Catholic Theology in Shakespeare's PlaysUniversity of Delaware Press, 2008 - 226 pages Explores and reexamines Shakespeare's theology from the standpoint of revisionist history of the English Reformation. |
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Page 148
... indulgence set me free . In the religious context of Jacobean England and the court of James I , " indulgence " was obviously an important and risky word , a word fraught with powerful theological implications to which Shake- speare ...
... indulgence set me free . In the religious context of Jacobean England and the court of James I , " indulgence " was obviously an important and risky word , a word fraught with powerful theological implications to which Shake- speare ...
Page 149
... Indulgence is satisfied onely , for the bond of paine , or punishment . . . " 5 Prior to the Council of Trent , the Council of Constance ( 1414- 18 ) had directed questions against the Wycliffites and Hussites on the subject of indulgences ...
... Indulgence is satisfied onely , for the bond of paine , or punishment . . . " 5 Prior to the Council of Trent , the Council of Constance ( 1414- 18 ) had directed questions against the Wycliffites and Hussites on the subject of indulgences ...
Page 155
... indulgence . The terminology of “ crimes ” and “ par- don " expresses an English Protestant tendency , “ faults " and " indulgence " a Latinate Catholic one . The lines thus reflect the contrast between the Protestant notion of grace as ...
... indulgence . The terminology of “ crimes ” and “ par- don " expresses an English Protestant tendency , “ faults " and " indulgence " a Latinate Catholic one . The lines thus reflect the contrast between the Protestant notion of grace as ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Shakespeares Theology of Grace | 40 |
Nuns and Friars | 57 |
Copyright | |
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