Keywords
Instituto Universitario de Espiritualidad, predicación, purgatorio, satisfacción, justicia divina, sufragios, difuntos., preaching, purgatory, satisfaction, divine justice, suffrages, deceased.
La mano de Dios las atormenta: líneas fundamentales de la predicación sobre el purgatorio en la Edad Moderna española
Abstract
El tema del purgatorio alcanzó una amplia presencia en el mundo religioso postridentino. Este trabajo lo explora en el ámbito de la predicación española: conectados con una literatura tratadística y devocional que le sirve de trasfondo, los sermones impresos dan testimonio de la difusión de esta temática en los púlpitos españoles. Tras perfilar las características de estas fuentes, nos acercamos a su contenido, derivado de una determinada concepción de la satisfacción penitencial y la expiación de los pecados. Pese a pertenecer al más allá de la muerte, las dimensiones de espacio (lugar de cautiverio) y tiempo (almas detenidas en el camino hacia el cielo) y la consideración de las penas (pago de la deuda por el pecado) ocuparon el centro de esta predicación. En último término, estos tormentos se atribuyen a Dios, cuya justicia utiliza el fuego como instrumento. Y las almas, no pudiendo ya merecer, sino solo padecer, precisan del auxilio de los vivos para acortar su sufrimiento. Estamos ante un discurso eclesiástico que afecta a la imagen de Dios y a la vivencia del cristianismo.
The theme of purgatory had a wide-reaching presence in the post- Tridentine religious world. This work explores it in the field of Spanish preaching: connected with a treatise and devotional literature that serves as a background, the printed sermons testify to the dissemination of this theme in Spanish pulpits. After outlining the characteristics of these sources, we approach their content, derived from a certain conception of penitential satisfaction and atone ment for sins. Despite belonging to the afterlife of death, the dimensions of space (place of captivity) and time (souls detained on the way to heaven) and the consideration of penalties (payment of the debt for sin) occupied the centre of this preaching. Ultimately, these torments are attributed to God, whose justice uses fire as an instrument. And souls, no longer able to merit, but only to suffer, need the help of the living to shorten their suffering. We are facing an ecclesiastical discourse that affects the image of God and the experience of Christianity.
The theme of purgatory had a wide-reaching presence in the post- Tridentine religious world. This work explores it in the field of Spanish preaching: connected with a treatise and devotional literature that serves as a background, the printed sermons testify to the dissemination of this theme in Spanish pulpits. After outlining the characteristics of these sources, we approach their content, derived from a certain conception of penitential satisfaction and atone ment for sins. Despite belonging to the afterlife of death, the dimensions of space (place of captivity) and time (souls detained on the way to heaven) and the consideration of penalties (payment of the debt for sin) occupied the centre of this preaching. Ultimately, these torments are attributed to God, whose justice uses fire as an instrument. And souls, no longer able to merit, but only to suffer, need the help of the living to shorten their suffering. We are facing an ecclesiastical discourse that affects the image of God and the experience of Christianity.
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