The imagined community of the church as a means of resistance and comfort in the Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
Faced by pressure to take the Oath of Supremacy, More grounded his resistance to Henry VIII in his argument that he had the consensus of the whole corps of Christendom on his side. In this article, I argue that More accessed that consensus through acts of the imagination. In the Dialogue of Comfor...
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
[2018]
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Moreana
Year: 2018, Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 150-167 |
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Church
B Martyre B Christendom B Eglise B Martyrdom B Consensus B Thomas More B Chrétienté |
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| Summary: | Faced by pressure to take the Oath of Supremacy, More grounded his resistance to Henry VIII in his argument that he had the consensus of the whole corps of Christendom on his side. In this article, I argue that More accessed that consensus through acts of the imagination. In the Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, More imaginatively evokes the community of the church through his creation of a fictional frame that encompasses multiple generations, nations, and languages and demonstrates his ample vision of the church. Through his use of Psalm 91 as an organizing device for the Dialogue, More identifies the shared experience of suffering as an identifying feature of the church. Connecting himself to this community through acts of the imagination, I argue, helped More to resist Henry VIII, find comfort in his imprisonment, and prepare himself for death. Pressé de prêter serment à l'Acte de Suprématie, More a basé sa résistance à Henry VIII sur l'argument que la communauté des chrétiens tout entière était de son côté. Dans cet article, je démontre que More est arrivé à ce consensus par un acte d'imagination. Dans le Dialogue du réconfort, More évoque, en l'imaginant, la communauté de l'Eglise tout entière, en créant un cadre fictionnel qui traverse une multiplicité de générations, de nations et de langues, montrant ainsi sa vision très large de l'Eglise. C'est en utilisant le Psaume 91 comme structure interne de son Dialogue, que More identifie l'expérience partagée de la souffrance comme trait singulier de l'Eglise. En se connectant lui-même à cette communauté par l'imagination, More, comme je le montre, a réussi à résister à Henry VIII, à trouver un certain réconfort dans sa prison et à se préparer à la mort. |
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| ISSN: | 2398-4961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Moreana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/more.2018.0040 |