medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
"in 1567, the nuns - all but a handful - became converts to Protestantism
but without wishing to relinquish their monastic profession. Shock horror!
Is this a sign of degeneracy or evidence that A & H's standards of
intellectual rigor were still flourishing!"
Considering the efforts A took to be reconciled with the Church before his
death, and his death on the way to see the Holy Father to regularize his
situation, I'm not sure what his reaction would be to the above. As for H,
who knows? But considering her legendary obedience to A, I suspect she would
have looked to him for guidance.
Both died "in the Church." So we must conclude either that their
"intellectual rigor" guided them to remain there or had gone away... Doesn't
seem to be a middle ground.
MG
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