IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 622: Friars and Fires: Carmelite Statements of Orthodoxy
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | British Province of Carmelites / Carmelite Institute of Britain & Ireland |
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Organiser: | Johan Bergström-Allen, British Province of Carmelites / Université de Lausanne / Saint Albert's Press |
Moderator/Chair: | Johan Bergström-Allen, British Province of Carmelites / Université de Lausanne / Saint Albert's Press |
Paper 622-a | Making a Saint Orthodox: Honouring St Albert of Sicily (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Liturgy, Religious Life |
Paper 622-b | Beatus or Heretic? Thomas Connecte Revisited (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
Paper 622-c | The Impact of Carmelite Spirituality on Responses to Lollardy (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Theology |
Abstract | Despite its unusual beginnings in the Holy Land and the suspicion of secular clergy, the Carmelite Order quickly gained a reputation in medieval Europe for upholding orthodox Christianity. This session considers how the Whitefriars used liturgy in establishing their orthodox identity, as well as the efforts of Carmelite theologians to oppose the Lollard heresy. Not all Carmelites enjoyed an orthodox reputation however, and the session will also reconsider the case of Thomas Connecte who was burned at the stake in Rome in 1435. |