medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Rob
if you are saying that transcendentally God is masculine and creation
is feminine, are you also implying that, at a transcendental level,
masculine is perfect and feminine imperfect? What do you think are
the implications your interpretation?
Quoting Rob Howe <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Courtesy of C. S. Lewis in "Perelandra / Vogage to Venus". He argued
> in this
> book that all men, and all the universe, by comparison to God's
> masculinity
> (not maleness) is feminine (not female); a principle of transcendence
>
> explored more fully in general in "The Great Divorce". Is this
> grounded in
> patristic/Bilical teaching?
>
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e. corbari
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