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You're probably familiar with the poem Dark Night of the Soul, by St.
John of the Cross; it contains some startlingly sensual imagery
concerning the union of soul with deity --
http://www.poetseers.org/spiritual-and-devotional-poets/christian/the-works-of-st-john-of-the-cross/dark-night-of-the-soul/
The author assumes a feminine role in the poem ...
Anna Graham
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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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
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> On Jan 16, 2015, at 4:20 AM, Revd Gordon Plumb
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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.
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> Thank you in advance.
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> Jessica A. Boon
> Assistant Professor, Medieval/Early Modern Christianity
> Saunders 113, Dept. of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
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