Title | : | Christian Mysticism |
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Author | : | William Inge |
Release | : | 2017-07-26 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Christianity, Books, Religion & Spirituality |
Size | : | 792675 |
No word in our language—not even "Socialism"—has been employed more loosely than "Mysticism." Sometimes it is used as an equivalent for symbolism or allegorism, sometimes for theosophy or occult science; and sometimes it merely suggests the mental state of a dreamer, or vague and fantastic opinions about God and the world. In Roman Catholic writers, "mystical phenomena" mean supernatural suspensions of physical law. Even those writers who have made a special study of the subject, show by their definitions of the word how uncertain is its connotation... |