Christian mysticism refers to the development of mystical practices and theory within Christianity. It has often been connected to mystical theology, especially in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christianity (both the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox traditions).
The attributes and means by which Christian mysticism is studied and practiced are varied. They range from ecstatic visions of the soul's mystical union with God to simple prayerful contemplation of Holy Scripture (i.e., Lectio Divina).
The experiences of mystics are often framed within theological approaches to God, such as Quietism,Jordan Aumann, Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition (Sheed & Ward 1985 ), p. 247 and p. 273 Pietism, etc.; therefore, in order to aid in the understanding of Christian mysticism, this list includes some philosophers, theologians, anonymous theological books, religious groups and movements whose ideas and practices have had an influence on Christian mystics and the Christian mystical experience.
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1st century John the Baptist (c. 6 BC– c. AD 30) Simon Peter (? –c. 64–68); Paul the Apostle (? –c. 66); Mark the Evangelist (c. 12 AD–c. 68 AD) Luke the Evangelist (c. early 1st century) John the Apostle (? –c.100);
2nd century Hermas (freedman) (2nd century) John of Patmos (2nd century) Origen (c. 184-253)
3rd century Dionysius of Alexandria (?-264) also known as Dionysius the Great Gregory Thaumaturgus (213–270) Anthony the Great (c. 251–356) Desert Fathers (3rd c.)
4th century Macarius of Egypt (c.300–90) Augustine of Hippo (c.354–430) Priscillian of Ávila (d.385) Evagrius Ponticus (345–399) John Chrysostom (c.347–407) John of Lycopolis (d.c.394) Gregory of Nyssa (c.340–94) John Cassian (c.360–434) Maron (4th c.) Desert Mothers (4th–5th c.)
5th century Stephen Bar Sudhaile (5th century)
6th century Aeneas of Gaza (d. c. 518) John Climacus (525–606); Maximus the Confessor (c.580–662); Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (5th–6th c), also known as Pseudo-Dionysius; Julianus pomerius (6th c);
7th century Isaac of Nineveh (7th c); Anastasius Sinaita (7th c);
8th century Aldebert (8th century)
9th century Johannes Scotus Eriugena (c.810–77); Donald F. Duclow, “Isaiah Meets the Seraph: Breaking Ranks in Dionysius and Eriugena?” (1991), reprinted idem, Masters of Learned Ignorance: Eriugena, Eckhart, Cusanus (Ashgate, Variorum, 2006), 67–83 .
10th century Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022); Gregory of Narek (951–1003); Wiborada (d. 926); Fisher, Annika Elizabeth. "Wiborada", Holy People of the World, (Phyllis G., Jestice, ed.), ABC-CLIO, 2004
11th century Niketas Stethatos (c.1005 – c.1090) Gundolfo (teaching in 1024); Bruno of Cologne (c.1032–1101); Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109); Hugh of St Victor (c.1078–1141), also known as Hugh the Saxon; William of St. Thierry (c.1085–1148); Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153); Henry of Lausanne (d.c. 1148), also known as Henry the Monk; Christina of Markyate (1097–1161) Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179); Cathars (11th to 13th century);
12th century Peter Lombard (c.1100–1160); Aelred or Ailred of Rievaulx (1110–1167); Peter of Bruys (1117–c.1131); Alain de Lille (c. 1128–1202); Elizabeth of Schonau (1129–1164); Joachim of Fiore (c.1131–1202); Peter Waldo (c.1140–1218); Adam of St. Victor (d.1146); Thierry of Chartres (d.c.1150); Hadewijch of Antwerp (c.1150–1200); Yvette of Huy (1158–1228); David of Dinant (c.1160–1217); Richard of St. Victor (d. 1173); Waldensians (c.1177–1532); Edmund Rich (c.1180–1240); Francis of Assisi (1181–1226); Lutgardis (1182–1246);Wiethaus, Ulrike. "Luitgard of Aywieres", Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia, ed. Richard K. Emmerson. Routledge, 2013 Guigo II (d. 1188 or 1193) Clare of Assisi (1194–1253); Anthony of Padua (1195–1231); Marie of Oignies (d.1213); Alice of Schaerbeek (d.1250);
13th century Thomas Gallus (c.1200–1246) Beatrice of Nazareth (1200–1268) David of Augsburg (c.1200–1272) Albertus Magnus (1200–1280) Brethren of the Free Spirit (c.1200) Amalric of Bena (died c. 1204–1207), also known as Amaury de Bène or Amaury de Chartres; also known as Almaricus, Amalricus, Amauricus Mechthild of Magdeburg (1210–1285 or 1295) Douceline of Digne (1214–1274) Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (1221–1274) Joachim of Flora (1135-1202) Jacopone da Todi (c.1230–1306) Ramon Llull (c.1232–1315) Marguerite d'Oingt (of Mionnay) (c.1240–1306/1310) Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1241–1299) Christina von Stommeln (1242–1312) Angela of Foligno (1248–1309) Gertrude the Great (1256–1302), also known as Gertrude of Helfta Leonard Foley OFM, Saint of the Day, Lives, Lessons, and Feast (revised by Pat McCloskey OFM), Franciscan Media] Juliana of Cornillon (d.1258) Ida van Leeuw (d.1260) Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) Heilwige Bloemardinne (1265?-1335) also known as Heilwijch Blomart Christina Ebner (1277–1355) Margareta Ebner (1291–1351) John of Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) Gregory Palamas (c.1296–1359) Henry Suso (c.1296–1366) Ida of Louvain (d.1300); Marguerite Porete (of Hainaut) (d.1310) Agnes Blannbekin (c. 1244–1315) Elizabeth of Spalbeek (d.1316) Henry of Nördlingen (d. c. 1352) Gertrude of Oosten (d.1358) Gerard Appelmans (13th c) The Ancrene Rule (13th c) Beguines and Beghards (13th c)
14th century Richard Rolle (c.1300-49) Johannes Tauler (c.1300-1361) Jeanne Daubenton (d. 1372) Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373) Rulman Merswin (c.1307-82) William Flete (d.c. 1383) Nicholas of Basel (1308–1397) Nicholas Kabasilas or Cabasilas (1319/1323-1392) William Langland (c. 1330-1400) Geert Groote (1340–84) Walter Hilton (d.1396) Walter Hilton, The Scale of Perfection, translated by John P. H. Clark and Rosemary Dorward, (New York: Paulist Press, 1991), pp. 13 ff. Julian of Norwich (1342–1416) The Cloud of Unknowing (c.1345-1386) Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) Finnegan, Mary Jeremy. "Catherine of Siena: The Two Hungers." Mystics Quarterly 17, no. 4 (1991): 173–80. .Foster, Kenelm. "St Catherine's Teaching on Christ." Life of the Spirit (1946–1964) 16, no. 187 (1962): 313. . Book of the Nine Rocks (c.1351) Hendrik Mande (c.1360-1431) Jean le Charlier de Gerson (1363–1429) Gerard Zerbolt of Zutphen (1367–1398) Margery Kempe (1373–1438) Dorothea of Montau (1347-1394) Gerlac Peterson (1378–1411) Lydwine of Schiedam (1380–1432) Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) Nicholas Cabasilas (14th c) Nicholas of Strasburg (14th c) Henry of Norlingen (14th c) Friends of God (14th c) Theologia Germanica (late 14th c) Turlupins (14th c)
15th century John Norton (d. 1462) Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) Denys of Rykel (1402–1471), also known as Denis the Carthusian Hendrik Herp (c. 1410-1477) Joan of Arc (1412–1431) Alain de la Roche (1428–1475) Columba Rieti (c.1430-1501) Catherine of Genoa (1447–1510) Osanna Andreasi of Mantua (1449–1505) Richard Methley (b.1451) Garcias de Cisneros (c.1456-1510) Hans Böhm (d.1476) Balthasar Hubmaier (c. 1480–1528) Bernardino de Laredo (1482–1540) La Beata de Piedrahita (c.1485—1524) Andreas Karlstadt (1486–1541) Catherine of Racconigi (1487–1574) Thomas Müntzer (c. 1488–1525) Caspar Schwenckfeld (1489/90–1561) Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) George Blaurock (c. 1491–1529) Paracelsus (1493–1541) Osanna of Cattaro (1493–1565) Hans Denck (c.1495-1527) Menno Simons (1496–1561) Battistina Vernazza (1497–1587) Conrad Grebel (c. 1498-1526) Felix Manz (c. 1498–1527) Sebastian Franck (1499–1542) Peter of Alcantara (1499–1562) Nicholas Storch (d. 1525) Francisco de Osuna (d.c.1540) Lucia of Narni (15th c)
16th century Juan of Avila (1500–1569) Alonso de Orozco Mena (1500–1591) David Joris (c.1501-1556) Hendrik Niclaes (c.1501-1580) Luis de Granada (1504–1588) Louis de Blois (1506 – 1566) also known as Blosius Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) also known as Teresa of Jesus Philip Neri (1515–1595) Catherine de Ricci (1522–1590) Diego de Estella (1524–1578) Luis de Leon (1528–1591) Juan de los Angeles (1536–1609) John of the Cross (1542–1591) Martin Moller (1547–1606) Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) Balthasar Walther (1558–c. 1631) Benet of Canfield (1562–1610) Thomas a Jesu (1564–1627) Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566–1607) Marie of the Incarnation (Carmelite) (1566–1618) - also known as Madame Acarie François de Sales (1567–1622) Cecilia del Nacimiento (1570–1646) John of St. Samson (1571–1636) Joseph Hall (1574–1656) Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) Pierre de Berulle (1575–1629) Augustine Baker (1575–1641) Joseph Leclerc du Tremblay (1577–1638) Rose of Lima (1586–1617) Louis Lallemant (1587–1635) Charles de Condren (1588–1641) Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament (1590-1660) Angelique Arnauld (1591–1661) Nicholas Ferrar (1592–1637) Maria Angela Astorch (1592–1665) George Herbert (1593–1633) Abraham von Franckenberg (1593–1652) Agnes Arnauld (1593–1671) Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline) (1599–1672) Los Alumbrados (16th c) Francisco de Osuna (16th c) Bernardino de Laredo (16th c) Isabel de la Cruz (16th c) Pedro de Alcaraz (16th c)
17th century Jean Joseph Surin (1600–65) John Eudes (1601–80) María de Ágreda (1602–1665) also known as Maria of Jesus, or Blue Nun Adam Boreel (1602–1665) Ursula de Jesus (1604–1666) Thomas Browne (1605–1682) Dame Gertrude More (1606–33) John Pordage (1607–1681) Jean-Jacques Olier (1608–1657) John Reeve (1608–1658) Thomas Totney (1608–1659) Gerrard Winstanley (c.1609-55) Benjamin Whichcote (1609–83) Ludowicke Muggleton (1609–98) Brother Lawrence (c. 1610-1691) Richard Crashaw (c.1612-49) Antoine Arnauld (1612–94) Jeremy Taylor (1613–67) Henry More (1614–87) Isaac Penington (1616–79) Antoinette Bourignon (1616–80) Ralph Cudworth (1617–88) John Smith (Platonist) (1618–52) James Nayler (1618–1660) Thomas Vaughan (philosopher) (1621–1666) a.k.a. "Eugenius Philalethes" Henry Vaughan (1622–1695) Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) Jane Leade (1624–1704) Angelus Silesius (1624–77) also known as Johann Scheffler George Fox (1624–1691) Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627–1704) François Malaval (1637-1719) Miguel de Molinos (1628–1697) Úrsula Micaela Morata (1628–1703) Thomas Bromley (1629–1691) Philipp Jakob Spener (1635–1705) Thomas Traherne (c.1636-74) Charles Marshall (1637–1698) Johann George Gichtel (1638–1710) Johann Jacob Zimmermann (1644–1693) Jakob Ammann (c.1644-1730) Pierre Poiret (1646–1719) Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–80) Madame Guyon (1648–1717) also known as Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Johann Wilhelm Petersen (1649–1727) Quirinus Kuhlmann (1651–1689) François Fénelon (1651–1715) Georg von Welling (1652–1727) The Light upon the Candlestick (1663) Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714) Johannes Kelpius (1673–1708) Louis de Montfort (1673–1716) Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675–1751); Kimpa Vita (1684–1706), also known as Dona Beatriz John Heylyn (1685–1759) William Law (1686–1761) Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) Christoph Schütz (1689–1750) Conrad Beissel (1691–1768) Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696–1787) Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769) Collegiants (17th c) Pierre Guerin (17th c) Joseph Salmon (17th c)
18th century Sarah Pierpont (1710–58) - also known as Sarah Edwards Catalina de Jesús Herrera (1717-1795) John Woolman (1720–1772) Hindiyya al-'Ujaimi (1720-1798) Hryhori Skovoroda (1722–94) Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724–83) Jean Grou (1731–1803) Ann Lee (1736–1784) Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin (1743–1803) Karl von Eckartshausen (1752–1803) William Blake (1757–1827) George Rapp (1757–1847) Seraphim of Sarov (1759–1833) William Wordsworth (1770–1850) Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat (1773–1838) Anna Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824) William Miller (1782–1849) Madame Swetchine (1782–1857) Justinus Kerner (1786–1862) Bernhard Müller (1788–1834)