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Karoline
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Somewhat accidentally reading five first-person spiritual narratives at the same time, written across a millennium and a half
Which is just fascinating. Augustine to Julian to Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Tennyson and the Psalms behind them all . . . watching the baton pass from hand to hand, altering and transforming and turning corners and picking up new passengers is amazing.
— Dec 16, 2025 07:19PM
Which is just fascinating. Augustine to Julian to Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Tennyson and the Psalms behind them all . . . watching the baton pass from hand to hand, altering and transforming and turning corners and picking up new passengers is amazing.
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Karoline
is on page 64 of 218
Song of Songs is very much running underneath these reflections! I might not have noticed if I hadn't read Bernard first. So far I'm loving the reverent Christology, the profoundly felt confidence in the believers's union with Christ, the awe-filled considerations of the Trinity, and the counsel on suffering well. I get skittish around the mystics, but these 30ish chapters are generally quite grounded!
— Oct 22, 2024 05:12PM
Karoline
is on page 53 of 218
"And for this litil peyne that we suffre here, we shal have an [high] endles knowyng in God whych we myght never have without that."
— Oct 22, 2024 01:18PM
Karoline
is on page 21 of 218
When I saw the many translations of the Shewings, I assumed they were written in medieval Latin. No, they were written in English. 🤦♀️ Middle English, but for anyone who can read Shakespeare, ME will click fast enough. Anyway. I shall read this English book in untranslated English, thanks.
— Oct 19, 2024 09:58AM
