Mysticism and the Renaissance: A Survey of Church History with W. Robert Godfrey
Ligonier Ministries
teaching
January 10, 2026
Toward the end of the Middle Ages, Western scholars became more proficient with ancient languages and texts. In this message, W. Robert Godfrey explains how this reality equipped Christians with new tools to help them understand the words of Scripture.
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This message is from part 2 of Dr. Godfrey’s study series A Survey of Church History. Learn more: https://learn.ligonier.org/series/a-survey-of-church-history-part-2
Topics
mysticism and the renaissancemysticism in literaturethe renaissance and the enlightenmentmysticism in english literaturethe history of the renaissancewhat was the renaissancewhat is mysticism in literaturemysticismesotericismphilosophy













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