Mysticism in Christianity can lead to many different questions when it comes to someone’s faith. Having mysticism allows people to question their faith because acts of God can happen to an individual without proof or explanation. An act of God that can cause mysticism in Christianity is a person’s rebirth during baptism. “There is consequently a relationship between the symbols that they employ and the realities that they accomplish” (Danielou, 191). Baptism’s present the element of water as the holy spirit coming into your life. Water is considered an element of purity and cleansing to many people. During a baptism, water is used to symbolize a rebirth to an individual, and during that person’s rebirth, they are born again with the
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“So it is a sharing in the life of the Three Persons that baptism communicates, when it is given ‘the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit’” (Danielou, 194). When a person is reborn they are given a power to communicate through the Trinity. This can also be very mystical to Christians because there are not three people standing in front of you talking to you. Also, the symbols of saying ‘in the name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit’ can mean different things to different people. For example, Origen says that the three represent the three days that past while Christ was in the tomb (Danielou, 195). Overall, baptism leads to mysticism within a person because from a very early age they are taught about the three persons in one person but they never really exposed to those three elements concretely. Mysticism plays a very important role in the life of a Christian. Leading a spiritual life, always allows a person to have mysticism because of the different symbols that are present during a Christians life. Even though the symbols can be the same throughout different religions and practices, they can all have many different meanings. The only symbols that really seems to be consistent throughout religions is water. Overall, mysticism can lead to many questions throughout a person’s life, but the answers lie directly within one’s faith and how strong it
“So it is a sharing in the life of the Three Persons that baptism communicates, when it is given ‘the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit’” (Danielou, 194). When a person is reborn they are given a power to communicate through the Trinity. This can also be very mystical to Christians because there are not three people standing in front of you talking to you. Also, the symbols of saying ‘in the name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit’ can mean different things to different people. For example, Origen says that the three represent the three days that past while Christ was in the tomb (Danielou, 195). Overall, baptism leads to mysticism within a person because from a very early age they are taught about the three persons in one person but they never really exposed to those three elements concretely. Mysticism plays a very important role in the life of a Christian. Leading a spiritual life, always allows a person to have mysticism because of the different symbols that are present during a Christians life. Even though the symbols can be the same throughout different religions and practices, they can all have many different meanings. The only symbols that really seems to be consistent throughout religions is water. Overall, mysticism can lead to many questions throughout a person’s life, but the answers lie directly within one’s faith and how strong it