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As so aptly put obn the boards by some of our most outgoing members here.....
By the way, mysticism is of the occult.
So the question here is......
Are these founding fathers of Christianity...
these Mystics which are responsible for inerrant doctrine.....
on the way to eternal torment by Asmodeus and succubi in the lower realms of Sulfur and gastric acid?
Christian Mystics
ALBERTUS MAGNUS (1206-1280)
[The teacher of Thomas Aquinas. In the tradition of Pythagoras, emphasized the essential unity of science and mysticism.]
ANGELA of FOLIGNO (c.1248-1309)
[Mysticism is based on the facts of Christ's life and death. Works: The Book of Divine Consolations of the Blessed Angela of Foligno.]
ANONYMOUS (c.1349-c.1395)
[Author of The Cloud of Unknowing, The Book of Privy Council. Part of the "English school" of late mediaeval mysticism. The emphasis on "unknowing" God is part of Pseudo-Dionysius' apophatic theology. Influenced by (Pseudo-)Dionysius.]
ANONYMOUS (c.1350-1400)
[Author of Theologia Germanica or Theologia Deutsch. Important influence in the German mystical tradition. Luther rediscovered and popularized it. Influenced by Augustine, Eckhart, Tauler.]
ANTONY, Saint (c.251-356)
[Early hermit or solitary monk, and a model for later monasticism, particularly of his eremetical type. Works: The Letters of St. Antony the Great.]
ATHANASIUS, Saint (c.296-373)
[Bishop of Alexandria from 328 to 373, wrote a Life of Antony, and was an influence on later Eastern Orthodox mysticism. Other works: Against the Gentiles, Apology Against the Arians.]
AUGUSTINE, Saint (354-430)
[Important source for much mediaeval mysticism. Brings Platonism and Christianity together. He emphasizes the soul's search for God, made possible by the illumination of the mind of God. Works include: De Trinitate, Confessions.]
BASIL THE GREAT, Saint (c.330-379)
[One of the Cappadocians, early church fathers. He gave a mystical orientation to the monastic movement. Works: Longer Rules, Liturgy of St. Basil.]
BEATRICE of NAZARETH (1200-1268)
[Belgian Cistercian mystic. Associated with the Beguines. Works: The Seven Modes of Sacred Love.]
BERNARD of CLAIRVAUX (1091-1153)
[Cistercian mystic. Promoted a mystical vision of rhapsodic love, in which the Church is described in erotic terms as the bride of Christ. His love-mysticism had the tendency to be anti-intellectual, as in his disputes with Abelard. Works: Sermons, De diligendo Deo, On the Love of God.]
BONAVENTURE [John Fidanza] (1217-1274)
[Franciscan monk, and the architect of the philosophical, theological, and mystical side of Francis' thought. Mysticism in the Augustinian tradition. Works: The Mind's Road to God, The Tree of Life, The Life of St. Francis.]
BIRGITTA [Brigida] SUECICA of SWEDEN (1302-1373)
[Ascetic mystic. Heavily involved in political activity. Influenced by St. Francis of Assisi.]
CATHERINE of SIENA (1347-1380)
[Italian mystic and advisor to Pope Gregory XI. Influenced by Augustine. Works:Il Dialogo.]
DIONYSIUS [Pseudo-Dionysius] the Areopagite (writing c.500)
[Originates the distinction between kataphatic and apophatic theology. Works: Mystical Theology, The Divine Names.]
ECKHART, MEISTER (1260-1327/8)
[Dominican monk. One of the most important early German speculative mystics and the first of the so-called "Rhineland" mystics. His Sermons were in German, the academic works in Latin. Works: Sermons, Parisian Questions and Prologues. Selections in English are available. Influenced by Pseudo-Dionysius.]
ERIUGENA, John Scotus (c.810-c.877)
[Translated Pseudo-Dionysius from Greek into Latin. He holds that humans are a microcosm of the universe. That which is shared, the essence of all things, is God. Works: Periphyseon.]
FRANCIS of ASSISI [John Bernardone] (1182-1226)
[Founder of the Franciscan order, which emphasized self-renunciation and poverty. Francis approaches nature mysticism at times, particularly when he sees God in all living things. Works: Canticle of the Sun.]
GREGORY of NAZIANZUS (329-389)
[One of the Cappadocians, early church fathers. Works: Forty-five Sermons.]
GREGORY of NYSSA (c.335-c.398)
[Believed that the universe existed as a harmonious order emanating from God. One of the Cappadocians. Works: Dialogue with his Sister Macrina concerning the Resurrection.]
GREGORY PALAMAS (1296-1359)
[Eastern Orthodox mystic.]
HADEWIJCH [Adelwip] of Brabant/Antwerp (13th century)
[Belgian Beguine and one of the greatest exponents of love mysticism. Works: Letters, Poems in Stanzas, Visions, Poems in Couplets.]
HILDEGARD of BINGEN, Saint (1098-1179)
[Early German speculative mystic, reminiscent of Isaiah or Ezekiel at times. She was greatly respected in her time, both for her writings as well as for her music and art. Works: Scivias, The Book of Divine Works, Letters.]
HILTON, WALTER (d. 1395)
[English mystic. Works: The Scale (Ladder) of Perfection, Epistle to a Devout Man.]
HUGH of ST. VICTOR (c.1096-c.1142)
[He argues for a close tie between reason and mysticism.]
IGNATIUS of ANTIOCH (c. 35-c.107)
[Christocentric mystic. For him Christ's death and resurrection take on mystical significance.]
IRENAEUS (c.125-c.202)
[Irenaeus' work was directed against Gnosticism. He emphasized John's gospel, particularly the Logos, which became the voice of God that revealed itself to all people. Works: Revolution and Overthrow of False Knowledge (or Against Heresies).]
JOHN of the CROSS, Saint [Juan de Yepes] (1542-1591)
[Discalced Carmelite Spanish mystic. Along with Teresa of Avila, John's mysticism is union with God, attainable only in the denial of the self. Influenced by Teresa of Avila. Works: Dark Night of the Soul and Ascent of Mt. Carmel.]
JULIAN of NORWICH (1342-1413?)
[Julian was part of the "English school" of late mediaeval mysticism. Mystical experience that came at the point of death. The experience came with healing, and she devoted her life to understanding her vision. Influenced by Pseudo-Dionysius and perhaps Aquinas. Works: Showings or Revelations of Divine Love.]
JUSTIN MARTYR (c.105-c.165)
[Used Greek philosophy as the stepping-stone to Christian theology. The mystical conclusions that some Greeks arrived at, pointed to Christ. Works: First Apology.]
KEMPE, MARGERY (c.1413)
[Kempe is known primarily as the biographer of Julian of Norwich.]
LLULL, RAMON (c.1235-1315)
[Franciscan. Legend has it that he wrote 200 works, was an alchemist and a magician. He also worked on the logic of science. The "Great Art" is the scientific and mystical calculation of the interrelations of all things. Works: Great Art, The Book of the Lover and the Beloved.]
LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)
[A well-known antipathy to mystics, but a foundation for mystical life in his theology of the heart, particularly in his early thought. Influences: Augustine, Theologica Germanica.
MECHTHILD of MAGDEBURG (1207-1282)
[Strongly feminine images in mysticism. Devotional mystic. Associated with the Beguines. Works: The Flowing Light of the Godhead.]
MERTON, THOMAS. (1915-1968)
[Prolific writer, Trappist monk given the name Father Louis. Spent many years at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, USA. Died accidentally while in Southeast Asia to speak at a conference for contemplatives of many traditions.]
ORIGEN (c.185-254)
[Studied under Clement of Alexandria, and probably also Ammonius Saccus (Plotinus' teacher). He Christianized and theologized neo-Platonism. Each soul has individually fallen (emanation), and must find its way back to God (return) through the help of the Logos, Christ. Origen looks quite Gnostic at times. Works: On Principles, Against Celsus.]
PASCAL, BLAISE (1623-1662)
[French mathematician, scientist, and Jansenist. Influenced by Augustine.]
POLYCARP, Saint (c.69-c.155)
[Had a mystical vision which foretold his martyrdom by fire.]
PORETE, MARGUERITE (d. 1310)
[Works: The Mirror of Simple Souls.]
RICHARD of ST. VICTOR (d. 1173)
[Works: On Sacraments.]
ROLLE, RICHARD (1300-1349)
[Part of the "English school" of late mediaeval mysticism. Emphasizes the "physicality" of the mystical experience (feeling heat, seeing colours, etc.). Works: The Fire of Love.]
RUYSBROECK, JAN van (1293-1381)
[Flemish mystic, sometimes considered one of the Rhineland mystics, who outlined the stages of the mystical life. Works: The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage (Spiritual Espousals), The Sparkling Stone, The Book of Supreme Truth.]
SUSO, HENRY (1295-1366)
[A Rhineland mystic. Works: The Little Book of Truth, The Little Book of Wisdom (Horologium Sapientiae).]
TAULER, JOHANNES (1300-1361)
[Rhineland mystic and Dominican. He emphasized the inner person rather than outer works, and because of this became popular in Protestant circles in the Reformation, and later Pietism and Romanticism. Was part of the same community that produced the Theologia Germanica. Works: Sermons.]
TERESA of AVILA (1515-1582)
[Spanish Carmelite nun. Formed the Discalced (Barefoot) Carmelites, with St. John of the Cross. Is very important for describing the stages of the mystical journey. Influenced by Augustine. Works: Life, by Herself; The Way of Perfection; The Interior Castle.]
TERTULLIAN (c.155-c.222)
[A faith that is a contradiction to reason. First to use trinitarian formulation for God. Works: To Martyrs, Apology, Against the Valentinians, Against Marcion, On the Soul.]
THOMAS AQUINAS, Saint (1224-1275)
[Dominican monk and the greatest Catholic theologian and philosopher. Late in life, he had a mystical experience which caused him to question his scholastic past. Works: Summa Theologica, De Anima, others.]
UNDERHILL, EVELYN (1875-1941)
[British Anglican contributor to a revival of interest in mysticism. Works: Mysticism, 12th edition. (New York: Meridian Books, 1955) which lists texts, translations, and studies for many different mystics.]
WILLIAM of ST.-THIERRY (c.1085-1148)
[A Cistercian contemporary of Bernard's who also emphasized love-mysticism, but with subtle differences from Bernard in his use of Augustine. Works: Golden Letter, On the Contemplation of God, On the Nature and Dignity of Love.]
By the way, mysticism is of the occult.
So the question here is......
Are these founding fathers of Christianity...
these Mystics which are responsible for inerrant doctrine.....
on the way to eternal torment by Asmodeus and succubi in the lower realms of Sulfur and gastric acid?
Christian Mystics
ALBERTUS MAGNUS (1206-1280)
[The teacher of Thomas Aquinas. In the tradition of Pythagoras, emphasized the essential unity of science and mysticism.]
ANGELA of FOLIGNO (c.1248-1309)
[Mysticism is based on the facts of Christ's life and death. Works: The Book of Divine Consolations of the Blessed Angela of Foligno.]
ANONYMOUS (c.1349-c.1395)
[Author of The Cloud of Unknowing, The Book of Privy Council. Part of the "English school" of late mediaeval mysticism. The emphasis on "unknowing" God is part of Pseudo-Dionysius' apophatic theology. Influenced by (Pseudo-)Dionysius.]
ANONYMOUS (c.1350-1400)
[Author of Theologia Germanica or Theologia Deutsch. Important influence in the German mystical tradition. Luther rediscovered and popularized it. Influenced by Augustine, Eckhart, Tauler.]
ANTONY, Saint (c.251-356)
[Early hermit or solitary monk, and a model for later monasticism, particularly of his eremetical type. Works: The Letters of St. Antony the Great.]
ATHANASIUS, Saint (c.296-373)
[Bishop of Alexandria from 328 to 373, wrote a Life of Antony, and was an influence on later Eastern Orthodox mysticism. Other works: Against the Gentiles, Apology Against the Arians.]
AUGUSTINE, Saint (354-430)
[Important source for much mediaeval mysticism. Brings Platonism and Christianity together. He emphasizes the soul's search for God, made possible by the illumination of the mind of God. Works include: De Trinitate, Confessions.]
BASIL THE GREAT, Saint (c.330-379)
[One of the Cappadocians, early church fathers. He gave a mystical orientation to the monastic movement. Works: Longer Rules, Liturgy of St. Basil.]
BEATRICE of NAZARETH (1200-1268)
[Belgian Cistercian mystic. Associated with the Beguines. Works: The Seven Modes of Sacred Love.]
BERNARD of CLAIRVAUX (1091-1153)
[Cistercian mystic. Promoted a mystical vision of rhapsodic love, in which the Church is described in erotic terms as the bride of Christ. His love-mysticism had the tendency to be anti-intellectual, as in his disputes with Abelard. Works: Sermons, De diligendo Deo, On the Love of God.]
BONAVENTURE [John Fidanza] (1217-1274)
[Franciscan monk, and the architect of the philosophical, theological, and mystical side of Francis' thought. Mysticism in the Augustinian tradition. Works: The Mind's Road to God, The Tree of Life, The Life of St. Francis.]
BIRGITTA [Brigida] SUECICA of SWEDEN (1302-1373)
[Ascetic mystic. Heavily involved in political activity. Influenced by St. Francis of Assisi.]
CATHERINE of SIENA (1347-1380)
[Italian mystic and advisor to Pope Gregory XI. Influenced by Augustine. Works:Il Dialogo.]
DIONYSIUS [Pseudo-Dionysius] the Areopagite (writing c.500)
[Originates the distinction between kataphatic and apophatic theology. Works: Mystical Theology, The Divine Names.]
ECKHART, MEISTER (1260-1327/8)
[Dominican monk. One of the most important early German speculative mystics and the first of the so-called "Rhineland" mystics. His Sermons were in German, the academic works in Latin. Works: Sermons, Parisian Questions and Prologues. Selections in English are available. Influenced by Pseudo-Dionysius.]
ERIUGENA, John Scotus (c.810-c.877)
[Translated Pseudo-Dionysius from Greek into Latin. He holds that humans are a microcosm of the universe. That which is shared, the essence of all things, is God. Works: Periphyseon.]
FRANCIS of ASSISI [John Bernardone] (1182-1226)
[Founder of the Franciscan order, which emphasized self-renunciation and poverty. Francis approaches nature mysticism at times, particularly when he sees God in all living things. Works: Canticle of the Sun.]
GREGORY of NAZIANZUS (329-389)
[One of the Cappadocians, early church fathers. Works: Forty-five Sermons.]
GREGORY of NYSSA (c.335-c.398)
[Believed that the universe existed as a harmonious order emanating from God. One of the Cappadocians. Works: Dialogue with his Sister Macrina concerning the Resurrection.]
GREGORY PALAMAS (1296-1359)
[Eastern Orthodox mystic.]
HADEWIJCH [Adelwip] of Brabant/Antwerp (13th century)
[Belgian Beguine and one of the greatest exponents of love mysticism. Works: Letters, Poems in Stanzas, Visions, Poems in Couplets.]
HILDEGARD of BINGEN, Saint (1098-1179)
[Early German speculative mystic, reminiscent of Isaiah or Ezekiel at times. She was greatly respected in her time, both for her writings as well as for her music and art. Works: Scivias, The Book of Divine Works, Letters.]
HILTON, WALTER (d. 1395)
[English mystic. Works: The Scale (Ladder) of Perfection, Epistle to a Devout Man.]
HUGH of ST. VICTOR (c.1096-c.1142)
[He argues for a close tie between reason and mysticism.]
IGNATIUS of ANTIOCH (c. 35-c.107)
[Christocentric mystic. For him Christ's death and resurrection take on mystical significance.]
IRENAEUS (c.125-c.202)
[Irenaeus' work was directed against Gnosticism. He emphasized John's gospel, particularly the Logos, which became the voice of God that revealed itself to all people. Works: Revolution and Overthrow of False Knowledge (or Against Heresies).]
JOHN of the CROSS, Saint [Juan de Yepes] (1542-1591)
[Discalced Carmelite Spanish mystic. Along with Teresa of Avila, John's mysticism is union with God, attainable only in the denial of the self. Influenced by Teresa of Avila. Works: Dark Night of the Soul and Ascent of Mt. Carmel.]
JULIAN of NORWICH (1342-1413?)
[Julian was part of the "English school" of late mediaeval mysticism. Mystical experience that came at the point of death. The experience came with healing, and she devoted her life to understanding her vision. Influenced by Pseudo-Dionysius and perhaps Aquinas. Works: Showings or Revelations of Divine Love.]
JUSTIN MARTYR (c.105-c.165)
[Used Greek philosophy as the stepping-stone to Christian theology. The mystical conclusions that some Greeks arrived at, pointed to Christ. Works: First Apology.]
KEMPE, MARGERY (c.1413)
[Kempe is known primarily as the biographer of Julian of Norwich.]
LLULL, RAMON (c.1235-1315)
[Franciscan. Legend has it that he wrote 200 works, was an alchemist and a magician. He also worked on the logic of science. The "Great Art" is the scientific and mystical calculation of the interrelations of all things. Works: Great Art, The Book of the Lover and the Beloved.]
LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)
[A well-known antipathy to mystics, but a foundation for mystical life in his theology of the heart, particularly in his early thought. Influences: Augustine, Theologica Germanica.
MECHTHILD of MAGDEBURG (1207-1282)
[Strongly feminine images in mysticism. Devotional mystic. Associated with the Beguines. Works: The Flowing Light of the Godhead.]
MERTON, THOMAS. (1915-1968)
[Prolific writer, Trappist monk given the name Father Louis. Spent many years at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, USA. Died accidentally while in Southeast Asia to speak at a conference for contemplatives of many traditions.]
ORIGEN (c.185-254)
[Studied under Clement of Alexandria, and probably also Ammonius Saccus (Plotinus' teacher). He Christianized and theologized neo-Platonism. Each soul has individually fallen (emanation), and must find its way back to God (return) through the help of the Logos, Christ. Origen looks quite Gnostic at times. Works: On Principles, Against Celsus.]
PASCAL, BLAISE (1623-1662)
[French mathematician, scientist, and Jansenist. Influenced by Augustine.]
POLYCARP, Saint (c.69-c.155)
[Had a mystical vision which foretold his martyrdom by fire.]
PORETE, MARGUERITE (d. 1310)
[Works: The Mirror of Simple Souls.]
RICHARD of ST. VICTOR (d. 1173)
[Works: On Sacraments.]
ROLLE, RICHARD (1300-1349)
[Part of the "English school" of late mediaeval mysticism. Emphasizes the "physicality" of the mystical experience (feeling heat, seeing colours, etc.). Works: The Fire of Love.]
RUYSBROECK, JAN van (1293-1381)
[Flemish mystic, sometimes considered one of the Rhineland mystics, who outlined the stages of the mystical life. Works: The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage (Spiritual Espousals), The Sparkling Stone, The Book of Supreme Truth.]
SUSO, HENRY (1295-1366)
[A Rhineland mystic. Works: The Little Book of Truth, The Little Book of Wisdom (Horologium Sapientiae).]
TAULER, JOHANNES (1300-1361)
[Rhineland mystic and Dominican. He emphasized the inner person rather than outer works, and because of this became popular in Protestant circles in the Reformation, and later Pietism and Romanticism. Was part of the same community that produced the Theologia Germanica. Works: Sermons.]
TERESA of AVILA (1515-1582)
[Spanish Carmelite nun. Formed the Discalced (Barefoot) Carmelites, with St. John of the Cross. Is very important for describing the stages of the mystical journey. Influenced by Augustine. Works: Life, by Herself; The Way of Perfection; The Interior Castle.]
TERTULLIAN (c.155-c.222)
[A faith that is a contradiction to reason. First to use trinitarian formulation for God. Works: To Martyrs, Apology, Against the Valentinians, Against Marcion, On the Soul.]
THOMAS AQUINAS, Saint (1224-1275)
[Dominican monk and the greatest Catholic theologian and philosopher. Late in life, he had a mystical experience which caused him to question his scholastic past. Works: Summa Theologica, De Anima, others.]
UNDERHILL, EVELYN (1875-1941)
[British Anglican contributor to a revival of interest in mysticism. Works: Mysticism, 12th edition. (New York: Meridian Books, 1955) which lists texts, translations, and studies for many different mystics.]
WILLIAM of ST.-THIERRY (c.1085-1148)
[A Cistercian contemporary of Bernard's who also emphasized love-mysticism, but with subtle differences from Bernard in his use of Augustine. Works: Golden Letter, On the Contemplation of God, On the Nature and Dignity of Love.]
