RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Cistercians, Christian Mysticism, Secular Clergy
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Divine love: julian evil was a distortion introduced by human will that served to reveal the divine love of god more clearly (contrast theodicy) Land and took as their biblical model the. Maccabees: carthusians, 1084, austere carthusian order demanded vow of silence from its members, like the benedictine abbey of fecamp, near the english. Manichaesm: centred on a view of existence as a struggle between light and darkness, highly critical of roman. Europe and england, termed white friars: celibacy, insistence that priests be celibate became stronger in the. Middle ages: rationales included, the spiritual benefit of surmounting worldly desires, the practical benefit of freedom from the responsibilitites of marriage and parenthood . Shieeeeet: in addition, it worked against the tendency for institutional influence to become concentrated in particular families since it made hereditary priesthood impossible. Simple souls influenced christian mystics for centuries: beghards, attracted by the beguine new style of religious life, but in smaller numbers.