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The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage: The Book of Supreme Truth: Chapter II. A Short Repetition of All the Highest Teachings Written by the Author

Christian MysticismFlemish MysticismJan van Ruysbroeck

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Behold, I have said this: that the contemplative lover of God is united with God through means, and also without means, and thirdly, without difference or distinction; and this I find in nature, and in grace, and also in glory. Further I have said that never creature may be or become so holy that it loses its created being and becomes God; even the soul of our Lord Jesus Christ shall ever remain creature, and other than God. Yet, none the less, we must all be lifted up above ourselves into God…

The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage: The Book of Supreme Truth: Chapter II. A Short Repetition of All the Highest Teachings Written by the Author

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