Imo we have been playing way too good lately to lose this game . We might draw though . <| sep |> PseudoDionysius the Areopagite . dionysiusareopagiteHe is essentially the father of modern Eastern Christian mysticism as influenced by and was a strong influence on Gregory Palamas a man whose theology namely , the essenceenergies d i s t i n c t i onEasternOrthodoxtheology and would further the divide between Eastern and Western Christianity for centuries to come . He ' s called ' PsuedoDionysius ' because people assumed that he was the real St . Dionysius the convert until relatively recently . In reality , PsuedoDenys was a Syriac from around the 5 th century . You usually only find mention of him on random esoteric sites , even though his worldview and synthesis of Christianity and markedly changed the theology of Eastern Christianity up to the present . One need only look at theologians like Vladimir Lossky to see the effect that PsuedoDenys has had . A remarkable individual worthy of some admiration , if only for his creativity . Deity above all essence , knowledge and goodness Guide of Christians to Divine Wisdom direct our path to the ultimate summit of your mystical knowledge , most incomprehensible , most luminous and most exalted , where the pure , absolute and immutable mysteries of theology are veiled in the dazzling obscurity of the secret Silence , outshining all brilliance with the intensity of their Darkness , and surcharging our blinded intellects with the utterly impalpable and invisible fairness of glories surpassing all beauty . Psuedo Denys , the mystical theology .