Table of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE NOTION OF PIETAS IN THE HERALD OF GOD’S LOVING-KINDNESS

A – THE IMMEDIATE LINGUISTIC CONTEXT OF THE WORD PIETAS

B - DIVINA PIETAS

C - INCONTINENTISSIMMA PIETAS

D - SUPEREFFLUENTIA DIVINAE PIETATIS

E - PIETAS AND CONFIDENTIA

THE STYLE OF THE HERALD OF GOD’S LOVING-KINDNESS

1 - THE CHALLENGE OF PICTURES

2 - THE DEFENSE OF PICTURES

THE “STAR” OF THE HERALD OF GOD’S LOVING-KINDNESS

1 - THE CHOICE OF THE "STAR"

2 - THE ROLE OF THE STAR"

SAINT GERTRUD: APOSTLE OF AN ECCLESIAL PREPARATION TO THE EUCHARISTIC COMMUNION

1 - THE PRESSURE OF CONFIDENTIA

2 - THE BENEFIT OF RITUALS

3 - THE ADORNMENT OF THE ECCLESIA

SAINT GERTRUD: APOSTLE OF FREQUENT COMMUNION

A - THE DECLINE OF THE EUCHARISTIC COMMUNION FROM THE 6TH TO THE 13TH CENTURY

B - THE HERALD ENCOURAGES FREQUENT COMMUNION

2 – HER MOTIVES FOR FREQUENT COMMUNION

3 - CAUSES OF ABSTENTION

SAINT GERTRUD : APOSTLE OF THE BENEFITS OF EUCHARISTIC COMMUNION

A - THE SALUTARY AND ESCHATOLOGICAL EFFECT OF COMMUNION TO THE VIVIFICUM SACRAMENTUM

1 - FRUITIO AND DELECTATIO

2 - EUCHARISTIC STRUCTURATION OF SENSITIVITY

3 - AS GOLD THROUGH CRYSTAL

B - THE ECCLESIAL EFFECT OF COMMUNION TO THE VIVIFICUM SACRAMENTUM

1 - THE TREE OF THE TRINITY

2 - THE GREEN AND FLOURISHING BRANCHES

3 - THE KING’S VISIT TO THE QUEEN

4 - THE MOST PRECIOUS ELECTRUM