stuartkmasters.bsky.social
Teacher and writer on Quaker and Christian history, theology and spirituality. Author of 'The Rule of Christ: Themes in the Theology of James Nayler’ (Brill, 2021) and forthcoming 'Friends of Love and Truth: The Quaker Faith' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025).
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Ah, yes. Sounds great!
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My initial thought is that she is denying that we have to earn God’s presence in some way.
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Ah, yes. A problem with understanding her intentions from a short passage taken out of context. I’m inclined to read her full work, which got her burned at the stake.
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My sense is that its entirely possible to hold a high view of the sacraments and still assert that all people can enjoy an intimate relationship with God without the need for physical/human mediators.
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I think she is writing in the context of late medieval Christendom when the Church often gave the impression that it was the gatekeeper to people's relationship with God and that the outward Sacraments where the only route to salvation. In that sense, Porete is a precursor of the Reformation.
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That's great to hear Maggie, thanks!
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That’s good to hear John. I think that Luke’s blessings and woes demand that kind of radical response.
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Exactly, he would do well to meditate on Matthew 5:43-48.
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