The Apocrypha Series (3/7) "Apocryphal Books of the OT Justified"!

Edwards Notes - NotePad
October 16th 2012
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"It can be quite confusing, but what I am going to attempt, is to distinguish the differences of these similarities, as well as to define and explain with clarity, so in the end we can have a complete understanding".
- EDGT.Urquico

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Islam -  Sufism
Judaism - Kabbalah
Christianity - Christian Mysticism
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Merkur on the Problem of Theosophy for Christian Mysticism


The basic problem was theosophy. The transcendent monotheisms of Islam and Judaism permitted theosophy to become dominant trends in Sufism and the kabbalah, but the Christian doctrine of the incarnation was unable to accommodate a theosophical approach to mysticism. The uniqueness of Christ could not readily be reconciled with a theosophy that comprehended the whole of creation as a series of hypostases. For Christ to be the only begotten son of God, his hypostatic union had to be unique. Hypostases could not be universal phenomena, as they are in Ismai'ilism, Sufism, and the kabbalah.
Gnosis, An Esoteric Tradition of Mystical Visions and Unions, p.240

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- EDGT.Urquico
The Main topic: Problem of Theosophy for Christian Mysticism
The sub-topic is Theosophy in relation with Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
- Monotheistic religions

("But the Christian doctrine of the incarnation was unable to accommodate a theosophical approach to mysticism. The uniqueness of Christ could not readily be reconciled with a theosophy that comprehended the whole of creation as a series of hypostases. For Christ to be the only begotten son of God, his hypostatic union had to be unique. ")

Within the context of Christian doctrine, concerning the incarnation

He was explaining that Islam and Judaism allowed Theosophy to dominate, in parts of Sufism and the kabbalah! But in contrast
to Christianity he was explaining that Theosophy would have no place, the difference would lie on the fundamentals of the religion itself, that within the context of the Christian doctrine, concerning the incarnation
- EDGT.Urquico

in essence Theosophy could not penetrate Christian Mysticism,

a possible theosophical approach to mysticism

within context to
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David J. Stewart of jesus-is-savior.com

"Christian mystic?  There is NO such thing as a "Christian mystic."  Christianity has nothing to hide."

Who is Emanuel Swedenborg?  He was an unsaved heretic, a Modernist, who falsely claimed to be a Christian...
Clearly, Swedenborg believed in a works based salvation, which is a sure road to Hell (Romans 3:20; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8,9).  Carefully notice that Swedenborg was a "Christian mystic" ...

"....but would also hold that Christianity was but one path to follow to "the Divine."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AChristian_theosophy)
Since Theosophy holds that all religions are attempts by mankind to connect with "the Divine," Christian Theosophy would simply be Theosophy with a Christian distinctive..i.e. that a "Christian Theosophist" would continue to believe the basic tenets of Christianity, but would also hold that Christianity was but one path to follow to "the Divine."
Apparently a Christian Theosophist would be compelled to forgo any belief in Jesus Christ as "the only begotton Son of God."