Literature & Sacrament: The Sacred and the Secular in John DonneDuquesne University Press, 1999 - 338 pages In this innovative study, Theresa DiPasquale examines John Donne's theological and ideological responses to the Reformation debate over the sacraments, and how this debate greatly influenced his view of the written word as visible sign and of the poet as the quasi-divine maker of that sign, and of the reader as its receiver. This study, then, attempts to reconstruct Donne's own, quite nuanced theology of sacrament to provide a guide to his poetics, and, in particular, to his conception of the exchange between author and reader." |
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Page 54
... seal of God's presence in our lives , a visible sign of the grace that works inwardly , Donne testifies to the sacramental value of all plenty : of copious wit as well as of material abundance . Rather than reject God's seal , we must ...
... seal of God's presence in our lives , a visible sign of the grace that works inwardly , Donne testifies to the sacramental value of all plenty : of copious wit as well as of material abundance . Rather than reject God's seal , we must ...
Page 222
... seals of the Church upon the person [ are ] ... visible sac- raments , ... the outward seal of the person , to the Church , visible works , [ and ] the inward seal of the Spirit , assur- ance " -that is , assurance of the final ...
... seals of the Church upon the person [ are ] ... visible sac- raments , ... the outward seal of the person , to the Church , visible works , [ and ] the inward seal of the Spirit , assur- ance " -that is , assurance of the final ...
Page 270
... seal that is inscribed upon the foreheads of the just by an angel with a " writer's inkhorn by his side " ( Ezekiel 9 : 3 ) ; the angel , Donne explains , " had a visible thing , Inke , to marke them withall " ( Sermons 10:53 ) ...
... seal that is inscribed upon the foreheads of the just by an angel with a " writer's inkhorn by his side " ( Ezekiel 9 : 3 ) ; the angel , Donne explains , " had a visible thing , Inke , to marke them withall " ( Sermons 10:53 ) ...
Contents
ONE Sacramental Crossing | 29 |
Two Deigne at My Hands | 58 |
THREE Cunning Elements and Artful Turns | 101 |
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