Teaching prep for “Theology through Film”: Pseudo-Dionysius’s Mystical Theology & La passion de Jeanne d’Arc:

Darkness & light, error & truth—the Cause is none of these. It is beyond assertion & denial. We make assertions & denials of what is next to it, but never of it, for it is both beyond every assertion, being the perfect & unique cause of all things, &, by virtue of its preeminently simple & absolute nature, free of every limitation, beyond every limitation; it is also beyond every denial.

@drewbelf Not sure if I’m reading it right, but reminds me of this from Flannery O’Connor

@drewbelf Sounds like an amazing class! Wish I could join for the semester :-)

@tinyroofnail nice connection! Pseudo-Dionysius is all about the superluminous darkness: so bright it blinds