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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"confessors"”.
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CREATING SPACES OF THIRD GENDER IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NEW SPAIN: REPRESENTATIONS OF GENDER IN PORTRAIT PRINTS OF MEXICAN COLONIAL NUNS
… by nuns in convents under the order of their confessors. These vidas served as the basis for biographies of the sisters, which were written and distributed by confessors. Vidas frequently included printed portraits of the subjects on whom they were based. One important aspect of these …
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Wolves in Lamb's Clothing: Redeeming the Images of Catherine of Siena and Angela of Foligno
… and revealing their actions and visions to confessors. In their behavior and writings, both women supported the ideals of the Church. This conformity allowed Angela and Catherine to avoid charges of heresy and to carve out a space for themselves within the Catholic Church. However, both …
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Some Major Figures of Speech in the Letters of Saint Cyprian
… attention. His letters to the Martyrs and Confessors, replete with praise for their consummate bravery in facing the torture, with encouragement and exhortation to remain steadfast while keeping the thought of Heaven ever in their minds, and particularly letters to those in the mines all …
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Sanctity in Tenth-Century Anglo-Latin Hagiography: Wulfstan of Winchester's Vita Sancti Æthelwoldi and Byrhtferth of Ramsey's Vita Sancti Oswaldi
… monasticism which placed them in the ranks of confessors, thereby qualifying them for sanctity.
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The Changing Uses and Developments of Affectivity in the Practice of Confession (12th-13th centuries)
… by studying Latin pastoral sources, such as confessors’ manuals and compilations of *exempla*, in order to evaluate the application and interpretation, in confession, of the emotional teachings developed by scholastics; lastly, by using vernacular literature in order to determine how and in …
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The origins and transformation of the nonjuror schism, 1670-1715 : illustrated by special reference to the career, writings and activities of Dr. George Hickes, 1642-1715
… of the Church of England and its faithful confessors during the Great Rebellion had made anglicanism a martyr faith, passionately held. In this golden age of anglican patristic scholarship, the works of Ignatius of Antioch and Cyprian re-emphasized the conviction that episcopacy was of …
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Investigating the Provenance, Organisation and Themes of Erfurt, Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, I. 81
… its kind, it is laid out by category: martyrs, confessors and virgins. Many of the texts it contains are obscure and some are unique to it. It was first fully catalogued in 1940, and has since been used as a witness by countless scholars of British hagiography. The manuscript’s date and English …
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Mujeres de apocalipsis
Mujeres del Apocalipsis address new readings on gender in Colonial Latin-American Culture. The study is based on inquisition records of Beatas: pious woman, commonly accused of heretical behaviour. Women who gained freedom and a partial share of power through religion imaginary. A citical approach …