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| + | "It has been said that "[[Mysticism]] finds in [[Plato]] all its texts," and certainly most of [[Christian mysticism]] may be traced back to the [[Neo-Platonists]]. From their time to our own we find this tendency towards a theologia mystica appearing in one form or another, -whether it be in the secret traditions of the Jewish [[Cabala]]-in the preaching of [[Eckhart]] in the fourteenth century-in the revival of Neo-Platonism at Florence in the days of [[Cosmo de Medici]]-in the science of [[sympathies]] taught by [[Agrippa]] and [[Paracelsus]] - in [[Jacob Behmen]]'s celestial visions-or in [[Saint Teresa]]'s "four degrees" of prayer necessary to reach a perfect "[[quietism]]."--''[[Plato (Clifton Wilbraham Collins)|Plato]]'' (1874) by Clifton Wilbraham Collins | ||
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| + | [[Image:The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[mysticism]] series. | ||
| + | <br><small>Illustration: ''[[The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich]]'' by (1885) by Gabriel Cornelius von Max</small>]] | ||
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| - | ==Christian mystics== | ||
| - | {{main|List of Christian mystics}} | + | '''Christian mysticism''' refers to [[mysticism|mystical practices and theory]] within [[Christianity]]. Mysticism is not so much a doctrine as a method of thought. It has often been connected to [[mystical theology]], especially in the [[Catholic Church]] (including traditions from both the [[Latin Church]] and the [[Eastern Catholic Churches]]) and [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]. |
| - | Some examples of [[Christianity|Christian]] mystics: | + | |
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| - | *St. [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]] (? –c. 66) | + | |
| - | *St. [[John the Baptist]] | + | |
| - | *St. [[John the Apostle]] (? –c.100) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Saint Peter|Peter]] | + | |
| - | *[[Valentinus]] (c.100–c.153) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Clement of Alexandria]] (? –216) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Athanasius]] (c293–373) | + | |
| - | *[[Evagrius]] Ponticus (345–399) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Augustine of Hippo]] (354–430) | + | |
| - | *[[Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite]] (5th century) | + | |
| - | *St. [[John Climacus]] (525–606) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Gregory I]] (590–604) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Isaac the Syrian]] (c.700) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Anastasius Sinaita]] (? - post 700) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Symeon the New Theologian]] (949–1022) | + | |
| - | *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Saint Anselm]] (1033–1109) | + | |
| - | *[[Hugh of Saint Victor]] (1096–1141) | + | |
| - | *[[Richard of St. Victor]] (? –1173) | + | |
| - | *[[Hildegard of Bingen]] (1098–1179) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Francis of Assisi]] (1181–1226) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Clare of Assisi]] (1194–1253) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Anthony of Padua]] (1195–1231) | + | |
| - | *[[Beatrice of Nazareth]] (1200-1268) | + | |
| - | *[[Mechthild of Magdeburg]] (1210–1279) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Bonaventure]] of Bagnoregio (1221–1274) | + | |
| - | *[[Angela of Foligno]] (1248–1309) | + | |
| - | *[[Gertrude the Great]] (1256–1301) | + | |
| - | *[[Marguerite Porete]] (?–1310) | + | |
| - | *[[Meister Eckhart]] (c. 1260–1327/8) | + | |
| - | *[[John of Ruysbroeck]] (1293–1381) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Gregory Palamas]] (1296–1359) | + | |
| - | *[[Johannes Tauler]] (1300–1361) | + | |
| - | *[[Henry Suso]] (1300–1366) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Saint Birgitta|Bridget of Sweden]] (1302–1373) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Julian of Norwich]] (1342–c.1416) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Catherine of Sienna]] (1347–1380) | + | |
| - | *[[William Langland]] (?–1385/6) | + | |
| - | *[[Margery Kempe]] (c.1373–1438) | + | |
| - | *[[Thomas à Kempis]] (1380–1471) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Ignatius of Loyola]] (1491–1556) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Teresa of Avila]] (1515–1582) | + | |
| - | *St. [[John of the Cross]] (1542–1591) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Francis de Sales]] (1567–1622) | + | |
| - | *[[Jakob Böhme]] (1575–1624) | + | |
| - | *[[Maria de Agreda]] (1602–1665) | + | |
| - | *[[Sir Thomas Browne]] (1605–1682) | + | |
| - | *[[Brother Lawrence]] (1614–1691) | + | |
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| - | *[[Blaise Pascal]] (1623–1662) | + | |
| - | *[[Angelus Silesius]] (1624–1677) | + | |
| - | *[[George Fox]] (1624–1691) | + | |
| - | *[[Jane Leade]] (1624–1704) | + | |
| - | *[[Miguel de Molinos]] (c. 1628–1697) | + | |
| - | *[[Sarah Wight]] (1632–?) | + | |
| - | *[[Madame Guyon]] (1648–1717) | + | |
| - | *[[Johannes Kelpius]] (1667–1708) | + | |
| - | *[[Emanuel Swedenborg]] (1688–1772) | + | |
| - | *[[John Woolman]] (1720–1772) | + | |
| - | *[[William Blake]] (1757–1827) | + | |
| - | *[[George Rapp]] (1757-1847) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]] (1759–1833) | + | |
| - | *[[Anna Catherine Emmerich]] (1774–1824) | + | |
| - | *[[Jakob Lorber]] (1800–1864) | + | |
| - | *[[Phineas Parkhurst Quimby]] (1802-1866) | + | |
| - | *St. [[John of Kronstadt]] (1829–1908) | + | |
| - | * St. [[Bernadette Soubirous]] (1844 - 1879) | + | |
| - | *[[Max Heindel]] (1865–1919) | + | |
| - | *[[Sergei Bulgakov]] (1871–1944) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Therese of Lisieux]] (1873–1897) | + | |
| - | *[[Evelyn Underhill]] (1875–1941) | + | |
| - | *[[Pope Pius XII]] (1876–1958) | + | |
| - | *[[Antonin Gadal]] (1877–1962) | + | |
| - | *[[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]] (1881–1955) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Padre Pio|Pio of Pietrelcina]] (1887–1968) | + | |
| - | *[[T. S. Eliot]] (1888–1965) | + | |
| - | *[[Sadhu Sundar Singh]] (1889–1929) | + | |
| - | *St. Theresa-Benedicta of the Cross ([[Edith Stein]]) (1891–1942) | + | |
| - | *St. [[John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco|John Maximovitch]] (1896–1966) | + | |
| - | *[[Jan van Rijckenborgh]] (1896–1968) | + | |
| - | *[[Maria Valtorta]] (1897–1961) | + | |
| - | *[[Aiden Wilson Tozer]] (1897–1963) | + | |
| - | *[[Adrienne von Speyr]] (1902–1967) | + | |
| - | *[[Catharose de Petri]] (1902–1990) | + | |
| - | *St. [[Faustina Kowalska]] (1905–1938) | + | |
| - | *[[Dag Hammarskjöld]] (1905–1961) | + | |
| - | *[[Mother Eugenia Elisabetta Ravasio|Eugenia Ravasio]] (1907-1990) | + | |
| - | *[[Simone Weil]] (1909–1943) | + | |
| - | *[[Thomas Merton]] (1915–1968) | + | |
| - | *[[Vernon Howard]] (1918–1992) | + | |
| - | *[[Thomas Keating]] (1923– ) | + | |
| - | *[[Henri Nouwen]] (1932-1996) | + | |
| - | *[[Vassula Ryden]] (1942– ) | + | |
| - | *[[Guy Finley]] (1949– ) | + | |
| - | *[[Erwin McManus]] (1958-) | + | |
| - | *[[Richard Foster (religion)|Richard Foster]] | + | |
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Mysticism]] | ||
| + | * [[Emmerich]] | ||
| + | * [[Teresa of Avila]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Anchorite]] | ||
| + | * [[Ambrose of Optina]] | ||
| + | * [[Apodicticity]] | ||
| + | * [[Apotheosis]] | ||
| + | * [[Argument from beauty]] | ||
| + | * [[Aseity]] | ||
| + | * [[Beatific vision]] | ||
| + | * [[Bridal theology]] | ||
| + | * [[Chaplet in Honour of the Holy Spirit and His Seven Gifts]] | ||
| + | * [[Christian theosophy]] | ||
| + | * [[List of Christian mystics]] | ||
| + | * [[Christian mythology]] | ||
| + | * [[Christian views on astrology]] | ||
| + | * [[Christian views on magic]] | ||
| + | * [[Desert Fathers]] | ||
| + | * [[Diodorus of Tarsus]] | ||
| + | * [[Divine illumination]] | ||
| + | * [[Esoteric Christianity]] | ||
| + | * [[H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.]] | ||
| + | * [[Entire sanctification]] | ||
| + | ** [[Methodism]] | ||
| + | * [[Gnosiology]] | ||
| + | * [[Kenosis]] | ||
| + | * [[Thomas Merton]] | ||
| + | * [[John Meyendorff]] | ||
| + | * [[Mind's eye]] | ||
| + | * [[Michael Pomazansky]] | ||
| + | * [[Open theism]] | ||
| + | * [[Participation in Christ]] | ||
| + | * [[Pentecostalism]] | ||
| + | * [[Sacred mysteries]] | ||
| + | * [[Sobornost]] | ||
| + | * [[Sophrony (Sakharov)|Sophrony]] | ||
| + | * [[Soteriology]] | ||
| + | * [[Soul flight]] | ||
| + | * [[Tacit knowledge]] | ||
| + | * [[Watchfulness (Christian)]] | ||
| + | * [[World Community for Christian Meditation]] | ||
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Illustration to the Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum (1618) by Teophilus Schweighardt Constantiens
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"It has been said that "Mysticism finds in Plato all its texts," and certainly most of Christian mysticism may be traced back to the Neo-Platonists. From their time to our own we find this tendency towards a theologia mystica appearing in one form or another, -whether it be in the secret traditions of the Jewish Cabala-in the preaching of Eckhart in the fourteenth century-in the revival of Neo-Platonism at Florence in the days of Cosmo de Medici-in the science of sympathies taught by Agrippa and Paracelsus - in Jacob Behmen's celestial visions-or in Saint Teresa's "four degrees" of prayer necessary to reach a perfect "quietism."--Plato (1874) by Clifton Wilbraham Collins |
Illustration: The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich by (1885) by Gabriel Cornelius von Max
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Christian mysticism refers to mystical practices and theory within Christianity. Mysticism is not so much a doctrine as a method of thought. It has often been connected to mystical theology, especially in the Catholic Church (including traditions from both the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches) and Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy.
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See also
- Mysticism
- Emmerich
- Teresa of Avila
- Anchorite
- Ambrose of Optina
- Apodicticity
- Apotheosis
- Argument from beauty
- Aseity
- Beatific vision
- Bridal theology
- Chaplet in Honour of the Holy Spirit and His Seven Gifts
- Christian theosophy
- List of Christian mystics
- Christian mythology
- Christian views on astrology
- Christian views on magic
- Desert Fathers
- Diodorus of Tarsus
- Divine illumination
- Esoteric Christianity
- H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.
- Entire sanctification
- Gnosiology
- Kenosis
- Thomas Merton
- John Meyendorff
- Mind's eye
- Michael Pomazansky
- Open theism
- Participation in Christ
- Pentecostalism
- Sacred mysteries
- Sobornost
- Sophrony
- Soteriology
- Soul flight
- Tacit knowledge
- Watchfulness (Christian)
- World Community for Christian Meditation
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