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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 God must reveal Himself to every individual, so that the secret walk with God may be found by every one for his own soul. As a fundamental principle of theology, on the other hand, this representation of the inner 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 knowledge of God, then he who has been thus mystically inspired should be able to speak just like the prophets of old, and the witness of one should confirm the witness of another. Such, however, is not the case. You never receive from these mystics a clear communication of what has been revealed in this way to enrich our knowledge of God. For the most part they even avoid clear language, and hide themselves behind indefinite expressions of feeling and sounds without rational sense
Abraham Kuyper
Principles of Sacred Theology, 350-351

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It is important to realize that the encounter between Greek philosophical thought and Christian theology did not lead to a Hellenization of Christianity. Rather, it led to the development of a mysticism whose prime concern was to avoid such intellectual idolatry by ensuring that the worship of God did not get reduced to philosophical categories that corrupted it by their inadequacy.God Has Spoken, 306

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