mystical theology

noun

First recorded in 1605–15

Man, mystical theology asserts, has sprung from God, but has fallen away from Him through self-love.

Now, this atmosphere was, as I have indicated in a previous essay, surcharged with mystical theology and mystical philosophy.

Mystical theology teaches that the powers and life of the soul are not inherent in it, but are given by the free grace of God.

"That is what mystical theology calls 'the Night Obscure,'" answered M. Bruno.

He published a great quantity of verse, and also of somewhat mystical theology.

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