That branch of theology which deals with the higher forms of mental prayer and with the extraordinary phenomena in the lives of the saints, such as ecstasies and visions. See also, mysticism.
That branch of theology which deals with the higher forms of mental prayer and with the extraordinary phenomena in the lives of the saints, such as ecstasies and visions. See also, mysticism.
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