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== Biblical account ==

== Biblical account ==

Dionysius is mentioned in [[Acts 17]], in the account of Paul's visit to [[Athens]]. Paul had been preaching in the city and was invited to speak before the council of the [[Areopagus]]. His address discussed the Athenians' religious practices and proclaimed the God who made the world, culminating in his teaching about the resurrection of the dead.

Dionysius is mentioned in [[Acts 17]], in the account of Paul's visit to [[Athens]]. Paul had been preaching in the city and was invited to speak before the council of the [[Areopagus]]. His address discussed the Athenians' religious practices and proclaimed the God who made the world, culminating in his teaching about the resurrection of the dead.

== Early Christian tradition ==

== Early Christian tradition ==

Later Christian tradition identifies Dionysius as the first bishop of Athens. The fourth-century historian [[Eusebius of Caesarea]], in his ''[[Ecclesiastical History]]'', refers to an earlier writer, Dionysius of Corinth, as reporting that the Areopagite became the first bishop of the Athenian church.<ref name="Eusebius">[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nicene_and_Post-Nicene_Fathers:_Series_II/Volume_I/Church_History_of_Eusebius/Book_III/Chapter_4 Eusebius, ''Church History'', Book III, Chapter 4.]</ref>

Later Christian tradition identifies Dionysius as the first bishop of Athens. The fourth-century historian [[Eusebius of Caesarea]], in his ''[[Ecclesiastical History]]'', refers to an earlier writer, Dionysius of Corinth, as reporting that the Areopagite became the first bishop of the Athenian church.<ref name="Eusebius">[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nicene_and_Post-Nicene_Fathers:_Series_II/Volume_I/Church_History_of_Eusebius/Book_III/Chapter_4 Eusebius, ''Church History'', Book III, Chapter 4.]</ref>

== Distinction from Pseudo-Dionysius ==

== Distinction from Pseudo-Dionysius ==

Dionysius the Areopagite is important in Christian intellectual history partly because a later collection of theological writings circulated under his name. These works include ''[[On the Divine Names]]'', ''[[Mystical Theology]]'', ''[[The Celestial Hierarchy]]'', and ''[[The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy]]''.

Dionysius the Areopagite is important in Christian intellectual history partly because a later collection of theological writings circulated under his name. These works include ''[[On the Divine Names]]'', ''[[Mystical Theology]]'', ''[[The Celestial Hierarchy]]'', and ''[[The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy]]''.

== Dionysius in Luther's Table Talk ==

== Dionysius in Luther's Table Talk ==

[[Martin Luther]] refers to Dionysius in ''[[Table Talk (Luther)|Table Talk]]'', Chapter 1, section 7. In William Hazlitt's English translation, Luther criticizes the mystical theology attributed to Dionysius, dismissing it as a fable and associating it with philosophical speculation derived from [[Plato]].<ref name="TableTalk">[[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 01#7|Dr. Martin Luther, ''Table Talk'', Chapter 1, section 7, “Of God's Word.”]]</ref>

[[Martin Luther]] refers to Dionysius in ''[[Table Talk (Luther)|Table Talk]]'', Chapter 1, section 7. In William Hazlitt's English translation, Luther criticizes the mystical theology attributed to Dionysius, dismissing it as a fable and associating it with philosophical speculation derived from [[Plato]].<ref name="TableTalk">[[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 01#7|Dr. Martin Luther, ''Table Talk'', Chapter 1, section 7, “Of God's Word.”]]</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==

* [[Dionysius]] — Disambiguation page

* [[Dionysius]] — Disambiguation page

* [[Paul the Apostle]]

* [[Paul the Apostle]]

== References ==

== References ==