Throughout Christian history, mystics have been recognised as “great souls”: women and men whose lives display an unusual depth of prayer, moral seriousness, spiritual authority, and love for God and neighbour. Here are twenty of them. Who else, in your opinion, should make the list?
- Augustine of Hippo
- Gregory of Nyssa
- Evagrius Ponticus
- Macrina the Younger
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Francis of Assisi
- Meister Eckhart
- Julian of Norwich
- Catherine of Siena
- Teresa of Ávila
- John of the Cross
- Brother Lawrence
- George Fox
- Isaac of Nineveh
- Seraphim of Sarov
- John Wesley
- Evelyn Underhill
- Simone Weil
- Thomas Merton
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Image source: St Augustine of Hippo (public domain).
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