God, Church, and Self (Volume C)

Erasmus ( )

Protestant Reformation Ninety-Five Theses (1517) church indulgences, clerical offices Plague, Schism personal devotion over public ritual vulgar language over Latin marriage for priests and nuns Grace and salvation

Protestant Reformation (continued)

religious upheaval skepticism mysticism personal acts of faith conceit, metaphor, turns of phrase San Juan de la Cruz Teresa of Ávila erotic language Devotional Poetry

Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) “I didn’t see who inflicted them on me, but, as it seemed to me, I felt myself burning and crumbling; and I repeat the worst was that interior fire and despair” (p. 760).

San Juan de la Cruz (1542–1591) “I stayed there, self forgotten, leaning over my lover” (Song II: 36–37). “How peaceful and how loving you waken on my bosom” (Song III: 19–20).

Arcangela Tarabotti (1604–1652) “The father themselves die of grief in ignominy, only to be shut up forever within a narrow tomb—a fitting punishment for having shut up their own daughters within four walls” (p. 767).

John Donne (1572–1631) financial hardship Catholic in Protestant England secret marriage to a House of Lords daughter metaphysical conceit “Thou’rt like a pilgrim, which abroad hath done Treason…Or like a thief…” (Sonnet 4)

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