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In this article, I aim to reconstruct the use and application of the discernment of spirits in thecase of demonic possession of Jeanne Féry, a conventual nun of the Black Sisters in the town ofMons (Spanish Netherlands), occurring between 1584 and 1586. Her questionable anti-Christianbehaviours, the...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos Profesor Carlos S. A. Segreti
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuarioceh/article/view/44003 |
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| Sumario: | In this article, I aim to reconstruct the use and application of the discernment of spirits in thecase of demonic possession of Jeanne Féry, a conventual nun of the Black Sisters in the town ofMons (Spanish Netherlands), occurring between 1584 and 1586. Her questionable anti-Christianbehaviours, the repeated demonic attacks she experienced, and the systematic visitations shereceived from Saint Mary Magdalene made indispensable the implementation of the paradigmaticdiscretio.A close reading of the Histoire admirable et veritable -the documentary source that details thespecifics of the case- allows me to propose the hypothesis that a distinctive form of probatiospirituum was practiced in the affaire Féry. Through visionary experiences, providence instructedthe religious woman on a particular criterion that enabled her to engage in personalized exercisesof self-discernment, granting her access to profound knowledge of Christian doctrine, and providingher with a set of rules, guidelines, and directives that, when put into practice, justified, intensified,and deepened the mechanisms of control that the priests exerted over her.In a context of severe criticisms toward the sacred order and the ecclesiastical institution, the recordof all these events became a panegyric of the hierarchical Catholic prelature. |
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