'Embraced in the Fathomless Love'. Issue 1 (1st June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Faesen, Rob
• Is Part Of: Medieval mystical theology. Volume 23:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 10
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2014-06-01
• Subjects: Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Periodicals; Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Periodicals; Mysticism -- England -- History -- Periodicals; 248.2205
• DOI: 10.1179/2046572614Z.00000000015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-5726

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p> Christian mystical literature contains many descriptions of a very corporeal nature at crucial moments. John of Ruusbroec addressed this issue several times. He considers this a matter that is fundamentally human, and one that affects both men and women. In Ruusbroec's conception, the contact with God is not only 'above' or 'outside' the human person, but is also in the human person, since this contact occurs on the level of being itself. He underscores that God - the source of being - is also fundamentally relational, namely the relationship between the Father and the Son in the loving unity of the Holy Spirit. This union of love is the greatest possible bliss. Experiences felt on the most fundamental level of being have an effect on the whole person, including the body. However, historically we see the emergence of a different conception of human being. Then, indwelling is no longer understood, and as a result the reality of the body and the bodily aspects of the union with God are reinterpreted. </p> </abstract>