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God, Church, and Self (Volume C)
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Erasmus (1498-1543)
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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
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Protestant Reformation (continued)
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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
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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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