Questions tagged [spirituality]
Relationship between an individual Christian and God, and different ways to perceive or live this relationship.
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Is Christianity with reason wrong? [closed]
Is it wrong to try to reach God with reason instead of faith?
I really believe that logical reasoning is the way to get closer to God but since I was a kid my parents and relatives keep telling me ...
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What arguments have been advanced against “Angel Therapy”?
From AngelTherapy.com, I found this short description:
Angel Therapy is a non-denominational spiritual healing method that involves working with a person's guardian angels and archangels, to heal and ...
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Reformation objections to lectio divina?
It is becoming popular in Protestant circles to embrace traditional Roman Catholic (RC) mysticism, such as the practice of lectio divina. For example, see this page on the website of Timothy Keller's ...
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Is spirituality different than superstition? [closed]
Since Enlightenment we seem to have entered an age where “reality” is often confined to empirical explanations. Yet the Bible speaks of a spiritual reality that is not open to empirical investigation. ...
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Is there any protestant method how to deal spiritual dryness?
In Catholic tradition, there are books on spiritual dryness (Dark Night of the Soul by st. John of the Cross is the most famous) and it is mentioned in Catechism of Catholic Church too. Eastern ...
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Do Western Christians confuse Mysticism with Emotionalism? [closed]
I repeatedly hear Western Christians repudiate mysticism. This post is NOT about the merits or dangers of Christian mysticism. Another question addresses that sufficiently. This question deals with ...
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How did the Inquisition impact modern Christianity?
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How did the Inquisition impact modern day Christianity own sense of morality and spirituality?
What do these things mean to a ...
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Why do Evangelicals like a spirituality book by a 16th century Catholic monk?
I recall in my early days as a Christian I remember reading a book called ‘The Practice of the Presence of God’ by a Monk called Brother Lawrence in France. It always baffles me a bit that this book ...
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What does the Orthodox church consider to be the defining features of Christian meditation?
There are many different kinds of meditation or prayer, Christian and non-Christian. However, I am confused regarding actual difference because these varieties, both Christian and non-Christian, seem ...
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Vacillating passion for Christ [closed]
Throughout a person's life they might experience some incredible highs in their relationship with Christ. They might receive answers to prayers and/or a bounty of unexpected blessings. A person might ...
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Is Meister Eckhart's teaching condemned by the Roman Catholic Church?
Meister Eckhart was a thirteenth-fourteenth century philosopher, theologian, and mystic who lived and worked in the Dominican Order.
In later life, he was accused of heresy and brought up before the ...
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Where in the Pentateuch does it indicate that it's better to sin against God than against your spiritual director?
From The Ladder of Divine Ascent:
Do not be surprised at what I am going to say (for I have Moses to
support me). It is better to sin against God than against our father;
for when we anger God, ...
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Neurotheology and God [closed]
Does the field of Neurotheology present a threat to Christianity?
Neurotheology is a field of science that tries to correlate brain states to spiritual experiences, such as speaking in tongues, ...
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What distinguishes Christian meditation from the Catholic tradition from non-Christian meditation? [closed]
There are many different kinds of meditation or prayer, Christian and non-Christian. However, I am confused regarding actual difference because these varieties, both Christian and non-Christian, seem ...
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When to attribute things in this world to things not of this world [closed]
Some Christians take every situation and claim "God did this" or "the holy spirit is moving in this place" when something good happens, and "Satan did this" or "this place has evil spirits" when ...
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Is the book “The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley” a legitimate collection of Wesley's journal entries?
The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley, written by Daniel R. Jennings, claims to be a compilation of John Wesley's supernatural experiences. The book claims to be compiling these stories from ...
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How is praying understood within the “Death of God” theology?
Theologians like Hamilton and Altizer defend a "secular Theology" that tries to banish the Deus ex machina of traditional Theism. So far so good, but how does one pray before God etsi Deus non ...
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War between the ‘inner being’ and the ‘fleshly nature’
When people are saved, what is God’s purpose for not sanctifying the ‘flesh’ when the spirit is reborn to prevent the struggle believers have in obeying Him? (Evangelical perspective)
The Apostle ...
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What does it mean by “Selling one’s soul to Devil”?
I became very interested (by it means, curious) about the selling soul to devil in past few weeks? You probably had heard the most popular example of this: Robert Johnson, Paganini etc. I researched ...
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What is “Christ Consciousness”?
I have heard this term used and would like more info about this idea. It really sounds like a hippie thing...
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How do spiritual fathers of Catholic Church explain a sudden urge to pray?
I'd like to know how Catholic spiritual masters explain the urge to pray. Is it considered inspired by the Holy Spirit? Should we surrender to that urge?
I was doing some research on that topic, but I ...
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Difference between spirit and soul and consciousness
From my reading of the Bible, spirit gives Man a consciousness of God and soul gives Man a consciousness of the self and the body gives Man consciousness of the world. Spirit is also the immaterial ...
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Are spiritual pleasures > carnal pleasures, according to Catholicism?
Does Catholicism consider spiritual pleasures greater than carnal/sexual/bodily pleasures?
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What does 1 Corinthian 2:15 mean?
Is this verse saying that spiritual people are above the judgment of those who are not spiritual?
Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others....
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Whether Ignatian spiritual exercises are good for the discernment of vocation according to Thomistic understanding of vocation?
All I know about Ignatian spiritual exercises was orally transmitted to me from priests and others, therefore I may misunderstand Ignatian spiritual exercises and in that case please correct me.
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Does the Catholic church have an officially-sanctioned, organized form of spirituality analogous to Orthodox hesychasm?
According to my understanding, hesychasm, along with asceticism, is the official, traditional, and uniformly accepted spiritual path of the Orthodox church. Is there an analogous, well-defined, widely-...
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Hearing Bell sounds - What does the Bible say about bells? [closed]
Recently I have heard many bell sounds during times of heavy spiritual warfare & physical troubles. I know i'm not crazy because I've had relatives and friends hear them as-well. They come from ...
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Where does one draw the line between spritiual attack and spiritual defense? [closed]
I recently uploaded a picture to Facebook in the style of the KEEP CALM posters, which said "KEEP CALM, JESUS IS COMING". I knew before I posted it that I would likely receive spiritual attack from ...
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The Glory Be prayer and consolation - Catholic Spirituality
Is there a Catholic author who discussed how praying the Glory Be prayer can provide consolation? I am looking for a book/article on that topic.
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Are Satan and Lucifer the same entity/being? [duplicate]
I’m highly confused about this. Whenever I search up something about the princes of hell or just satanism in general (out of curiosity), they always say something like Satan, ___ , Lucifer, ____ as if ...
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What is the correlation between cosmic energy and Christianity? [closed]
At Church (Calvary Chapel) I don't remember exactly what the pastor was talking about but he mentioned the phrase "cosmic energy" when relating to what it is to be in Christ.
I was surprised just by ...
