The Mystical Fulfilment of a Spiritual Ideal: Common Love in Baldwin of Forde, Beatrice of Nazareth and the Vita Beatricis
This contribution treats the theme of common love' in the Cistercian tradition, and specifically in Baldwin of Forde's, Beatrice of Nazareth'sand the. It is impossible to establish definitively whether Beatrice knew Baldwin's text, and yet he provided a rich synthesis of the the...
| Subtitles: | "Beatrice of Nazareth (1200-1268): Milieu - Mysticism - Influence" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2018]
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Ons geestelijk erf
Year: 2018, Volume: 89, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 295-316 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | This contribution treats the theme of common love' in the Cistercian tradition, and specifically in Baldwin of Forde's, Beatrice of Nazareth'sand the. It is impossible to establish definitively whether Beatrice knew Baldwin's text, and yet he provided a rich synthesis of the theme of common love and the common life as rooted in the common love of the Persons of the Trinity. Beatrice mentions such love only once in her short text, but for her too, it has important Trinitarian implications. While for Baldwin, common love is a spiritual ideal, Beatrice describes this love as the fullness of the soul's transformative mystical encounter with God. Finally, in the, we see an example of how this theme is woven into the hagiographical account of Beatrice's life. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-1652 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ons geestelijk erf
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/OGE.89.3.3287358 |