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Engaging the Revelatory Realm of Heaven
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Books under Suspicion: Censorship and Tolerance of Revelatory Writing in Late Medieval England
"Books Under Suspicion: Censorship and Tolerance of Revelatory Writing in Late Medieval England" examines the censorship issues that propelled the major writers of the period toward their massive use of visionary genres. Kathryn Kerby-Fulton suggests that writers and translators as different as Chaucer, Langland, Julian of Norwich, "M.N.," and Margery Kempe positioned their work to take advantage of the tacit toleration that both religious and secular authorities extended to revelatory theology. The book examines controversial ideas as diverse as the early experimental humanism of Chaucer, censured beatific vision theology and the breakdown of Langland's A Text, Julian's authorial suppression of her gender, and the impact of suspect continental women's activism on Kempe. Kerby-Fulton also narrates success stories of intellectual freedom, tracing evidence of ecclesiastical tolerance of revelation, the impossibility of official censorship in a manuscript culture, and the powerful, protected reading circles for radical apocalypticism and mysticism, such as those of the Austins and the Carthusians. Until now, Wycliffism has been seen as the only significant unorthodox or radical body of writings in late medieval England. "Books Under Suspicion" is the first comprehensive study of banned non-Wycliffite materials in insular writing during the period of the Avignon and Great Schism papacies. It will interest scholars of late medieval religious history and Middle English literary history..
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Sola Scriptura and the Revelatory Gifts
Can we expect spiritual gifts to be operative in the church today as they were in the New Testament, or has God changed the way He relates to His church and through His church to the world? This is no peripheral issue, but it strikes at the heart of our ability to fulfill the commission Jesus Christ has given His church to attack the very gates of Hell by discipling the nations. If the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit indeed have ceased to function, those who attempt to exercise them are deceived, and they are wasting their time and energy on a gigantic effort in the flesh which is not only useless to accomplish anything of genuine spiritual value, but may even be counter-productive. On the other hand, if spiritual gifts are to be a part of our spiritual arsenal to accomplish the task before us, by ignoring them or resisting them we are severely limiting ourselves by removing God-given weaponry from the church. So the question of the present-day legitimacy of spiritual gifts, including the revelatory gifts, is of utmost importance. Don Codling’s in depth analysis of this crucial question is both comprehensive and evenhanded. He is able to avoid much of the obvious bias so prevalent on both sides of this volatile issue as he seeks to confine his discussion to “Sola Scriptura.” You will appreciate his scholarship and the calm tone with which it is presented. This is a must read for anyone who has wrestled with this question..
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The Revelatory Text: Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture.: An article from: Theological Studies
This digital document is an article from Theological Studies, published by Theological Studies, Inc. on March 1, 1993. The length of the article is 746 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: The Revelatory Text: Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture. Author: Karen A. Barta Publication:Theological Studies (Refereed) Date: March 1, 1993 Publisher: Theological Studies, Inc. Volume: v54 Issue: n1 Page: p165(2) Article Type: Book Review Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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