The Sacramental View of the World in the Old English Wisdom Poetry
Probing the relationship between Old English wisdom poetry and the Christian faith, I suggest that Old English wisdom poetry demonstrates a sacramental view of the world. After a short biographical description of my transition from a Baptist to an Anglican church, where I gained a newfound appreciat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Religion & literature
Year: 2019, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 175-185 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old English language
/ Wisdom literature
/ Sacrament
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBF British Isles |
| Further subjects: | B
FAITH (Christianity)
B DOCTRINAL theology B Wisdom in literature B OLD English poetry B Sacraments |
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| Summary: | Probing the relationship between Old English wisdom poetry and the Christian faith, I suggest that Old English wisdom poetry demonstrates a sacramental view of the world. After a short biographical description of my transition from a Baptist to an Anglican church, where I gained a newfound appreciation of the sacraments, I examine the sacramental view of nature in Old English wisdom poems such as Maxims I and II as well as in Tt,lfric's Sermo de sacrificio in diepascae. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-6911 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/rel.2019.0025 |