Christian Mysticism

Christian Mysticism is perhaps one of the least understood doctrines in the Church today!  The word mysticism itself is often defamed, as it is not defined within the Judeo-Christian sense with many in the Church. It simply must be seen in its reality as biblical, theological, and certainly Pauline and Johannine.  There is a certain mystical reality to the NT revelation, as both St. Paul and St. John can bring testimony ( Gal.2:20 / Rev.1:12-13), not to mention really Moses, and the OT Prophets. The whole Scriptural history and revelation is based upon God’s own self-disclosure, this produces the immediate principle of authority, which is finally the Spirit Himself speaking in the Holy Scripture, but also in the Christian himself. But the NT mysticism is in the revelation of Christ Jesus Himself…”who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Cor. 4:6) And certainly all those who have seen and felt this in their heart and soul, can say amen! (See, Rom. 8:14-16 / 1 Peter 1:8)