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  1. The 'five tears' as mystical expression in the Dialogues of the Dominican nun Catherine of Siena.Johann Beukes - 2021 - HTS Theological Studies 77 (4):1-9.
    This article explores the underestimated teaching of the 'five tears' as mystical expression in the text Il dialogo by the Dominican nun and philosopher-theologian, Catherine of Siena. The objective of the article is to indicate the significance of the teaching of the 'five tears', against the backdrop of the wider symbolic function of tears and 'holy grief' in Late Medieval mysticism. After presenting a biographical introduction, the contemplative, communicative and secretive import of the meaning of tears in the Middle Ages (...)
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