The Trinity
The Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology February 25, 2020 Rik Van Nieuwenhove, William Crozier
Mystical theology offers resources for contemporary Trinitarian theology. Drawing on Bonaventure, participation in the Trinity is necessary for doing Trinitarian theology, as vision requires participation. The writings of Hadewijch and Ruusbroec can help solve systematic problems: Ruusbroec's concept of regyratio—the Holy Spirit as the principle of the divine Persons' return to shared unity—can circumvent the problem of Trinitarian inversion, the tension between accounts of immanent processions and the sequence of historical missions of the Son and Holy Spirit in the economic Trinity.