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-Within the [[Judeo-Christian]] tradition, '''bridal theology''', also referred to as '''mystical marriage''', is the [[New Testament]] portrayal of communion with Jesus as a marriage, and God's reign as a wedding banquet.<ref name=Kenda>{{Cite book  | last1 = Kenda  | first1 = Creasy Dean | title = Practicing passion: youth and the quest for a passionate church | year = 2004 | publisher = Eerdmans Pub. | location = Grand Rapids, Mich.  | isbn = 0-8028-4712-9 | pages = 124–126 }}</ref> This tradition in turn traces back to the [[Old Testament]].<ref>{{Cite book  | last1 = Balthasar | first1 = Hans Urs von | last2 = Fessio | first2 = Joseph | last3 = Riches | first3 = John Kenneth | title = The glory of the Lord: a theological aesthetics | year = 1983 | publisher = Ignatius Press  | location = San Francisco  | isbn = 0-89870-249-6 | pages =  }}</ref> This theology has influenced the works of [[Catherine of Siena]], [[Teresa of Ávila]], [[Gregory the Great]] and [[Bernard of Clairvaux]].<ref name=Kenda/> A similar concept existed in [[Valentinianism|Valentinian Gnosticism]] with the notion of the [[bridal chamber]], which involved a marriage to one's heavenly counterpart.<ref>http://www.gnosis.org/library/valentinus/Valentinian_Sacramental.htm</ref> <ref> [http://books.google.ca/books?id=5Rx0oruxQg0C&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=valentinian+bridal+chamber&source=bl&ots=784kHiP7dc&sig=WjnkFy_8O0XIeuZ0WCCQMixFwmo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qVJyUN7AGu200AGC1oCYCw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=valentinian%20bridal%20chamber&f=false] Philip L. Tite, ''Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse''</ref> Some mystics take this 'marriage' as a symbol of Union with God and hence, no negative connotations are sharpened for orthodox thinkers.
-==See also==
-* [[Bride of Christ]]
-* [[Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine]]
-* [[Spirit spouse (in dreams)]]
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