Open AccessErfaring av pasjonshistorien til salig liv.
Author(s) -
Bernt T. Oftestad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
dansk teologisk tidsskrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1902-3898
pISSN - 0105-3191
DOI - 10.7146/dtt.v82i3-4.121702
Subject(s) - eucharist , faith , repentance , mysticism , theology , passion , philosophy , christianity , charisma , narrative , order (exchange) , rhetorical question , spirituality , martyr , literature , religious studies , art , psychology , medicine , alternative medicine , finance , pathology , economics , psychotherapist
In the Twin Realms of Denmark-Norway the king was also responsible for the religious life of his subjects. Kirkeritualet [The Church Ritual] of 1685 was an expression of the king’s care for his subjects. It included even guidelines for the priest’s spiritual care for those condemned to death. A “pious repentance”, rooted in the mystical tradition, became an important aspect of Lutheran Christianity following the Reformation. A reckoning with sin, conversion, and the interiorization of faith, following the Order of Salvation, was the path to a new and eternal life. It was by interiorizing the biblical narrative – for those condemned to death, the Passion of Christ – that one took part in such a sanctifying process. The spiritual advisor made the biblical text affective and present, using rhetorical means, in order to transform the heart. After uniting with Christ in the Eucharist the condemned could go to his death on the path to eternal life.