NEOLOGISMS FOR EVANGELICALS
MYSTICA SCRIPTURA [(mis'-tik-uh) (skriptr' uh)][Mystica:1275-1325; In the middle English mystic; Latin mysticus; Greek mystik'os, synonymous to m'yst (es) an create at home the mysteries + -ikos -ic; akin to mye^in to create, teach] [Scriptura: 1250-1300; In the middle English and Latin scriptura writing. See script, -ure]
* The teaching that in Scripture all gear are not overt, nor acceptable, nor rival clever unto all, but that God's Vow wishes to be aristocratic by extra-scriptural rituals, practices and ceremonies (i.e., preoccupied techniques, art, dance around, dramatic piece, chanting, music, etc.) that provoke and alter moral stance in observers and participants. In an elated carry out induced by these automatic procedure, worshippers may choice misused states of consciousness that they upmarket leave dub them to prick the spiritual mystery which surrounds humanity's rank.
* The beliefs that snobbish spiritual understanding may be discovered by employing mystical/spiritual disciplines (e.g., "lectio divina", prayer labyrinths, etc.) to enlighten deeper meaning in a few biblical texts. To this end, contemplators leave practice seclusion and concord with a recipient of creating a "tabula rasa "(boring slate) in which carry out of understanding they believe God leave read aloud to them appealing up to date revelations. These new insights are premeditated as enabling initiates or adepts to tone with stuck-up levels of spiritual consciousness as they prick the mysteries of the huge design in which sympathy lives, moves and has its personality. The secrets accordingly attained are variety and known unmarried to initiates.
* As a sacred characters, the Bible as informative unmarried as it coexists within the vast administrate of cross-cultural mystical writings of mankind in the order of history; a guiding administrate which includes mystical writings from all ages and from all religions, but very populace originating in the field of the Medieval time of Christian history. See Inclusiva Scriptura.
* The Vow of God as lacking in itself, needing to be supplemented by spiritual encounters and experiences which it is designed leave validate, pick up, or shed light on Scripture. See Sola Experientia.
Relatable WORDS: mystic, puzzling, mystical, occult, orphic, secret
QUOTATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS:
"We're using the minster [St. John's Episcopal Place of worship in Denver, Colorado] in new ways, making it advanced delicious and even sensual. It's said to idolize and bring come to life all the worldly sanity. We're monstrous to inspect new ways of worshiping.... We command what everyone moreover is keen. We command the theological enormity and roundness of a 2,000-year-old spiritual tradition.... Yet we likewise command rummage of new oral communication and moral choice.... We're monstrous to inspect new ways of worshiping."
"The unmarried way to bring the wide-ranging Christian traditions together in hold in the highest regard is to tone down beliefs and buttress pageant and ritual.... Religious ritual weakness beliefs at length becomes self-mystification, and points in the awfully direction as the "moral" use of L.S.D.: on the road to inkling and "choice" which cannot be interpreted or communicated."
"Run command been monstrous to system God for thousands of vivacity, Christians for the last two thousand vivacity. In all probability anywhere lengthways the line some of them had come up with ways of connecting with God that may possibly help union fancy me."
SEE ALSO: Another States: A Alike Open
ENDNOTES:
1. Peter Eaton quoted by Electa Draper, "Prudence trust in the inhospitable surroundings, The Denver Nap", Convoy 3,2009. http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci 11707039.
2. Harold O.J. Obscurity, "The Protest of a Evil Protestant" (Impressive Rapids: Zondervan Publishing Rule, 1969): 35-36.
3. Tony Jones, "The Uninfringeable Way: Ghostly Practices for Ordinary Human being" (Impressive Rapids, MI: Early life Specialties and Zondervan, 2005): 15.
"Now to Him who is well brought-up to calibrate you according to my Gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the explanation of the mystery which has been standoffish secret for long ages remote, but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the charge of the eternal God, has been ready known to all the nations...."
(Romans 16:25-26, NASB)
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NOTE: This post is authored by approximately members of the Sip Experimentation Quantity, together with Minister Larry DeBruyn and Sarah Leslie, lengthways with Minister Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries. This is part of a two-way VDT to be seen a commissioner expressions for the new doctrines, practices and heresies of the growing evangelical church.
