The revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden. Volume 2, Liber caelestis. Books IV-V / translated by Denis Searby; introduction and notes by Bridget Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373.

Contributor:

Searby, Denis Michael.

Morris, Bridget.

Standardized Title:

Revelationes. Selections. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private revelations.

Visions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

St. Brigitta of Sweden (1303-73, canonized 1391) was one of the most charismatic and influential visionaries of the later Middle Ages. Altogether, she received some seven hundred revelations, dealing with subjects ranging from meditations on the human condition, domestic affairs in Sweden, and ecclesiastical matters in Rome, to revelations in praise of the Incarnation and devotion to the Virgin. Her Revelations, collected and ordered by her confessors, circulated widely throughout Europe and long after her death. Many eminent individuals, including Cardinal Juan Torquemada, Jean Gerson, and Ma

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; The Entire Birgittine Corpus; BOOK IV; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 St. John Exhorts the King to Lead a Better Life; CHAPTER 2 About a Fantastic Beast and a Fish; CHAPTER 3 On the Rights of Succession in the Country; CHAPTER 4 The Struggle between a Good and a Bad Spirit in the Conscience of a Lady; CHAPTER 5 St. Peter Bemoans the State of Rome; CHAPTER 6 St. Paul Speaks of the Conversion of St. Stephen the Martyr; CHAPTER 7 A Soul in Judgment; and a Description of Purgatory; CHAPTER 8 Further on the Revelation above, and the Sufferings of Purgatory

CHAPTER 9 On Six Ages of Purgatory for the Soul Mentioned above, and His Voices of Woe How His Time in Purgatory May Be Shortened; CHAPTER 10 A Complaint about the Inhabitants of Rome; CHAPTER 11 St. Agnes Describes the ''Wedding'' of the Virgin; Birgitta's Renunciation of Her Children; the World Is Like a Cooking Pot; CHAPTER 12 Advice to God's Friends, and to Birgitta, with the Images of a Fist and a Shepherd; CHAPTER 13 On Tears and Almsgiving; CHAPTER 14 The Devil Is Like a Snake, a Lion, and a Dog; CHAPTER 15 A Parable about a Mother and Two Sons, and about God's Prophecies

CHAPTER 16 The Church and God Are Like a Goose and a Hen and about Indulgences in Rome; CHAPTER 17 St. Agnes Describes a Proud Lady in a Carriage and Elaborates on the Symbolism of the Wheels; CHAPTER 18 Birgitta Praises the Virgin, and Is Prepared by the Apostles to Go to Christ on Behalf of All the Faithful; CHAPTER 19 On the Virgin's Beauty; She Is Compared to a Goldsmith; CHAPTER 20 St. Agnes Encourages Birgitta to Stand Firm, and Alludes to a Corrupt Woman; God Is Like an Eagle; CHAPTER 21 Birgitta Is Encouraged to Keep Teaching and Converting Others

CHAPTER 22 Various Messages about Present-Day SinnersCHAPTER 23 St. John and the Virgin Discuss a Sinful Cleric; the Devil as Coin-Maker; and of Seven Signs; and the Man Is Identified in the Explanation as a Cistercian Who Repented; CHAPTER 24 The Brewing of Beer Is Likened to the Swelling of People's Hearts; CHAPTER 25 A Comparison of a Bride before a Bed-Curtain and Advice to a Man Who Was Steadfast; CHAPTER 26 Virtues, Especially Obedience, Are Like Flowers on a Tree; CHAPTER 27 A Man's Counterfeit Devotion Is Compared to a Poorly Equipped Squire in Battle

CHAPTER 28 On Three Types of BreadCHAPTER 29 Spirits of the Devil Hold Instruments of Torture; CHAPTER 30 On the Need for Fine Apparel; CHAPTER 31 Conversion Is Like a Grain of Gold in Sand; CHAPTER 32 Reassurance for the Composer of the Prayer of Praise; CHAPTER 33 A Description of the Wretched State of Rome and of Its Clerics; CHAPTER 34 About the Imminent Torture of a Man; CHAPTER 35 An Excess of Material Possessions Is Discouraged; CHAPTER 36 About Degenerate Monks and Knights; CHAPTER 37 God's Anger toward the World, Which Is Like an Open Sack

CHAPTER 38 Birgitta Should Not Place Her Trust in Dreams, Which Can Be Happy or Sad

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-029029-3

0-19-972175-0

9786611769581

1-281-76958-4

OCLC:

476246034

Publisher Number:

9780195166262