“Illius sponsi thalamus fuit uterus virginis”: The Womb of Mary as Bridal Chamber in Augustine’s Thought about Sexuality
Abstract This article examines the image of Mary’s womb as the bridal chamber in which the Word and the flesh, the divine and the human natures of Christ, are united. The image presents the reader with a paradox – the Word and the flesh engage in a divine unification and comingling in the womb of th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Religion & theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 299-328 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Maria, von Nazaret, Biblische Person
/ Body
/ Sexuality
/ The Divine
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HC New Testament NBJ Mariology |
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Augustine
B City of God B Virgin Mary, Womb B Tractates on the First Epistle of John B John Chrysostom B Christian Sexuality B First Epistle of John |
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