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Thank you all for the instinctive response that this image is unexpected, as I thought it was but appreciate the confirmation.
It occurs in a visionary sermon from the 1510s by Madre Juana de la Cruz of Cubas, Spain, abbess of a beaterio incorporated into the Franciscan order as Third Order, in the compilation _El Conhorte_. The sermon, attributed to Jesus speaking through Juana
while she was in rapture, is for the feast day of St. Francis. During it, Francis and Jesus discuss being espoused and Francis is called his wife, then a page later Jesus goes on to want to marry all Franciscans.
I suppose the broader question is really whether "bride of Christ" was ever a term applied to male religious of any order. I'm familiar with the re-gendering in which abbots posit themselves as mothers of their monks or passive/feminine in relation to
God, but I don't know whether "bride of Christ" was ever applied across genders.
Thank you for any thoughts you might have!
Jessica A. Boon
Assistant Professor, Medieval/Early Modern Christianity
Saunders 113, Dept. of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
On Jan 16, 2015, at 4:20 AM, Revd Gordon Plumb <000000648c720e9f-
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I am curious to know the context that prompted this question. I have never come across reference to Francis as the bride of Christ; Yes, there is plenty of
reference to Francis and his espousal to Lady Poverty and there is much later reference to Francis as "alter Christus", but "bride of Christ" is new to me.
Gordon Plumb
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Greetings. I am curious whether the application of the "bride of Christ" model to Saint Francis was at all common, and if so, would greatly appreciate primary sources and/or scholarship discussing it.
Thank you in advance.
Jessica A. Boon
Assistant Professor, Medieval/Early Modern Christianity
Saunders 113, Dept. of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
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