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doing when we are knowing?’”^178 McGinn was deeply influenced by Lonergan, and McGinn’s questions of what is the mystical elemen ...

how Reformed theologians can handle the contemporary retrieval of Isaac Ambrose and his sources. Conclusion This thesis has rais ...

Chapter 2 will explore the critical theme of examining the biblical-theological foundation of union with Christ, often called sp ...

demonstrated similar contemplative practices and experiences during his daily activities of ministry the other eleven months. Wh ...

areas of resistance to or suspicion of mysticism by Reformed theologians. Karl Barth will be employed as one of the more promine ...

Chapter 2 Biblical and Theological Foundations of Spiritual Marriage Is it thus, O my soul? hath the Lord Christ indeed discover ...

many possible images used to express the mystical themes within spirituality.^2 While that is true, for the Reformed and Puritan ...

historical roots of this metaphor in Bernard of Clairvaux and John Calvin, two individuals who influenced Ambrose. The Puritan e ...

New Testament Scriptures included Matthew 25; John 17; 1 Corinthians 6:17; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:32; 1 John 1:3 and Re ...

nature of Rutherford’s Letters.^13 Unfortunately, there is no Protestant counterpart to Ann Matter’s study of the medieval usage ...

completion of the journey.^18 Further, this period has often been called the “Twelfth- Century Renaissance” that among other thi ...

which was Bernard’s favorite Scripture to express union with God.^22 And, “[f]urthermore, ‘he who is united to the Lord becomes ...

Calvin uses the same imagery later when he declares: This union alone ensures that, as far as we are concerned, he has not unpro ...

for Calvin.^30 However, the most significant distinction, especially as it relates to this chapter, is that while Song of Songs ...

theme. Ronald Wallace accurately summarizes this crucial aspect of Calvin’s theology, “[w]hen we have such communion with him by ...

ought to be between the husband and the wife.”^38 “Figure and type” clearly reveal a more dynamic engagement with the text and i ...

mystical end.”^43 However, in practice, even the distinctions between typologies and allegories could blur.^44 Further, the Puri ...

allegorical reading.^50 Previously Augustine had advanced a double literal reading of Scripture based on 2 Corinthians 3:6, “[t] ...

Consequently this leads some contemporary scholars to contend that the Puritan allegorizing of the Song of Songs was due to thei ...

from the model of their experience with Christ in spiritual marriage.^62 Amanda Porterfield observes that earthly marriage mirro ...