The flesh, the world and the devil in the universe of Thomas More

Authors
Marc'hadour, G
Citation
G. Marc'Hadour, The flesh, the world and the devil in the universe of Thomas More, MOREANA, 38(145), 2001, pp. 33-42
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Religion & Tehology
Journal title
MOREANA
ISSN journal
00478105 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
145
Year of publication
2001
Pages
33 - 42
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-8105(200103)38:145<33:TFTWAT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The world, the flesh, and the devil constituted a proverbial pattern in med ieval spirituality to designate the major obstacles to human salvation. At least seventeen occurrences of the triad in at least six different works of More show it to have been familiar to his readers. This article constructs a bridge between his spiritual universe and those of medieval as well as T udor and later authors.