Published: 2020-10-23

Kinds of mystical cognition in the missive by John of the Cross

Grzegorz Wiończyk

Abstract

Saint John distinguishes between two kinds of cognition: the natural one and the supernatural one. He divides the supernatural cognition into two more subdivisions: specific and extracted one and general and dark one, which is described as contemplation. The specific and extracted supernatural cognition is divided into physical cognition and the spiritual one. The latter one, according to saint John of the Cross, includes: revelations, words, spiritual feelings and visions. Based on testimonies of Saint John questioning the status of clear cognition (in raptum) seems justifiable.

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Wiończyk, G. (2020). Kinds of mystical cognition in the missive by John of the Cross. Silesian Historical and Theological Studies, 52(1), 113–126. https://doi.org/10.31261/SSHT.2019.52.1.08

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Vol. 52 No. 1 (2019)
Published: 2020-04-30


ISSN: 0137-3447
eISSN: 2956-6185

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Instytut Gość Media/Księgarnia św. Jacka

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