Mystical Union with God
The soul and God joined in love so close it transforms the one who is held
Mystical union with God is the soul's intimate, transforming union with God in love, sometimes called henosis or unio mystica. Writers such as Gregory of Nyssa, Bernard of Clairvaux, and John of the Cross explored its depths. It describes not a loss of the self but a profound communion in which the soul is drawn into and changed by the love of God.
How it traveled
- 1 JohnEphesus · 100explains
- Internal ConsolationZwolle · 1471applies
- An Invitation to Holy CommunionZwolle · 1471explains
- Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from ItGeneva · 1564explains
- Seventeen Occasional SermonsNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- HeavenNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- Five Sermons. On Different OccasionsNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New EnglandNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758applies
Key passages(20)
New Seeds of Contemplation · Thomas Merton
Five Sermons. On Different Occasions · Jonathan Edwards
An Invitation to Holy Communion · Thomas à Kempis
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
Five Sermons. On Different Occasions · Jonathan Edwards
Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England · Jonathan Edwards
An Invitation to Holy Communion · Thomas à Kempis
XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation · Jonathan Edwards
Narrative of Surprising Conversions · Jonathan Edwards
Internal Consolation · Thomas à Kempis
Internal Consolation · Thomas à Kempis
Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John · Augustine of Hippo
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John · John Chrysostom