The Heretic Christian

Spirituality—Christian Style 1/3

Kyrie Dicentis Season 3 Episode 3

Kyrie says: After a debate about what “traditional Christian mysticism,” is, I searched for a definition that would make sense to most Christians. In a dissertation written by a Ph.D. candidate from a school of theology, the Introduction formed a path through specifically Christian Spirituality to Christian  Contemplation to Christian Mysticism. It ended with a section on the Christian Prophet, which I did first, because it's a subset of Christian Mystics. 

But this first is about Spirituality.

This evolution from average church-going believer to Christian wanting and needing to keep moving toward a more intimate relationship with Christ, seems to fit the paths laid out by most of the major mystics I'm familiar with.  

Using the paper as a base, I offer to you the ideas and definitions, intending to retain what the theologian said, while making the language more accessible to a general audience.

HOWEVER - THIS IS NOT A TOPIC EXCLUSIVE TO THE ELECT. Consider these three things referred to as bringing the mystery of Christ into your own life:

  • The Incarnation...bringing Christ to the world in practical service to others.   
  • The Crucifixion...embracing a daily dying to the wants of the material self.
  • The Resurrection.....a rebirth in the Spirit, leading to living a new life in the here and now. 

Every follower of Jesus Christ is on some section of the path.  But these are the things those on the path, fully share. 



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