Journal article
The Middle English Myrrour of Symple Soules: more than a ‘rhetoric’ of deification?
- Abstract:
- This essay argues that the glosses in the late fourteenth- to early fifteenth-century Middle English work þe Myrrour of Symple Soules are more theologically coherent than has previously been posited. Focusing on the discussion of “usages” that they contain, as well as on the importance of freedom, a case is made for reading many of the annotations as advocating a Thomist/ Bonaventurean account of deification, that is, an account of deification in which the soul loves God through a created habitus that allows the Holy Spirit to work in it through participation without obliterating it. Although a more theologically conservative understanding of deification than usually posited of the original Mirouer, it is argued that the translator demonstrates concern that his readers understand what it means to be deified in union with God, and as such sets out to offer them more than a “rhetoric of ecstasy.”
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 393.0KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1484/J.VIATOR.5.123300
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- Publisher:
- Brepols Publishers
- Journal:
- Viator More from this journal
- Volume:
- 50
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 227-259
- Publication date:
- 2021-02-18
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-07-17
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2031-0234
- ISSN:
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0083-5897
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1123120
- Local pid:
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pubs:1123120
- Deposit date:
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2020-08-01
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- Brepols Publishers
- Copyright date:
- 2020
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- © 2020, Brepols Publishers.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Brepols Publishers at: https://doi.org/10.1484/J.VIATOR.5.123300
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