Saturday, September 11, 2010
Mystics or Christians....But Not Both
“We may be mystics, or we may be Christians. We cannot be both. And the pretension of being both usually merely veils defection from Christianity. Mysticism baptized with the name of Christianity is not thereby made Christianity. A rose by any other name will smell as sweet. But it does not follow that whatever we choose to call a rose will possess the rose’s fragrance.” - Benjamin B. Warfield (Read entire paper here)
Additional Resources
Roman Catholic Monastic Mysticism
Mysticism: A Counterfeit Holy Spirit
Fighting For The Faith Interview on Mysticism
Mysticism: Spiritual Crack
Roman Catholic Mysticism and the Emergent Church Movement