Believe Not Every Spirit
Subtitle: Possession, Mysticism, & Discernment in Early Modern Catholicism
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: May 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780226762821
Subjects: Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Satanism & demonology; Social history; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Religion; Religion - Theology; Europe; Christian Theology - Angelology & Demonology; Christianity - History - General; Demonology & Satanism; Religion / Demonology & Satanism; Demoniac possession; Demonology; Discernment of spirits; Christianity - Theology - Angelology
Description: From 1400 to 1700 many feared that in moments of rapture European women who had surrendered their souls to divine love were not experiencing the work of angels, but rather the ravages of demons in disguise. This work examines how early modern Europeans dealt with this dilemma.