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Q. The connection between Christ and a bridegroom originates in:
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
The Song of Songs
St. Paul's letters
All of the above
Q. Why is there all this erotic language between Kempe and Jesus?
Kempe is not good at handling figurative language.
Kempe has a tendency toward sexual indiscretion.
It's symbolic of a union between the soul and God.
Because Kempe can't escape her role as wife in her spirituality.
Q. How does Margery Kempe describe the physical feeling of God's love?
as a great and abiding sorrow
as an unquenchable fire in her heart
as constant noise
as alternate cold and heat
Q. Kempe prepares to receive God in her soul by:
praying the rosary
going to Mass
chatting with holy people
figuratively building a room in her soul
Q. Kempe first feels the presence of the Holy Spirit in a really bothersome way. What is it?
heavy breathing, like bellows blowing in her ear
painful prickling of her skin
hair standing on end
the appearance of stigmata