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The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage: First Book: Chapter III. Of Humility

Christian MysticismFlemish MysticismJan van Ruysbroeck

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Now understand this: we find in Christ, according to His Godhead, two kinds of humility. The first kind is this: that He willed to become man, and took upon Himself that very nature which had been banished and cursed to the bottom of hell, and willed to become one with it according to His personality; so that now any man, either good or evil, can say: Christ, the Son of God, is my brother. The second kind of humility according to His Godhead consists in this; that He chose a poor maiden, and…

The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage: First Book: Chapter III. Of Humility

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