Christological Aspects of the Mystical Union with God in John of Ruusbroec and the Arnhem Mystical Sermons
This article presents how John of Ruusbroec and the anonymous author of the sixteenth-century Arnhem Mystical Sermons treated the issue of the immediate union of the human person with God. Ruusbroec attempted to express that there is no qualitative difference between the mutual love of the Father an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
2011
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Sacris erudiri
Year: 2011, Volume: 50, Pages: 505-537 |
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| Summary: | This article presents how John of Ruusbroec and the anonymous author of the sixteenth-century Arnhem Mystical Sermons treated the issue of the immediate union of the human person with God. Ruusbroec attempted to express that there is no qualitative difference between the mutual love of the Father and his Only-Begotten-Son on the one hand, and every good person on the other. This by no means implies that a fusion occurs between Christ and the person, because union occurs through a continuous, inner, present coming of Christ in the person. The Arnhem Mystical Sermons treated this issue equally carefully, though with slightly different emphases. The Arnhem Mystical Sermons describe deification through the indwelling of Christ in the human person, but indicate as well that no human person can have the experience of the manners of knowing, loving and enjoying Christ’s soul, precisely because of the unicity of the hypostatic union. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-9025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sacris erudiri
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.SE.1.102636 |