DIVINE NAMES OF PSEUDO-DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE

 The Theory of Divine Names
DN I  The Two Main Discourses in Theology
   God as Anonymous (Apophatic) and Polynymous (Cataphatic)

DN II  Unifications and Distinctions: The Four Discourses in Theology
   Apophasis, Trinity, Creation, Incarnation

DN III  Setting the Tone of Discourse
   Prayer, Tradition and Possibility of Theology

 The Primary Names of God: God as the Source and the Goal
DN IV  God as the Beginning and the End:
   Good, Light, Beauty, Eros, Agape, Yearned-For and Beloved
   The Problem of Evil

 The Secondary Names of God: God as the Creator of the Cosmos
DN V  God as Being
   Participation
   God as Preexistent and the Paradigms

DN VI  God as Life
   God as Giver of Life and Immortality

DN VII  God as Wisdom
   Angels as Contemplative
   Souls as Sensing, Reasoning and Contemplative
   Knowing God
   Unity with God in Faith

 The Tertiary Names of God: God as the Sustainer of the Cosmos
DN VIII  God as Power
   God as the Source of All Power
   Soteriological Triad of Righteousness, Salvation and Redemption

 The Quaternary Names of God: God is Incomparable to the Cosmos
DN IX  Comparing God
   God as Great and Small
   God as Same and Difference, Similarity and Dissimilarity
    God as Stability

DN X  God as Omnipotent
  God and Time

 The Quinary Names of God: The Harmony Between God and the Cosmos
DN XI  God as Peace
  God as Cause and Subsistence

DN XII  God as Holy of Holies
   Duplication of Attribute as Indication of Super-Excellence
   The State of Divinized Minds

DN XII  God as Immutable Perfection
  God as One, the Cause of Many
  God Surpassing Everything as Unity and Trinity