Arnhem Mystical Sermons

Ineke Cornet (1982) obtained her Ph.D. in Theology from the Catholic University Leuven and her Ph.D. of Arts in Literature from the University of Antwerp. She lectures at the Jesuit College of Spirituality, University of Divinity in Melbourne, Australia.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction1 Introduction to the Arnhem Mystical Sermons1.1The Manuscript: Copy and Original1.2Audience of the Arnhem Mystical Sermons1.3Authorship of the Sermons1.4Function of the Arnhem Mystical Sermons1.5Context: The St. Agnes Monastery1.6Context: Sixteenth-Century Spirituality and Literary Networks2 Textual and Conteptual Parallels with Ruusbroec and Eckhart2.1Ruusbroec and the Arnhem Mystical Sermons2.2Eckhart and the Arnhem Mystical Sermons3 Parallels with Liturgical Mysticism3.1Sixteenth-Century Literary Networks3.2The Mystical Dimension of the Liturgy in the Pearl3.3The Mystical Dimension of the Liturgy in the Temple3.4A Textual Parallel between the Temple and the Arnhem Mystical Sermons3.5Tauler on the Inner Celebration of the Liturgy3.6The Institutiones Taulerianae and the Gaesdonck Treatises4 The Mystical Understanding of the Liturgy4.1The Mystical Dimension of the Church Dedication Liturgy4.2The Inner Celebration of the Liturgy4.3Mystical Dimensions of the Scriptures and Liturgical Texts4.4Mystical Dimensions of Priesthood, Symbols, and the Eucharist4.5The Origins of the Genre of Liturgical Mysticism5 The Structure of the Human Person and the Inner Ascent5.1The Structure of the Human Person and Ascent in the Church Dedication Sermon5.2The Tripartite Structure of the Human Person5.3The Inner Ascent and Imitation of Christ5.4The Concept of Spirit5.5The Concept of Ground5.6The Concepts of Mind and Memory5.7The Image of God in the Person6 The Understanding of Union with God6.1Union with God in the Church Dedication Sermon6.2Attaining Union with God6.3Mutual Enjoyment and Experience of God6.4The Transformative Aspect of Union6.5Indistinct Union with God6.6Contemplating Trinity and Unity6.7Christocentrism and Christ’s UniquenessAppendix 1 Sermon 128 (fol. 286r–291r) Appendix 2 Manuscripts from St. Agnes Appendix 3 Hapax Legomena Appendix 4 Texts in Marginal Decorations in the Arnhem Mystical Sermons BibliographyIndex

"Cornet’s fine-grained reading and explication of them is a welcome addition to the historiography of early modern Netherlandish religious and literary studies." Christine Kooi, Louisiana State University, in: Journal of Ecclesiastical History Volume 70.4 (2019)."Very laudable is Cornet's commitment to a systematic, source-based investigation of the spiritual core of these sermons. Explaining key concepts, schemes, and metaphors with great theological competence, she offers a clear treatment of the main message of this sixteenth-century mystical text." - Krijn Pansters,Tilburg University, in: The Medieval Review (14 September 2019)."There were many [...] connections with this “mystical circle” that are deeply relevant to the fertile ground in which self-understanding of the earlyJesuit order developed, but which have not yet been the subject of extensive research. Cornet’s careful study may be considered an invitation and stimulation to pursue this further research."- Rob Faesen, S.J., Catholica University Leuven in: Journal of Jesuit Studies 6 (2019), pp. 336-337.