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[...]... the consequences of their actions visibly displayed on the body ofthesufferingJesus shocks them into an acknowledgment of their alienation from the Divine As inthe previously related tales ofthe fate ofthe unrepentant ill sinner and ofthe justice who initiated the swearing of oaths, the stories often trade on fear ofthe Canseco quences of inflicting hurt on the Divine Inthe latter story, the. .. compassionate Godof love, on the other—are, in fact, inseparably related to one another inmedieval religious life and, even more important, are linked in a critical way inthe figure ofthesuffering Jesus. 10 To themedieval mind reflected inthe texts discussed in this book, the search for the meaning of piety was an attempt to comprehend the mercy ofthe Divine manifest inthesufferingofJesus Christ... exemplify the iconographic details that demonstrate the understanding ofthe divinity ofJesus Christ which is at the heart ofthe meaning ofJesus' death for medieval Christians Second, I consider the role ofthe suffering Jesus as the divine source of spiritual food for humanity Imagesin which disciples such as Mary Magdalene and Joseph of Arimethea drink the blood ofthe crucified Christ depict the life-giving... suffering into themselves (as inthe life of Margery Kempe) These mimetic exercises link the female body with the Divine so intimately that these women become conduits of divine power and advocates on behalf of humans to the Divine The stories of Katherine, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Margery testify to these holy women's tenacious physical identification with thesuffering Christ; in and through their suffering. .. intentionally left blank Contents Introduction 3 Two Themes: Jesus as Agent of Divine Love and Power of Human Transformation 5 Overview ofthe Project 9 A Christ-Centered Culture? 13 ONE The Dynamics of Divine Appeal: TheSufferingJesusinthe Literature of Spiritual Guidance 15 Sermons and Spiritual Guidance Literature 15 TheSufferingJesus and the Offer of Divine Mercy The Appeal of the Suffering. .. of church wall paintings further illustrates how the recollection of the Passion of Christ also transformed space by consecrating churches into places of remembrance ofthesuffering and death ofJesus Transformed by art, space and time bring salvation history into the present, and viewers are invited to participate inthe events depicted inthe paintings and illuminations Among the many meanings of. .. manifested the reality of divine presence inJesus Christ and made tangible the doctrinal claim that the Divine became human In this vein, I illustrate how some ofthe common iconographic details oflatemedieval Crucifixion scenes (the depiction ofthe chalice beneath Jesus' feet into which his blood pours or the cross as the tree of life) manifest an integral focus on the divinity ofJesusin depictions of. .. the basis for the transformation ofthe social world into one in which believers, in imitation ofthe merciful Jesus, learn to extend Christ's mercy to their neighbors Alliance with Jesus refigured the world as a cosmos infused with the presence ofthesuffering Jesus, so that, modeling themselves upon Jesus, believers acted with mercy to alleviate thesufferingin their own communities The suffering. .. portray the Divine and the divine offer of mercy and how they seek to stir a response on the part of the audience Sermons and spiritual guidance texts portray thesuffering Christ as God' s loving offer of mercy to a fallen and sinful humankind Christ appeals to people to respond to the divine offer of mercy In keeping with the observations ofthe first section, the second section of chapter i is a theological... "satisfaction theory" of the Atonement as an alternative to the traditional theological view which suggested that the tricking ofthe devil was at the center of Christ's work.11 Thelatemedieval English public theology of sermons, art, and drama was not overly concerned with exploring the justice ofGod (a variety of views about divine jus- 6 Thegriefofgod tice are reflected inthe art and literature oflate .