mystical theology

American

noun

the branch of theology dealing with mysticism and mystical experiences.

Etymology

Origin of mystical theology

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

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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.

From Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought by Redgrove, H. Stanley (Herbert Stanley)

The treatise on Mystical theology contained in Chapters X. to XXI., the investigation of Divine locutions, Visions and Revelations in the concluding portion of the work could have had no place in any previous writing.

From The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus by Teresa, of Avila, Saint

Mystical theology is not a science of the imagination, but of feelings; we do not understand it by study, but we receive it from heaven.

From Books Fatal to Their Authors by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

"Mystical theology begins by maintaining that man is fallen away from God, and craves to be again united with Him."

From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph

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