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Mystical union may refer to: *
Mysticism Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in u ...
, the pursuit or experience of direct communion between a believer and an ultimate reality, divinity, spiritual truth, or God *
Mystical theology Mystical theology is the branch of theology in the Christian tradition ...
, the school of thought which treats of acts and experiences or states of the soul which cannot be produced by human effort *
Union with Christ In its widest sense, the phrase union with Christ refers to the relationship between the believer and Jesus Christ. In this sense, John Murray says, union with Christ is "the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation." The expression "in Ch ...
, the doctrine of Christ's union with Christians *
Hypostatic union ''Hypostatic union'' (from the Greek: ''hypóstasis'', "sediment, foundation, substance, subsistence") is a technical term in Christian theology employed in mainstream Christology to describe the union of Christ's humanity and divinity in one hyp ...
, term in Christian theology to describe the presence of both human and divine natures in Jesus Christ *
Sacramental union Sacramental union (Latin: ''unio sacramentalis''; Martin Luther's German Language, German: ''Sacramentliche Einigkeit'';''Weimar Ausgabe'' 26, 442.23; ''Luther's Works'' 37, 299-300. German: ''sakramentalische Vereinigung'') is the Lutheranism, Lu ...
, the Lutheran theological doctrine of the presence of the body and blood of Christ in the Christian Eucharist. {{disambig