Stefania Tutino
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199740536
- eISBN:
- 9780199894765
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199740536.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Philosophy of Religion
Robert Bellarmine was one of the pillars of post-Reformation Catholicism: he was a celebrated Jesuit theologian, a highly ranked member of the Congregations of the Inquisition and of the Index, the ...
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Robert Bellarmine was one of the pillars of post-Reformation Catholicism: he was a celebrated Jesuit theologian, a highly ranked member of the Congregations of the Inquisition and of the Index, the censor in charge of the Galileo affair. Bellarmine was also one of the most original political theorists of his time, and he participated directly in many of the political conflicts that agitated Europe between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. This book offers the first full-length study of the impact of Bellarmine’s theory of the potestas indirecta in early modern Europe. Following the reactions to Bellarmine’s theory across national and confessional boundaries, this book explores some of the most crucial political and theological knots in the history of post-Reformation Europe, from the controversy over the Oath of Allegiance to the battle over the Interdetto in Venice. The book sets those political and religious controversies against the background of the theological and institutional developments of the post-Tridentine Catholic Church. By examining the violent and at times surprising controversies originated by Bellarmine’s theory, this book challenges some of the traditional assumptions regarding the theological shape of post-Tridentine Catholicism; it offers a fresh perspective on the centrality of the links between confessional affiliation and political allegiance in the formation of the modern nation-states; and it contributes to our understanding of the development of “modern” notions of power and authority.Less
Robert Bellarmine was one of the pillars of post-Reformation Catholicism: he was a celebrated Jesuit theologian, a highly ranked member of the Congregations of the Inquisition and of the Index, the censor in charge of the Galileo affair. Bellarmine was also one of the most original political theorists of his time, and he participated directly in many of the political conflicts that agitated Europe between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. This book offers the first full-length study of the impact of Bellarmine’s theory of the potestas indirecta in early modern Europe. Following the reactions to Bellarmine’s theory across national and confessional boundaries, this book explores some of the most crucial political and theological knots in the history of post-Reformation Europe, from the controversy over the Oath of Allegiance to the battle over the Interdetto in Venice. The book sets those political and religious controversies against the background of the theological and institutional developments of the post-Tridentine Catholic Church. By examining the violent and at times surprising controversies originated by Bellarmine’s theory, this book challenges some of the traditional assumptions regarding the theological shape of post-Tridentine Catholicism; it offers a fresh perspective on the centrality of the links between confessional affiliation and political allegiance in the formation of the modern nation-states; and it contributes to our understanding of the development of “modern” notions of power and authority.
Claudia Rapp
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520242968
- eISBN:
- 9780520931411
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520242968.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Religions
This chapter demonstrates the concept of spiritual authority with reference to its most eloquent post-apostolic spokesmen, Clement of Alexandria and Origen, and their remarks on bearers of the Spirit ...
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This chapter demonstrates the concept of spiritual authority with reference to its most eloquent post-apostolic spokesmen, Clement of Alexandria and Origen, and their remarks on bearers of the Spirit (pneumatophoroi) and bearers of Christ (christophoroi). It explores how individual holy men were appreciated by their contemporaries for their ability to work intercessory prayer. It then investigates a specific kind of intercessory prayer, namely, that for the remission of sins as it was offered by martyrs, holy men, and bishops. The Letters of Barsanuphius and John forcefully underscore the crucial importance of prayer in shaping the interaction between a holy man and his followers. The vicarious penance and the prayers performed by the holy men, whose ascetic authority enhanced and solidified their spiritual authority, had the effect of reconciling sinners with God and their neighbors. Spiritual authority conferred through ordination is what ultimately sets bishops apart from martyrs and holy men.Less
This chapter demonstrates the concept of spiritual authority with reference to its most eloquent post-apostolic spokesmen, Clement of Alexandria and Origen, and their remarks on bearers of the Spirit (pneumatophoroi) and bearers of Christ (christophoroi). It explores how individual holy men were appreciated by their contemporaries for their ability to work intercessory prayer. It then investigates a specific kind of intercessory prayer, namely, that for the remission of sins as it was offered by martyrs, holy men, and bishops. The Letters of Barsanuphius and John forcefully underscore the crucial importance of prayer in shaping the interaction between a holy man and his followers. The vicarious penance and the prayers performed by the holy men, whose ascetic authority enhanced and solidified their spiritual authority, had the effect of reconciling sinners with God and their neighbors. Spiritual authority conferred through ordination is what ultimately sets bishops apart from martyrs and holy men.
M. S. KEMPSHALL
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207160
- eISBN:
- 9780191677526
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207160.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History, History of Ideas
This chapter discusses Giles of Rome's work in De Regimine Principum, written in 1277–80, in response to a request from Philip III of France. It describes the work which belongs to the tradition of ...
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This chapter discusses Giles of Rome's work in De Regimine Principum, written in 1277–80, in response to a request from Philip III of France. It describes the work which belongs to the tradition of ‘mirror for princes’ literature. It notes that Giles' work raises two major issues: first, its particular distillation of the Politics and the Ethics is the result of Giles' familiarity with a third Aristotelian treatise, On Rhetoric. It reports that this Aristotelian treatise demonstrates to Giles how to combine rhetoric and political thought as a means of putting forward political counsel. The second issue concerns the implications of its handling of the Politics and Ethics for the relationship between the political authority of the temporal ruler and the spiritual authority of the church. It notes that Giles of Rome is influenced by much of Aquinas' work and is familiar with both the Summa Theologiae and the commentaries on the Politics and the Ethics.Less
This chapter discusses Giles of Rome's work in De Regimine Principum, written in 1277–80, in response to a request from Philip III of France. It describes the work which belongs to the tradition of ‘mirror for princes’ literature. It notes that Giles' work raises two major issues: first, its particular distillation of the Politics and the Ethics is the result of Giles' familiarity with a third Aristotelian treatise, On Rhetoric. It reports that this Aristotelian treatise demonstrates to Giles how to combine rhetoric and political thought as a means of putting forward political counsel. The second issue concerns the implications of its handling of the Politics and Ethics for the relationship between the political authority of the temporal ruler and the spiritual authority of the church. It notes that Giles of Rome is influenced by much of Aquinas' work and is familiar with both the Summa Theologiae and the commentaries on the Politics and the Ethics.
Adrian Chastain Weimer
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199743117
- eISBN:
- 9780199918744
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199743117.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Chapter 5 analyzes the multi-layered polemics between Quakers and Congregationalists over suffering and political legitimacy. Believing that suffering was a crucial weapon in the apocalyptic Lamb's ...
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Chapter 5 analyzes the multi-layered polemics between Quakers and Congregationalists over suffering and political legitimacy. Believing that suffering was a crucial weapon in the apocalyptic Lamb's War, Quakers expertly inverted corporal punishment into a platform for spiritual authority. Quickly publicizing their ordeals, they framed New Englanders as cruel persecutors and Quakers as innocent martyrs. Congregationalists in turn argued for their own status as the true persecuted church and Quakers as dangerous weapons of Antichrist, aimed at the heart of New England society. By the time Mary Dyer and three other Quaker missionaries were hanged, Congregationalists hearing Quaker claims to be the true persecuted church were deeply troubled that New England leaders were acting more like the Marian bishops than they liked to admit.Less
Chapter 5 analyzes the multi-layered polemics between Quakers and Congregationalists over suffering and political legitimacy. Believing that suffering was a crucial weapon in the apocalyptic Lamb's War, Quakers expertly inverted corporal punishment into a platform for spiritual authority. Quickly publicizing their ordeals, they framed New Englanders as cruel persecutors and Quakers as innocent martyrs. Congregationalists in turn argued for their own status as the true persecuted church and Quakers as dangerous weapons of Antichrist, aimed at the heart of New England society. By the time Mary Dyer and three other Quaker missionaries were hanged, Congregationalists hearing Quaker claims to be the true persecuted church were deeply troubled that New England leaders were acting more like the Marian bishops than they liked to admit.
Brendan Jamal Thornton
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813061689
- eISBN:
- 9780813051109
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813061689.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Negotiating Respect: Pentecostalism, Masculinity, and the Politics of Spiritual Authority in the Dominican Republic is a comprehensive ethnographic account of Pentecostal Christianity in the context ...
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Negotiating Respect: Pentecostalism, Masculinity, and the Politics of Spiritual Authority in the Dominican Republic is a comprehensive ethnographic account of Pentecostal Christianity in the context of urban poverty in the Dominican Republic. Based on over two years of fieldwork in a barrio of Villa Altagracia, Negotiating Respectexamines the everyday practices of Pentecostal community members and the complex ways in which they negotiate legitimacy, recognition, and spiritual authority under the constraints of religious pluralism and Catholic cultural supremacy. Engaging questions about gender, masculinity, and faith from an anthropological perspective, this book considers in detail the lives of young male churchgoers and their struggles with conversion and life in the streets. An exploration of the church and its relationship to barrio institutions like youth gangs and so-called Dominican vodú, further draws out the meaningful nuances of lived religion and provides new insights into the social organization of belief locally and the significance of Pentecostal growth and popularity globally. By focusing on the cultural politics of belief and the role religious identity plays in poor urban communities, Negotiating Respect illuminates the social dynamics of Pentecostal culture in practice and offers a fresh perspective on religious pluralism and the ever-evolving contours of contemporary religious and cultural change.Less
Negotiating Respect: Pentecostalism, Masculinity, and the Politics of Spiritual Authority in the Dominican Republic is a comprehensive ethnographic account of Pentecostal Christianity in the context of urban poverty in the Dominican Republic. Based on over two years of fieldwork in a barrio of Villa Altagracia, Negotiating Respectexamines the everyday practices of Pentecostal community members and the complex ways in which they negotiate legitimacy, recognition, and spiritual authority under the constraints of religious pluralism and Catholic cultural supremacy. Engaging questions about gender, masculinity, and faith from an anthropological perspective, this book considers in detail the lives of young male churchgoers and their struggles with conversion and life in the streets. An exploration of the church and its relationship to barrio institutions like youth gangs and so-called Dominican vodú, further draws out the meaningful nuances of lived religion and provides new insights into the social organization of belief locally and the significance of Pentecostal growth and popularity globally. By focusing on the cultural politics of belief and the role religious identity plays in poor urban communities, Negotiating Respect illuminates the social dynamics of Pentecostal culture in practice and offers a fresh perspective on religious pluralism and the ever-evolving contours of contemporary religious and cultural change.
'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Sha'rani
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780300198652
- eISBN:
- 9780300225280
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300198652.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
This book sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt. This guide to political behavior and expediency offers advice to Sufi shaykhs, or spiritual ...
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This book sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt. This guide to political behavior and expediency offers advice to Sufi shaykhs, or spiritual guides, on how to interact and negotiate with powerful secular officials, judges, and treasurers, or emirs. Translated into English, it is a unique account of the relationship between spiritual and political authority in late medieval/early modern Islamic society.Less
This book sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt. This guide to political behavior and expediency offers advice to Sufi shaykhs, or spiritual guides, on how to interact and negotiate with powerful secular officials, judges, and treasurers, or emirs. Translated into English, it is a unique account of the relationship between spiritual and political authority in late medieval/early modern Islamic society.
Tara Alberts
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199646265
- eISBN:
- 9780191747830
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199646265.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History, History of Religion
This chapter traces the arrival of Catholic missionaries in Southeast Asia in the sixteenth century and the development of the complex jurisdictional situation under which they operated. ...
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This chapter traces the arrival of Catholic missionaries in Southeast Asia in the sixteenth century and the development of the complex jurisdictional situation under which they operated. Augustinians, Dominicans, Franciscans and Jesuits operated under the aegis of the Portuguese Padroado, based in Malacca and Macao (China) and the Spanish Patronato, based in Manila in the Philippines. Southeast Asia quickly became a battleground of conflicting interests and claims to spiritual authority: for example, there were conflicts between the two Iberian crowns and disagreements between members of the different religious orders over access to mission lands in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, and tensions between secular and religious authorities in colonial cities. This chapter demonstrates the importance of such jurisdictional conflicts for the shaping of missionary policy and identities.Less
This chapter traces the arrival of Catholic missionaries in Southeast Asia in the sixteenth century and the development of the complex jurisdictional situation under which they operated. Augustinians, Dominicans, Franciscans and Jesuits operated under the aegis of the Portuguese Padroado, based in Malacca and Macao (China) and the Spanish Patronato, based in Manila in the Philippines. Southeast Asia quickly became a battleground of conflicting interests and claims to spiritual authority: for example, there were conflicts between the two Iberian crowns and disagreements between members of the different religious orders over access to mission lands in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, and tensions between secular and religious authorities in colonial cities. This chapter demonstrates the importance of such jurisdictional conflicts for the shaping of missionary policy and identities.
Jehangir Yezdi Malegam
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801451324
- eISBN:
- 9780801467899
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801451324.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History
This introductory chapter sets the stage for discussion on a period of unstructured experimentation with ideas of peace during the eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Between 1000 and 1200, ...
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This introductory chapter sets the stage for discussion on a period of unstructured experimentation with ideas of peace during the eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Between 1000 and 1200, reformers in the papal curia and monks and canons in the intellectual circles of northern France had begun to reimagine the church as a body whose task it was eventually to absorb all peoples through progressive acts of revolutionary peacemaking. They envisioned this peace as faithful community, under a just regime, directed by spiritual authority, and comprising those who had been united by a turbulent transformation of desire and perception. The chapter briefly explores this legacy of peace from late antiquity, and emphasizes the importance of thinking “with peace” for historians looking into the Christian Middle Ages.Less
This introductory chapter sets the stage for discussion on a period of unstructured experimentation with ideas of peace during the eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Between 1000 and 1200, reformers in the papal curia and monks and canons in the intellectual circles of northern France had begun to reimagine the church as a body whose task it was eventually to absorb all peoples through progressive acts of revolutionary peacemaking. They envisioned this peace as faithful community, under a just regime, directed by spiritual authority, and comprising those who had been united by a turbulent transformation of desire and perception. The chapter briefly explores this legacy of peace from late antiquity, and emphasizes the importance of thinking “with peace” for historians looking into the Christian Middle Ages.
Lori Meeks
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824833947
- eISBN:
- 9780824870737
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824833947.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This chapter discusses Hokkeji's relationship with Eison and his widely popular movement to revive both the Ritsu school itself and the monastic practice of upholding the vinaya laws. Hokkeji's place ...
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This chapter discusses Hokkeji's relationship with Eison and his widely popular movement to revive both the Ritsu school itself and the monastic practice of upholding the vinaya laws. Hokkeji's place in Eison's order was not merely that of a token women's order created to meet certain doctrinal ideas. As an institution headed by women with powerful court and warrior government ties, Hokkeji attracted elite patrons to the Saidaiji movement. Moreover, as an order that produced and cared for a vast store of Buddha relics, Hokkeji contributed precious ritual and symbolic capital to the Saidaiji movement—increasing the Ritsu movement's claims to spiritual authority as well as its institutional visibility on all levels of society.Less
This chapter discusses Hokkeji's relationship with Eison and his widely popular movement to revive both the Ritsu school itself and the monastic practice of upholding the vinaya laws. Hokkeji's place in Eison's order was not merely that of a token women's order created to meet certain doctrinal ideas. As an institution headed by women with powerful court and warrior government ties, Hokkeji attracted elite patrons to the Saidaiji movement. Moreover, as an order that produced and cared for a vast store of Buddha relics, Hokkeji contributed precious ritual and symbolic capital to the Saidaiji movement—increasing the Ritsu movement's claims to spiritual authority as well as its institutional visibility on all levels of society.
Jon Balserak
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198703259
- eISBN:
- 9780191772481
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703259.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Church History
This chapter builds on the findings of the previous chapter to argue that Calvin believed himself to be a prophet. It finds Calvin within a non-mystical, non-apocalyptic prophetic tradition which ...
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This chapter builds on the findings of the previous chapter to argue that Calvin believed himself to be a prophet. It finds Calvin within a non-mystical, non-apocalyptic prophetic tradition which aligned itself with the Old Testament prophets and focused on scriptural interpretation. The chapter shows how Calvin’s self-identifying aligns him specifically and explicitly with Old, rather than New, Testament prophets. Continuing, the chapter argues that Calvin would have seen himself as possessing the same authority as Jeremiah or Ezekiel, and concludes by entertaining the idea that he may have believed himself to be infallible in matters of doctrine.Less
This chapter builds on the findings of the previous chapter to argue that Calvin believed himself to be a prophet. It finds Calvin within a non-mystical, non-apocalyptic prophetic tradition which aligned itself with the Old Testament prophets and focused on scriptural interpretation. The chapter shows how Calvin’s self-identifying aligns him specifically and explicitly with Old, rather than New, Testament prophets. Continuing, the chapter argues that Calvin would have seen himself as possessing the same authority as Jeremiah or Ezekiel, and concludes by entertaining the idea that he may have believed himself to be infallible in matters of doctrine.
