The court that terrified and its relentless Judge. Eschatology of fear in selected Carmelite sermons of Klemens from Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Serapion Kociełkowicz Cover Image

Sąd, który przerażał, i jego nieustępliwy Sędzia. Eschatologia strachu w wybranych kazaniach karmelitańskich Klemensa od Ofiarowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny i Serapiona Kociełkowicza
The court that terrified and its relentless Judge. Eschatology of fear in selected Carmelite sermons of Klemens from Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Serapion Kociełkowicz

Author(s): Justyna Małysiak
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Studies of Literature, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: The final Judgement; the Last Judgement; death; eschatology; hell; heaven; purgatory; sermons; Carmelites;

Summary/Abstract: The article refers to the representations of the Last Judgment in the Carmelite literature. It includes selected preaching from the collection of sermons of Serapion Kociełkowicz and Klemens from Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. The last Judgement is one of the “four final things for man”. The article takes elements of catechesis focused on considering the attitude of God during the Last Judgement, the role of fear as a mean of moralizing, concepts of God’s Mercy and Justice. It also presents individual constructions of eschatological ideas of both preachers, enriching with the original concept the schema which was a conglomeration of a generally accepted and stereotypical philosophical and religious perspective.

  • Issue Year: 45/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 21-36
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish