The Spiritual Espousals

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The Spiritual Espousals

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Also known as: “Die Chierheit der gheesteliker Brulocht”, “The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage”(Show More)

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Jan van Ruysbroeck
…Chierheit der gheesteliker Brulocht (1350; The Spiritual Espousals), considered to be his masterpiece, develops his view of the Trinity and is a guide for the soul in search of God. Though his many writings were produced for his contemporary Augustinians, they spread rapidly through Latin translations and anticipated the 15th-century…
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…Chierheit der gheesteliker Brulocht (1350; The Spiritual Espousals), considered to be his masterpiece, develops his view of the Trinity and is a guide for the soul in search of God. Though his many writings were produced for his contemporary Augustinians, they spread rapidly through Latin translations and anticipated the 15th-century…
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Dutch literature
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…of the Spiritual Marriage, or The Spiritual Espousals), concerning the soul in search of God. His work was part of a renewed ecclesiastic concern to instruct the laity, which resulted in a wealth of Bible stories, legends, and didactic short stories. Of these, Beatrijs, an early 14th-century Flemish verse rendering…
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…of the Spiritual Marriage, or The Spiritual Espousals), concerning the soul in search of God. His work was part of a renewed ecclesiastic concern to instruct the laity, which resulted in a wealth of Bible stories, legends, and didactic short stories. Of these, Beatrijs, an early 14th-century Flemish verse rendering…
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