Questioning the 1623 Edict of Grace: Differentiating Between Orthodox and Heterodox Interiority

The 1623 Edict of Grace released by the Spanish Inquisition in Seville to address the heresy of alumbradismo was a contested affair. Among the voices raised against this condemnation and equation of interior religious practice as heretical alumbradismo was that of Juan Dionisio Fernández Portocarrer...

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Main Author: Jessica J. Fowler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2017-12-01
Series:Culture & History Digital Journal
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Online Access:http://cultureandhistory.revistas.csic.es/index.php/cultureandhistory/article/view/123
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description The 1623 Edict of Grace released by the Spanish Inquisition in Seville to address the heresy of alumbradismo was a contested affair. Among the voices raised against this condemnation and equation of interior religious practice as heretical alumbradismo was that of Juan Dionisio Fernández Portocarrero. This essay examines how the heresy of alumbradismo came to delineate the bounds of orthodox interiority and demonstrate how this boundary remained contested even a century after the construction of the heresy as an inquisitorial category.
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spelling doaj.art-2b7cb44a0f3c4d5c82768912db4c366e2022-12-21T21:34:57ZengConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasCulture & History Digital Journal2253-797X2017-12-0162e015e01510.3989/chdj.2017.015122Questioning the 1623 Edict of Grace: Differentiating Between Orthodox and Heterodox InteriorityJessica J. Fowler0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-854XCORPI Project. CCHS-CSICThe 1623 Edict of Grace released by the Spanish Inquisition in Seville to address the heresy of alumbradismo was a contested affair. Among the voices raised against this condemnation and equation of interior religious practice as heretical alumbradismo was that of Juan Dionisio Fernández Portocarrero. This essay examines how the heresy of alumbradismo came to delineate the bounds of orthodox interiority and demonstrate how this boundary remained contested even a century after the construction of the heresy as an inquisitorial category.http://cultureandhistory.revistas.csic.es/index.php/cultureandhistory/article/view/123spanish inquisitionalumbrados/alumbradismoheresysevilleedict of grace
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Questioning the 1623 Edict of Grace: Differentiating Between Orthodox and Heterodox Interiority
Culture & History Digital Journal
spanish inquisition
alumbrados/alumbradismo
heresy
seville
edict of grace
title Questioning the 1623 Edict of Grace: Differentiating Between Orthodox and Heterodox Interiority
title_full Questioning the 1623 Edict of Grace: Differentiating Between Orthodox and Heterodox Interiority
title_fullStr Questioning the 1623 Edict of Grace: Differentiating Between Orthodox and Heterodox Interiority
title_full_unstemmed Questioning the 1623 Edict of Grace: Differentiating Between Orthodox and Heterodox Interiority
title_short Questioning the 1623 Edict of Grace: Differentiating Between Orthodox and Heterodox Interiority
title_sort questioning the 1623 edict of grace differentiating between orthodox and heterodox interiority
topic spanish inquisition
alumbrados/alumbradismo
heresy
seville
edict of grace
url http://cultureandhistory.revistas.csic.es/index.php/cultureandhistory/article/view/123
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