Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 374

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§68.

REPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING

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the mysticism of the emotions, or of a papal infallibility.

The

prophet, the mystic, and the bishop of

sinners,

and

Rome

are all

of each of these three it is affirmed, not that

conceive or imagine something concerning

God

they

of themselves,

but that there has gone out or goes out upon them an operation of the Holy Spirit, which eo ipso, as wrought by God, bears the divine mark of genuineness. In the application only

do these inspiration, internal light and infallibility differ. The most general conception of this inspiration is that of the He is the individualist takes, therefore, every mysticus. sinner by himself and now thinks that God, being desirous to reveal Himself to sinners, could scarcely do this in any other way than by communicating Himself separately to every This represinner, and thus make Himself known by each. Entirely sentation is both the most primitive and simple. aphoristically God makes Himself known first to A and then That they should know of each other is not necessary. to B. Every one spiritually sick sits as it were in a cell of his own, and in this separated cell receives the visit of the heavenly Thus it goes on from year to year, and from age Physician. This inspiration repeats itself in land upon land. to age. In the main it is always the same, and can only vary accordWith all ing to age, sex, nationality, needs of the soul, etc. these variations the type of this inspiration remains unchangeable. It is ever God Almighty turning Himself to the individual sinner, and making Himself known in His eternal mercies. The truth of this mysticism lies naturally in the high estimate of the personal element in religion, and in preaching that not only every individual person must come to his God, but also, that G-od must reveal Himself to every individual, so that the secret walk with Grod may be found by every one for his own soul. As a fundamental principle of theology (principium theologicum), on the other hand, this representation of the internal light (lumen internum) is of no use whatever, simply because it rests on fiction. If it were true, if the Lord our God did give to each one personally not merely a disposition, an emotion, a perception, but a real knoivledge of God, then he who has been thus mystically in;

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