Definitions 2 Flashcards
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Cathrine of Siena origin:
an Italian mystic woman who wrote prophetic word about God. She was pretty but refused to get married because she just wanted to serve God but she also didn’t want to become a nun. She persuaded the pope to return to Rom but unfortunately he dies.
Mantellate
Widowed women devoted to charitable works, what Cathrine of Siena wanted to be but wasn’t allowed to become till later.
Cathrine of Siena what the soul is made of:
The soul is made in God’s image and likeness, giving her memory, understanding, and will. Understanding is moved by affection and it in turn nourishes affection. Affection is love’s hand. Remembrance makes the soul caring instead of indifferent, grateful instead of thankless. SO each power lends a hand to the other, thus nourishing the should in the life of grace. “The soul cannot live without love she always wants to love something because love is the stuff she is made of, and through love I created her”
Cathrine of Siena: Memory, Reason/will, and sensuality.
Memory Is holding knowledge of past experiences and reminds the soul of God’s truth.
Reason/Will is the direction toward or away from God. Pain is in the will if not aimed at God.
Sensuality: The base human carnal desire like emotions, hunger, desires.
Together they make up the human person’s experience and how they relate to God.
Two goals:
Vice and Virtue and both require perseverance through the 3 steps.
The Bridge of Christ three steps:
(purifying) 1 at the feet of Jesus: End of Vice: the soul removes itself from negative influence. It is here because it fears hell but doesn’t love Jesus in any way.
(mercenary) 2 Heart of Jesus: Love and virtue: The soul is filled with love and virtuous qualities but still is mixed with some selfish desires.
(perfect) 3 mouth of Jesus: Taste Peace: The soul experience inner peace and fulfillment and one with God. Jesus speaks truth to the soul and kisses it.
The bridge allegory
There is a bridge with thorns and a river and foolish people will try to swim to the river but die at the thorns on the shore the only way to get across is through the bridge of christ.
(Thomas Aquinas) Charity on the way:
love real love with god is growing as we progress through this life
(Thomas Aquinas) Charity of the homeland:
Heavenly love as we are now one with God.
The Will in Cathrine of Siena
The most seat of self your innermost soul.
Anchorites
what Julian of Norwich became. They built a small room to live out the rest of their lives in on the side of a church to completely devote their lives to God. They gave council through a small window
Boniventure is the contrast to
St. Dominic
St. Francis is the contrast to
Thomas Aquinas
The significance of seeing the 4 spiritual families (Thomas, Boni, Dom, and Fran) in paradise:
They influenced each other and in the canto are seen praising each other even though there is much strife about the religious ideas they crafted into the world. Dante is praising all of their perspectives equally as valid and influential.
Misere
Psalm 51 Indolent chant
Ante Purgatory
Waiting area for the first level of excommunicated who repented before dying. They must wait 30 times the length of their earthly stubbornness before starting purification.
The second level the late repentant who were lazy to repent till the very end of their lives
The third level of The died violently or suddenly but had turned to God
Terrace 1
Prideful are bent over carrying heavy stones that keeps them bowed towards the earth looking at marble graven images. They learn humility through the beatitude “blessed are the poor in spirit”
Terrace 2
Envious have their eyes sewn shut and they’re leaning on each other. They learn to be merciful
Terrace 3
Wrathful walk through thick smoke to learn gentleness “blessed are the peacemakers”
Terrace 4
Slothful run consistently to learn zeal for the spirit. They learn to be mournful to atone for the fact that they had no feeling towards their spirituality in their life.
Terrace 5
Avarice are lying face down to purge their greed “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness”
Terrace 6
Gluttonous suffer extreme hunger and thirst. They are surrounded by luscious trees and water but cannot eat it to learn moderation. Their beatitude is “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake”
Terrace 7
The lustful walk through walls of fire they learn “blessed are the pure in heart”
The summit of purgatory
The garden of eden is at the top its where the souls cleansed get ready to ascend heaven, and be lifted by a divine to reach it.
