Schubert A (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
Book Volume: 101
Pages Range: 194-213
Journal Issue: 2-3
DOI: 10.1163/18712428-bia10019
This paper explores the origins of the Anabaptist doctrine of the "celestial flesh," which conceived Christ as generated purely out of the substance of the Godhead and thus possessing an entirely "celestial body." It argues that the origins of this doctrine lie in late medieval alchemical tracts adapted in Paracelsus's Liber de Sancta Trinitate of 1524, according to which God has a body of heavenly flesh out of which he brings forth a heavenly woman. Through their sexually conceived union the eternal son is begotten and born with a celestial body.
APA:
Schubert, A. (2021). Celestial Sex Paracelsus and the Teaching of the "Heavenly Flesh" of Christ. Church History and Religious Culture, 101(2-3), 194-213. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18712428-bia10019
MLA:
Schubert, Anselm. "Celestial Sex Paracelsus and the Teaching of the "Heavenly Flesh" of Christ." Church History and Religious Culture 101.2-3 (2021): 194-213.
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