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[Anonymous No.10340332]

Where should I begin with Christian mysticism if I only have a basic knowledge of Christianity? I feel Jesus calling me.

[Anonymous No.10340337]

>>10340332
The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 1, verse 1

[Anonymous No.10340340]

>have only basic knowledge of christianity
>want to get into christian mysticism
"hey guys I hardly know my times table, how do I get into quantum mechanics?"

[Anonymous No.10340342]

>>10340332
Yeah read a gospel.

“22 Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.“

[Anonymous No.10340343]

>>10340332
Consider The Jesus of Nazareth trilogy by pope Benedict XVI, Confessions of st. Augustine and Imitation of Christ of Thomas Kempen.

[Anonymous No.10340740]

>>10340332
You begin by accepting that the entire universe was created so that God could manifest himself on just one of trillions of planets, as an ethnic minority in a far-flung satellite province of the Roman empire, so that, by living 33 human years without sinning once and subsequently getting executed vis-a-vis crucifixion, as many were at the time, the entire human race was saved, on the condition that they except this event as true and follow Christ's teachings.

[Anonymous No.10340743]

>>10340332
Believe it or not, you're just a gay faggot, op.

[Anonymous No.10341296]

>>10340332
Don't, come to the patrician religion instead