Biographical Notes
Dionysius (À. c. 500): Pseudonymous Christian neo-Platonist theologian,
in the west called Saint Denys (or Denis), and by modern scholars labeled
Pseudo Dionysius because his identi¿ cation with Dionysius the Areopagite,
mentioned in Acts 17:34, is not credible. An author of an extremely inÀ uential
little treatise on the incomprehensibility of God called Mystical Theology, as
well as a treatise about concepts used to describe God called On the Divine
Names, and a treatise on the nine orders of angels called Celestial Hierarchy.Eckhart, Meister (c. 1260–c. 1327): Dominican priest and mystical
theologian, the most prominent ¿ gure in German mysticism, whose teachings
were under investigation for heresy at the time of his death.Edwards, Jonathan (1703–1758): Puritan minister, Calvinist theologian,
the ¿ rst American theorist of revival, and leader of the Great Awakening in
New England.Fénelon, Francois (1651–1715): Archbishop of Cambrai in France, known
for teachings about “pure love,” which Rome condemned as “semi Quietism”
in 1699.Finney, Charles Grandison (1792–1875): Presbyterian minister, theological
heir of Jonathan Edwards, and the most prominent American Revivalist in
the ¿ rst half of the 19th century.Fosdick, Harry Emerson (1878–1969): American Baptist minister, leading
spokesman for theological liberalism, noted especially for his 1922 sermon,
“Shall the Fundamentalists Win?”Franck, Sebastian (c. 1499–c. 1542): Leading spiritualist theologian of the
radical Reformation.Francke, August Hermann (1663–1727): German Lutheran pastor and
theology professor at the University of Halle, protégé of Philipp Jakob
Spener, organizer and proponent of Pietism.