Knowledge Alone is not Enough
David Torkington
November 6, AD2023
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A Letter to a young mother of four who asked my opinion on the Essence of Mystical Theology. I am sorry I should have clarified
The Sense of the Sacred – Back to the Faith of Our Fathers
David Torkington
September 26, AD2023
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In a talk that I have just recorded in a series I am giving on prayer, I tell how, as the Director of the Diocesan
The Liturgy and Personal Prayer
David Torkington
June 23, AD2022
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Many of the great theologians and scripture scholars who preceded and had such an influence on the Second Vatican Council had for historical reasons been
The Absence of Mystical Theology – The Modern Malaise
David Torkington
December 11, AD2019
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Continuing A Brief History of Christian Mystical Spirituality: Part 9 When the constitution on the liturgy was promulgated at the end of the Second Vatican
Moral and Mystical Theology: Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP
David Torkington
January 29, AD2019
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It was after Quietism (1687) was condemned that the faithful were left with a spirituality that was primarily a moral teaching, without the love derived
The Demise of Mystical Theology
David Torkington
November 25, AD2018
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Love and Happiness It has always been believed that happiness depends on love more than on anything else. The greater the love, the greater the
Celibacy and Sexual Deviancy – Mystical Theology Has the Answer
David Torkington
October 22, AD2018
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Celibacy has been the very heart and soul of the inner dynamic life and energy in the Church from the start and the endless source of
Simply Learning to Love: The True Meaning of Mystical Theology
David Torkington
January 23, AD2018
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Many years ago Bishop Casey of Brentwood, England, asked me to set up a Residential Retreat and Conference Centre in Chingford, London. He wanted to use
De-Mystifying Mystical Theology: What It is and Why We Need It
Charlie Johnson
August 31, AD2016
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Catholic’s may not kick around the term “mystical theology” much these days, but it is far from a dead science. Spiritual Theology is another popular
